Cycling - Blogs & Blog Posts

Good news by Stephen Rees's Blog on Nov 2, 2009Two good news stories this morning. The Burrard Bridge trail looks like it has been a success. The report will go to the Transportation Committee tomorrow. Or you could could read the Vancouver Sun’s summary. Its popularity among cyclists – 9...

Saddle Up: Pleasure and Pain at the US Patent Office by R A N T W I C K on Oct 28, 2009I've been browsing at the patent office again. Despite the title of this post, let's start with the pain. It would seem that some would prefer to sit while they stand!Patent #7331595 - Auxiliary bicycle seat for stand-up uphill pedaling supportFrom t...

Mayor releases plan to make Vancouver the world’s greenest city by 2020 by Stephen Rees's Blog on Oct 21, 2009Gregor Robertson used the platform of the current Gaining Ground-Resilient Cities conference at the Vancouver Convention Centre to launch “Vancouver 2020 A Bright Green Future” yesterday. This is the document from the Greenest City Action...

Sustainable Mobility & Cycling in New York by Stephen Rees's Blog on Oct 20, 2009Janette Sadik-Khan “Learning from New York” Shifting Gears II series SFU City Program at the Convention Centre, October 19 This was probably the largest audience for one of these lectures that I have seen: somehow everyone managed to get in altho...

How to Hold Your Mutant by R A N T W I C K on Oct 16, 2009Recently while riding in to work in the morning I was caught off guard by how cold it was. Most of me was fine, but my bare hands (fingers in particular) were aching. It was one the first days that I was riding "Mutant Winter". I have decided to rena...

Inspiration: 416cyclestyle by habit: addiction to design on Oct 14, 2009photo by Xander N'Dante Check out Toronto's very own cycle chic blog, 416cyclestyle! Modeled after the blog that started the  movement, Copenhagen Cycle Chic, 416 shows off our stylish commuters.

I'm Getting Pumped! And then Deflated! by R A N T W I C K on Oct 8, 2009Around March of the last few of years, I begin to ache for Spring and open bike paths and an end to riding through heavy snow, rain and dirty slush. Around now, the last few years, I start getting excited to ride in all that stuff all over again. Don...