Another interesting piece of news in the helmet debate , from researcher Ian Walker in the U.K.:
Wearing a helmet puts cyclists at risk, suggests research
Bicyclists who wear protective helmets are more likely to be struck by passing vehicles, new research suggests. Drivers pass closer when overtaking cyclists wearing helmets than when overtaking bare-headed […]

Five questions for you from author Derrick Jensen, courtesy of dropping knowlege.

Dave at Surly broke his leg kinda bad and pieced this little motorized marvel together:

One of the best things about working for a bike company is  having the machines and scraps at hand to slap things like this together in a jiffy.  Ride-my-damned-bike-at-any-cost Dave had this to say:
For some reason, on my ride home, my […]

You may have heard in recent years of signs that China is giving up its claim to bikingest place on Earth.  Shanghai reportedly started to ban bikes on some roads. Bike advocates everywhere cringe at the thought. Hell, thinking people everywhere cringe at the thought. But all is not lost! Apparently the bigwigs in […]