Light & Motion recalled the following ARC Lithium Ion Bicycle Light Batteries:
The recall includes only batteries with a manufacturer date code of 1003 or 1103.
Contact Light & Motion support page or Consumer Product Safety Commission for more info.
2006 archive
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Mondo bizarro bicycle safety video
Bicycle safety videos have come a long way in the past 40 years. Did I really have to sit through stuff like this? Fortunately, I've repressed the memory.
I stumbled across the 15-minute film while checking around for other examples of online bicycle safety videos before posting “Illinois bicycle safety video online.” The vintage 1963 film is called, “One Got Fat,” and it details how a group of monkeys (no, not children) fall victim to grisly accidents — one by one — for not following the rules of the road and not using common sense.
The monkeys are riding their bicycles to a picnic, but the one who had a bike basket to carry all the sack lunches is the only one to survive. He gets to eat all the lunches, hence, “One Got Fat.”
You'll note in the 15-minute film that none of the children (monkeys) are wearing helmets. That's OK; helmets probably aren't much help when being run over by a steamroller or an 18-wheeler or when tumbling into a bottomless manhole.
Do you recognize the narrator's voice? …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/10/18/mondo-bizarro-bicycle-safety-video/
Illinois bicycle safety video online
You probably wonder what the heck is being taught in drivers' ed when someone honks at you as they pass and a young voice shouts, “Use the f***ing bike path.” I know I do.
At least in Illinois, though, the students are being taught all the right things.
The League of Illinois Bicyclists is distributing copies of its 7-minute video for new drivers on what to do and not do when encountering bicyclists — in other words how to share the road. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/10/18/illinois-bicycle-safety-video-online/
Illinois share the road video
League of Illinois Bicyclists is distributing hundreds of these videos on bicycle-motorist safety around the state. See it online at the league website.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/10/18/illinois-share-the-road-video/
Breedlove family questions 2005 death of RAAM bicycle racer
After Bob Breedlove died in a head-on collision with a pickup truck on a lonely Colorado highway last year, state police said the Race Across America bicyclist had veered into the pickup's side of the road.
The family now says that state police reached the wrong conclusion in the case, and they're supported by two independent investigators — including one hired by Outside magazine. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/10/16/breedlove-family-questions-2005-death-of-raam-bicycle-racer/
Spring menace for Australian cyclists: Swooping birds!
Bicyclists in the U.S. loathe some rural bike routes because of the danger posed by being chased by loose dogs. In Australia, it's swooping birds that can frighten and endanger bicycle riders.
The problem is so great in some areas that signs are posted warning of swooping birds. Cyclists are encouraged to avoid those areas or risk being buzzed, scratched or pecked.
If cyclists must pass through native bird nesting areas …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/10/16/spring-menace-for-australian-cyclists-swooping-birds/
Here's looking at you
What's with those eyes staring from this kid's helmet? Their meant to scare off swooping birds, a real menace in parts of Australia where ground-nesting birds swoop at unsuspecting cyclists to protect their nests. Australia Department of Sustainability and Environment.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/10/15/heres-looking-at-you/
Ambulance staffs kept busy during Australian bike ride
Can you imagine two heart attacks and 25 injuries requiring attention from ambulance staffs during a single bicycling event?
Organizers of the Around the Bay in a Day bicycle ride in Melbourne, Australia, say that's not unexpected, considering they put 14,000 cyclists on the road for rides ranging from 26 to 155 miles. The bike ride …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/10/15/ambulance-staffs-kept-busy-during-australian-bike-ride/
First-person bicycle touring stories
Bicycle touring is as easy as following a box or Rice Krispies or as difficult as getting run over, sick, robbed or thrown in prison.
Those are the yin and yang of bike touring experiences related in two newspaper articles this weekend. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/10/15/first-person-bicycle-touring-stories/
Quote: Cycling union head reacts to Landis presentation
“It is a public relations effort by Landis to get public opinion behind him. It is easy to make up a power point presentation and put what you want on it.”
That's the reaction of Pat McQuaid, head of the Union Cycliste Internationale, to a PowerPoint slideshow prepared by Floyd Landis doc Arnie Barker. The slides suggest problems with tests performed on Landis' urine samples, specimens were mishandled or mislabelled, and could have been contaminated.
McQuaid has more than a passing interest in ensuring Landis is found guilty …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/10/14/quote-cycling-union-head-reacts-to-landis-presentation/
Trail biking
- The Future of E-Bike Power — What Every Cyclist Needs to Know - BicyclingHowever, as someone who enjoys riding an e-bike on approved trails and wants to see more terrain opened to e-bikes, I can also envision the risks of ...
- Pivot Trailcat LT Pro X0 review: a ripper of a bike that's versatile, fun and very expensiveA pricey trail bike that delivers on a multitude of terrain.
- The Steepest Trails Ever Ridden: Watch Mountain Bike Pro Take On Nepalese HimalayasWhen normal singletrack trails and downhill mountain bike parks don't do it for you anymore, where do you go to get your adrenaline fix?
Rails to Trails Conservancy
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