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Monday, February 27
Full report on Bush's bike crash in Scotland last summer
by
Gene Bisbee
on Mon 27 Feb 2006 08:12 AM PST
Those dogged Scottish journalists finally have dug up the official police reports on President Bush's collision with a constable while he was enjoying a bike ride last summer. Apparently Bush lost control of his bike while waving. The Scotsman reports that a contingent of Scottish constables were dispatched to control traffic at an intersection while Bush went for a ride ... more »
Cars-R-Coffins opens coffee shop for cyclists
by
Gene Bisbee
on Mon 27 Feb 2006 07:00 AM PST
It's on T-shirts, socks, jerseys, water bottles ... you name it. It's the brainchild of Hurl Everstone, 38, a bicycle advocate in Minneapolis who published a newsletter by that name. Earlier this month, Cars R Coffins got into the business of peddling coffee to cyclists. ... more » Wednesday, February 22
Stow your bike up in the trees
by
Gene Bisbee
on Wed 22 Feb 2006 11:52 AM PST
Now a Swiss inventor has built a Bike Tree that stows bicycles out of the reach of passersby and under cover of an umbrella-like affair. Installed in Geneva, the Bike Trees lift the ... more » Tuesday, February 14
Kona assembles first BikeTown Africa bike
by
Gene Bisbee
on Tue 14 Feb 2006 05:00 AM PST
Bicycling magazine had decided to take its "BikeTown" project to Botswana in cooperation with Bristol-Myers Squibb to help medical personnel deliver HIV-AIDS treatment to people in cities and rural villages. Kona Bicycles, located up the road in Ferndale, Washington, got the deal to make the bikes and has been blogging its ... more » Monday, February 13
Blind cyclist finishes solo bike race in South Africa
by
Gene Bisbee
on Mon 13 Feb 2006 10:03 AM PST
Blind cyclist Hein Wagner entered the records books this past weekend by bicycling solo in a 24-mile race in South Africa. Wagner averaged 14 mph -- up to 24 mph in the downhills -- in the Construction du Cap Ninety Niner. He followed a friend who had a noise device attached to his bicycle, and two other cyclists followed to ... more » Monday, February 6
New bike path at Santa Barbara necessary, but costly
by
Gene Bisbee
on Mon 06 Feb 2006 01:50 PM PST
The 900-foot, 12-foot-wide, bicycle path was completed at a cost of $525,000 recently to link the east and west sides of the campus, according to the UC Santa Barbara student newspaper, the Daily Nexus. The cost was covered by a $3 per student ... more » |
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You've probably seen the 
I've seen some pretty unique inventions for the bicycle come from across the pond. First there was the 
Remember the 
What's a bike path cost these days? The so-called Broida Expressway at UC-Santa Barbara cost $583 per foot.
