2010 archive
A 49-year-old bike rider was seriously injured on Saturday when he steered into a ditch to avoid being struck head-on by a minivan east of Sammamish.
The Washington State Patrol is asking any witnesses to contact Detective Stacy Moate at 425-401-7746.
The injured man, identified as the Seattle P-I's bike blogger David Longdon, was among a group of cyclists training for the Cancer Care Alliance Starbucks Cycling Team. They were heading westbound on Redmond-Fall City Road (Route 202) near Ames Lake Road about 11:45 a.m. Saturday …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/01/03/update-cyclist-injured-avoiding-collision-with-van-in-sammamish-wa/
A new year means new laws in many states, although there are only a few that affect bicycling.
A ban on texting while driving in three states went into effect on Friday, promising to make the roads a little bit safer by protecting bicyclists and others from distracted drivers. That makes 19 states that prohibit the practice (see the list below).
About the only law addressing bicycles specifically is a strange one in California that allows a person to ride a bicycle without a seat if the bicycle was designed by the manufacturer to be ridden without a seat.
After reading that one over a couple of times, I searched high and low for an explanation and finally ran across one in the Sacramento Bee ….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/01/01/now-its-ok-to-ride-a-bicycle-without-a-saddle-in-california/
Bicycle-like device that simulates running using elliptical motion of the legs. See ElliptiGO
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/01/01/elliptigo/
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