"...This is a “bike bus”: a convoy of parents and children who ride to school, picking up kids along the way. While the concept has existed for years, a “bicibus” in Barcelona popularized the idea where it spread like wildfire through videos on social media in 2021. Thousands of parents (and kids) eager to step away from their vehicles have jumped on board. For the first time in decades, a small but critical mass of children are riding their bikes safely to school again...." #bicycling#cycling#BikeTooter#school#kids#climate
anecdotes about cycling to work: i work at a company which is affiliated with the military so we have lots of active duty and former service members. one dude sees my riding my bike to work and marvels at the fact. he acts like i'm doing something crazy.
Just dropped those two bikes at World Relief this morning. Got a call just now from a social worker at an agency I am not familiar with. He has a client who needs a bike. He got my card from someone who kept it after meeting me sometime in the past, working somewhere else. Client is 5'11. That green one would have been perfect. Ah well, another will turn up. I do have some large frame roadies. #bicycling
Large cities in Japan, like Tokyo and Osaka, have amazing public transportation. But you can’t see much from a subway. Consider getting around on a bicycle instead. Here's how to do it.
I don’t think I realized how healthy bicycling is. Huzzah!
> A substantial body of evidence supports the health benefits of cycling, everything from strengthening the immune system to boosting the likelihood of living longer. Now, a new study finds people who are in the habit of riding a bike are significantly less likely to have osteoarthritis and experience pain in their knees by age 65, compared to people who don't bike.
bike to work day 150k. a friend of mine and i took yesterday off and went for an epic ride from rockville to brunswick. 110km was on the towpath and it was a lovely day some highlights below. we did see a lot of cow parsnip along the towpath. do not touch that plant. @bikedc#cycling#bike (1/2)
@bikedc here is a great photo of the snake that was unhappy with me having disturbed it. this is after it struck my wheel once and was confused why the wheel didn't react. it stayed coiled up until we left and then it was gone when we returned on our way home. #cycling#bicycling#bike
“I’m wondering if something subliminal has happened after reading Bicycling Monterey. I’ve been riding the Rock Island Greenway Trail for the last week and a half. Just a wonderful and beautiful ride! It’s not Monterey, California, but a real gem for Peoria, Illinois.”—Richard Coers
El Pais: "From north to south and east to west, the map of the capital has been filled with infrastructure that gives the bicycle a privileged place. Paris has more than 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) of facilities adapted for cyclists, including more than 300 km (186 m) of bike lanes and 52 km (32 m) of provisional lanes, according to the latest available municipal data, from 2021. The rest are lanes shared with cars or lanes only marked with paint on the ground." #BikeTooter#cycling#bicycling
El Pais: "It’s rush hour on Rue de Rivoli, one of the main arteries of the French capital. The bicycles pass one after another in quick succession, ringing their bell when a pedestrian crosses without looking. Five years ago, it was cars that monopolized this three-kilometer axis that runs in front of Paris City Hall and the Louvre Museum. Not anymore. Two-wheel transportation has prevailed, favored by a paradigm shift in urban mobility. " #BikeTooter#infrastructure#bicycling#cycling
ICYMI: Large cities in Japan, like Tokyo and Osaka, have amazing public transportation. But you can’t see much from a subway. Consider getting around on a bicycle instead. Here's how.
If you pay attention to cyclists in Japan for a few minutes, you’ll realize that what's legal and what cyclists do are two different things. You’ll see people bicycling on both the left and right sides of the road, blowing past stop lights, and generally being menaces.