Bicycle guru Sheldon Brown, who passed away in February, was fond of April Fool's jokes. That's why bicyclists in Seattle and Portland are picking Tuesday as the day for memorial rides.

In Portland (BikePortland): 6 p.m. Col. Summers Park, SE 20th and Belmont.

In Seattle (Kent's Bike Blog): 6 p.m. BikeStation 311 3rd Ave. South.

If you'd like to see a classic Sheldon April Fool's joke, here's his foolproof method to clean a bike chain...   more »

If you didn't find your dream job in "Bicycling advocacy jobs: You call this working?", then here are two more jobs that are available for the East Coast.

The Bicycle Coalition of Maine is looking for a new executive director after Jeffrey Miller accepted a position as head of the Thunderhead Alliance.

Also, you bicycle bloggers might be interested to know that the East Coast Greenway Alliance is seeking a travel writer...   more »

While the lion's share of bicycling advocacy and development work seems to fall to dedicated volunteers, there are quite a few paying gigs in those fields that are being advertised this spring, including three in Seattle.

Two of those are offered by the Cascade Bicycle Club and one by the Bicycle Alliance of Washington. There also are positions in Berkeley and Sonoma County, California, Lansing, Michigan, and Washington, DC.

There's nothing wrong with making a living out of what you love. Check out this list. It's not comprehensive; just a few jobs that I've stumbled across recently....   more »

A couple of years ago, the New York Times announced in its Style section that "bicycling is the new golf."

As if to prove it, CBS golf analyst David Feherty went out for a bike ride recently near his Dallas home. Unfortunately, a truck forced him into the curb and the side mirror hit him, breaking three ribs and puncturing a lung.

CBS reports that Feherty is doing as good as can be expected, and he should be back in the booth in time for the Masters tournament.

I'm glad his injury isn't more serious. I suppose all those golfers turned bicyclists are going to learn that the hazards out on the road are more dangerous than those sandtraps on the fairways...   more »

The public can see an awesome monument to one of America's best-ever cyclists this spring when Worcester, Massachusetts, unveils its statue of hometown hero Major Taylor.

Known as the "Worcester Whirlwind," Marshall W. Taylor set a slew of world cycling records at the turn of the last century and became the first African-American athlete to achieve worldwide celebrity.

The larger than life-size statue of this larger-than-life athlete will be unveiled in front of the Worcester Public Library on May 21. Speaking will be Taylor's successor on the world cycling stage -- Greg Lemond -- and three time-Olympic medal winner Edwin Moses ...   more »

It seems that many big cities, even in the US, are taking steps to embrace human-powered transportation as a way to reduce pollution and ease traffic congestion. Bicycle lanes, bike-to-work days, and free or low-cost rental bikes are becoming more popular.

In Ho Chi Minh City, however, thousands of bicycle-style cyclos will be banned come June to "clean up" the city's streets.

The cyclos are used as "rickshaws" to carry tourists and other passengers around town. They're also adapted to haul goods and garbage through the streets of Vietnam's capital city formerly known as Saigon. ...   more »