Random Bits

Electric bicycles are like the Cruzbike recumbent – I want to like them, but can’t bring myself to. When I read this article, about a New England bicycle shop and their growing electric bicycle sales, I had to stop and scratch my head, as there is so much that is so wrong, on so many … Read more

Between day jobs, life, families, and juggling multiple product reviews, (coming out next week) there’s not much time this week to knock out the kind of high quality articles our readers have come to expect. Don’t despair though – we’ve found some articles on other sites that are worth sharing. In no particular order: CNN’s … Read more

Bike riders will cycle across the United States starting from San Francisco, CA to Connecticut. They will leave San Francisco mid-June 2011 and for the next 8 weeks will bike through California, Nevada, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio and New York, before reaching their destination, the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington. The … Read more

Found this article about folding bikes now being allowed on San Francisco Muni Metro Trains and buses. It’s a small step, but a step forward nonetheless. There has been some argument that no bikes of any kind should be allowed on public transportation, due to crowding. I find this interesting, because a folded bike doesn’t … Read more

In order to keep up with news and trends, I have some Google Alerts set up to help search out items of interest. All during Bike to Work Week, Google fed me a steady diet of articles from big city and small town online newspapers, spotlighting solo riders, offices full of commuters, and “man and … Read more