High-end bikes are typically spotted beneath road or mountain bike racers. This is no longer usually the case in New York City, however, where high-end bikes may more likely be fashion bikes designed by one of many fashion agencies who are beginning to show an interest in designing and selling bicycles
E-bikes have become extremely popular as of late, and with this popularity comes a lot of questions about how E-bikes should be handled. Should they be allowed in bike lanes? Are they really so eco? This article examines some of the issues surrounding the E-bike craze around the world.
The bike industry has been fueled for many years by the racing crowd, which usually desires lighter, faster, more aerodynamic bicycles. However, in recent years, the bike industry has started to take transportation cycling more seriously, and there has been a significant increase in the options availab
Xtracycle is finally coming out with a great option for bringing your child cycling with you on your Xtracycle. Looks like it should be fun and useful!
If you are reading this, you must be looking at a computer. Well, you can thank Alan Turing - in part - for that. However, the famous computer innovator was also a fan of bicycles. Read more about him in this interesting post.
This is an interesting post about how bicycle races such as the Tour de France have survived through many tough times in Europe, despite cycling's infancy during WWII for example.
Sit down with some coffee and enjoy this video of cyclists going about their daily lives in Copenhagen. I rather enjoyed it, as my commute this morning involved walking to my computer, so go ahead and live vicariously - unless, of course, you rode to work this morning.
This post has a really interested commentary on the culture of speed vs the culture of trust and how this manifests itself on American roadways. The post examines how we can easily transfer back and forth between trusting people on the roadways and being fearful of them. However, this isn't just an i
Using a bicycle for research purposes is a useful way to accomplish a wide range of tasks efficiently. In Europe, researchers took the opportunity to take climate measurements on two particularly hot days by riding around two cities on a cargo bike equipped with measuring equipment. Very cool and usef
Check out this great interview from Bike Hacks with Yvon Le Caer who developed and rode an AquaCycle from the Bahamas to Florida and across the English Channel in the 1980's. It is really interesting to read his take on the adventure.
Apparently, to many Copenhagen residents, riding a bicycle is just like brushing your teeth, meaning many people think nothing of it (other than to do it). It's really great to see that some cities around the world are really beginning to place a lot of emphasis on cycling in light of major environmen
This is an interested form of cycling service: an electric bicycle equipped with repair tools, which is intended for navigating a city in order to aid motorists with broken cars. Seems somewhat ironic, but at the same time, very cool.
The debate continues. Which cargonista bike is better: the Big Dummy or the Madsen? Well, obviously the ones built by the Dutch, but hey, we're in America, and there are few bakfiets to be found. Will procreational cycling be the next big thing?
So which is better, the Big Dummy or the Madsen for all your utility cycling needs? Well, have you thought about how each of them would function in a post-apocalyptic world? No? Well at least someone has. Read this story. It's amazing.
This analysis by Bike Portland examines an important - and not very well understood - issue about how old your child should be before he or she should be able to accompany you by bike. The article concludes that there is not a perfect age, but that there are a wide variety of factors that you should ta
In the UK, the Royal Mail Service has decided to get ride of some 25,000 mail bikes in order to switch to motorized vans and four-wheeled trolleys. Meanwhile, the major of London has come up with a new concept of Car-Free Fridays, so you have to wonder where the disconnect comes from. Meanwhile, you m
As we all know, bicycles are a fantastic mode of transportation. But bicycles are also quite useful for carrying stuff, not just people. Check out this guide to cargo bicycling.
Mark Braun is not only the youngest inductee to the Boogie Woogie Hall of Fame, he is also about to set out on a bicycle tour hauling a piano. Yes, you read that right, a piano. Braun will not only pedal his piano, he will play at a few benefit concerts along the way.
There is an overwhelming misconception that cyclists are nearly always at fault for bike/ car crashes. However, recent research from the University of Toronto concludes otherwise. More often than not, it is the motorist - not the cyclist - who is at fault for most accidents, as cyclists cause less tha
