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- Yay Bikes Newsletter - December, 2009 7:03am Dec 15
- Hilltop Commission Recommendation Against Bike Lanes on West Broad - Good Decision or Bad? 7:28am Dec 2
- What's the Best Riding Clothing? 6:32pm Nov 24
From the great folks at Yay Bikes! Visit their website, support them, and join the fun at Columbus's number one bike forum!Dearest Cyclist,In the most joyous spirit of the holidays, Yay Bikes! thanks you for your kindness, patience, creativity, and generosity in 2009. Without you, Yay Bikes...
Last night, the Hilltop Commission, a neighborhood semi-governmental group in Columbus, voted to recommend against installing bike lanes on its section of West Broad as well as removing the parking lane on the south side of the road. As you probably all know, I'm a vehicular cycling advocate...
Frequently, suburbs are seen as the enemy of Complete Streets methodology. They're sprawled out, full of strip malls, cul-de-sacs, big box stores, and single-family dwellings. But two of our most prominent suburbs are fighting against that trend, and for completely different reasons...
One of the questions I get a lot from people who are just beginning on their bike commuting adventure is "what should I wear to ride on my commute?" The question comes from numerous sources: experienced recreational cyclists who are just deciding to start commuting and want to know how I manage...
I don't think I'm overstating anything when I say that the following email alert fromConsider Biking is important and may help to set a precedent that guides Columbus bicycle policy for a long time...
Frank R. Smith of Piketon was killed when a motorist driving a van hit him on US 23 yesterday afternoon. More information on this story at the Columbus Dispatch. We'll keep you updated as we hear more information on this one. People, not speed.
From This Week News: Open house set on SR-3 corridor studyWednesday, November 11, 2009 1:31 PMThe Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission will hold an open house on the "Westerville Road (SR-3) Corridor Study" on Tuesday, Nov. 17.The open house will be held from 5 to 7 p.m...
Reader danc posted some great links in the previous post's comment box and I think that it's well-worth sharing them with everyone. And it gives me a chance to explore the bike box and the many problems I have with the idea...
The City of Columbus is trying some new stuff with our bike infrastructure, most notable of which is the test of a bike box at the corner of North Broadway and Milton - the street route for the Olentangy Multi-Use Trail between Clinton-Como park and Whetstone Park...
I've got something on my mind that I want to share with all of you since you've been reading my stuff for a while (hopefully). I'm thinking about slightly shifting the focus of this blog to a more general "carless commuting" theme.I'm still a fan of the bicycle, don't get me wrong...
From the great folks at Yay Bikes!COMMUTER CYCLING COURSE - NOV 7 Columbus's League Cycling Instructors are offering a 6-hour (2-8pm) commuter course for riders who are already comfortable on the roads but need support to master them. All for the price of a tank of gas - $35 per person...
In a case that cyclists all over the country have been watching with great interest, Dr. Christopher Thompson was convicted on all counts in his car-assault on two cyclists last year...
Ed W, better known to the bicycle blogging ranks as CycleDog, hits us hard with this fictional story today. It's fictional... but very realistic. Read on. CycleDog.People, not speed.
Just a quick note - I want to thank the famous Yokota Fritz for adding a link to this blog in his sidebar on his fantastic bicycling blog Cyclelicious...
At the Interbike trade show last month, one of the big buzzwords was e-bikes. Short for electric bikes, the concept has elicited a lot of different reactions from the bicycling public. And this is honestly to be expected, as the cycling world is hardly homogeneous...
