Archive for the ‘bicycle’ Category
ROS Honor Roll
ROS Honor Roll
May 17th 2011
Dear fellow cyclists,
As the Ride of Silence approaches — Wednesday night, May 18, 2011 for most communities — let’s take a moment now to reflect why we ride in silence and for whom. As someone commented on the Ride of Silence’s Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/rideofsilence – “the great thing about the [...]
Cloudscape
After the successful Ride of Silence Planning Camp this past Saturday, the out of town folks took a brief tour of Millenium Park in Chicago. Ben took this photo of Tim, Dave, Oren, and Gary reflected in the polished surface of the bean.
Ride of Silence
I hosted the Ride of Silence 2011 Midwest Planning Camp at my home this past weekend. It was an afternoon of breathing, thinking, and living the Ride of Silence among 14 fellow local ride organizers, participants, and board members. We streamed the session live on the internet and recorded it for those unable to participate.
Post [...]
A fish bicycle wrench
A friend sent me this link. I’m not quite sure what to make of it.
Gov. Quinn will sign 2 cycling bills on July 5
From: League of Illinois Bicyclists [mailto:lib@bikelib.org]
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 5:21 PM
Subject: LIB Alert: ADDRESS CHANGE for bill signing
TIME AND ADDRESS CHANGE FOR MONDAY’S BILL SIGNING – (My apology – just after we sent notice of our bill signing, the Governor’s office let us know of a location and time change.)
We just received late notice [...]
Dutch Bikes
The Dutch Bicycle company has been importing bicycles to the US for a couple of years. I’ve read about them on the internet but hadn’t seen one up close. Last month I was at the Green Festival at Navy Pier and a Dutch Bike was on exhibit.
The bike on display looked perfect for using [...]
Black Hawk Colorado Bans Bicycles
A town in Colorado has banned bicycles from all streets in the town. Cyclists are upset and angry. Bicycle Colorado is staging a protest at the state capitol on Tuesday evening June 29.
Adventure Cycling is putting out a warning since one of their published routes goes through Black Hawk.
The League of American Bicyclists [...]
88 Bikes
88 Bikes is a non-profit organization that specializes in bringing bicycles to children living in orphanges around the world. I first heard about the organization in 2008 when they were collecting funds to deliver 120 bicycles to orphans living high in the Andes Mountains near Huancayo, Peru. I donated funds for bicycle [...]
Ghost Bikes
A movement started in 2002 by an artist in San Francisco, Ghost Bikes are memorials erected at the site where cyclists have perished while riding their bicycle. The first installation of such a memorial happened in St. Louis in 2003 and has spread to 21 Countries and includes 35 US States.
Now Meaghan Wilbur, a [...]
Rock River Trail
I went to the Green Fest in Chicago on May 23rd. Working Bikes Cooperative had a booth at the festival and I spent most of the day in the booth talking about Working Bikes to people who visited the booth. Fortunately I had some time to walk around and visit with many of the other [...]