I was in the San Francisco Bay area last week for work. The first day, I had to commute from Oakland to Mountain View by car. The approximately 45-mile trip took me almost two hours: two hours of stop-and-go traffic and frustration, with only the radio for company.
That afternoon, after work, I drove to Palo [...]
For three consecutive Saturdays this August New Yorkers will experience a seven-mile stretch of car-free road running through the center of the city. Pedestrians and cyclists are expected to turn out in abundance on the route extending through Manhattan, from the Brooklyn Bridge north to Park Avenue and the Upper East Side ending at the [...]
Once you have chosen the bike tour that’s right for you, often the next question is – can my bike fly? Up until last year flying with your bike was not much of a problem.
Although airlines some times charged fees for domestic flights, bicycles were permitted on trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific flights for free (some times [...]
Bike!Bike! is an annual gathering and conference of community and non-profit bike shops and projects from around the country. Participants come together to explore and affirm common values; create networks for sharing tools and knowledge, learn new skills, discuss organizational structures and inspire and invigorate one another to continue the positive work done in a [...]
In early 2007, three women biked out of Washington, D.C. with video equipment strapped to their backs, prepared for a 3 month bicycling trip to Montreal and back. On the way, they stopped at different food-producing garden projects across the continent, the new faces of American farming.
They observed and taped the trend of farmers [...]
Check out this online comic strip about a city girl named Luz (Light in Spanish), who recognizes big changes coming with the scarcity and rising prices of petroleum.
The strip begins with Luz writing her list of “Skills We Need to Learn for Survival After Peak Oil”. She pictures herself collecting and purifying rainwater, transporting large [...]
Living in the urban metropolis of Shanghai I practically jumped out of my seat at the opportunity to bike outside the city and experience a more rural side of China. Bohdi’s Bikes (short for Bohdisattva) gave me just that chance!
Bohdi’s offers short day and over night biking excursions to anyone looking to experience a little [...]
The UK is not known among the cycling rich cultures of Europe as a particularly bike friendly place. In fact it ranks 12th out of Europe’s 15 ‘cycling nations’.
This may all be changing soon though as Britain announced earlier this week a $100 million program to seek out a “cycling city” that would promote two-wheel [...]
The Village Bicycle Project is a small non-government organization working primarily in Ghana, West Africa to increase access to bicycles and provide community workshops for participants to learn bike maintenance and mechanic skills.
In Africa where 1% of people have access to owning a vehicle, alternative modes of transport are not just an environmentally pleasing choice, [...]
This past weekend was a celebration of human-powered machines. There was the Handmade Bicycle Show, the Worst Day of the Year Ride, and my first experience with snowshoeing!
The 4th annual North American Handmade Bicycle Show came to Portland, OR for a three day event. Originally started in Houston, Texas, in 2005, this show is [...]
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