Thanks much for the link! I'm sending it to our webmaster to put on our club's website: www.StPeteCycling.com I haven't been writing very much lately. We've...
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===================== From: Dwight Hines <dwight.hines@...> Every year in St. Augustine, Florida, there is a Gamble Rogers Folk Music Festival. It is at...
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Hi Claire, I live in Florida, not your RI. Check out www.IceBike.com for info and suggestions so you can keep bicycling in the winter. Thanks, Kimberly Cooper...
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Hi Keri, Thanks much for the links. I am sending them to our club's webmaster. I have tried and tried to explain these things to the powers that be in our...
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All commuter, recreational, racing, and other bicyclists.... We're having a fun get together: When: Saturday, August 23, 2008, at 6:00 PM Where: St....
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my planning is 2 fold so to speak................... 1. i hope to do the GDT next summer ..in fact i was going to take several months to do the trail........ ...
TECHNOLOGY | August 24, 2008 Digital Domain: Caution: Driver May Be Surfing the Web By RANDALL STROSS Chrysler is poised to offer in its 2009 models a new ...
Front page (A1) article in today's Washington Post. The Post has been running a number of cycling related articles, published an editorial two days ago related...
... Pucher's "studies" have been discussed here in the past, so you can check those discussions out if you like. ... But within those countries the less safe...
Jon An observation - I live in the US, and commute to/from work, 30 miles RT per day on a bicycle. I also travel quite a bit as a part of my work, and my...
... BTW Safety measures are primarily an intersection and crossing behavior issue. The _safety_ of good bicyclist lane positioning will have little to do with...
===================== From: Sauerwald Mark <mark_sauerwald@...> Jon An observation - I live in the US, and commute to/from work, 30 miles RT per day on a...
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... Sorry, I missed this was bicycleadvocacy list and not chainguard list. Chainguard is list where more Pucher discussion took place, if you want to check...
This was in my local paper today. Some companies provide car service. Humana Inc. does bike share. The health care provider started a free bike-sharing program...
... This is good to hear. ... Your link was bad, but today's Denver Post had an article about the green activities including bicycle lending during the DNC: ...
============ ===== From Kimberly Cooper: In another words, the bicycling education in the Netherlands is better than in the USA. In the Netherlands, drivers...
Ken - Thank you for the reference to the other list. I will see what else others have said about the study(s) being referenced. Cause and effect is very hard...
... No, don't take it that way. That is not what I mean. ... In cases when a roadway is the only improvement along the public corridor, that is what I mean...
... While I have seen references to laws being *considered* to change the liability assumptions. I haven't seen evidence they were *passed* and at least one...
... The most recent spike in bicycling activity and _buzz_ about bicycling has been _followed_ by all the louder noise about facilities. I have been riding and...
Forget the handlebar bag! Your list of items will create far too much weight to mount that high. Keep the weight as low as possible. If a low-rider front...
do you have any expierence with a handle bar bag like carousel designs? why would you not use one? thanks for the tip about the use of a BOB..........but then...
My only experience with handle-bar bags would suggest that anything more than a (small) camera and a pack of tissues creates a VERY unstable steering ...
I agree with Jim. I am not planning the trip you are but I do commute & I do not like any weight on my handlebars. I prefer the weight behind me. However,...
We have a handlebar bag for the tandem, but for the light, repeated access stuff. A person with free hands on the back seems naturally to call for a little...
Rather than a trailer I suggest an Xtracycle (Xtracycle.com). It's lighter and better handling than a trailer with the same or more capacity. Plus it's handy...