Archive for the ‘cycling’ Category
Arlington 500 – Cyclists riding along Hillside Road
Cyclists riding along Hillside Road
Arlington 500
The Arlington Heights Bike Club held the annual Arlington 500 Invitational Bike Ride today May 16, 2010. The ride offers recreational cyclists a choice of distances from 30, 44, 57 or 68 miles. The longest route, 68 miles, is slightly longer than 500 furlongs.
The Arlington 500 follows lightly traveled roads in Lake County, Illinois and [...]
NY City Police Bicycle Patrol 1899
From the NYC Public Library Digital Gallery
And from 100 years later.
2010 Ride of Silence
Ride of Silence
The Ride of Silence is May 19, 2010 at 7PM local time wherever you live. Here locally there are rides in Arlington Heights, Chicago, Evanston, Joliet, Peoria, Northwest Indiana. As I’ve been involved with planning for the local ride for several years, I generally notice news stories about people who are killed injured while [...]
Cycling Advocacy in your State
I’ve started this blog entry to keep track of and highlight organizations which promote cycling and do advocacy for cyclists. These organizations serve the cycling community. They are a wonderful source of information about all activities related to cycling. Larger cities also have advocacy groups which focus on the metropolitan area. These groups promote cycling in [...]
Vernon Hills Bike Race
May 3, 2010 was the 4th annual Vernon Hills Grand Prix Bike race. Sunday was an overcast day in the upper 60s so it was a nice day for the race. The races started in the morning and went all day long. I showed in the afternoon just as the Pro 1/2 60 minute race was [...]
Arlington Heights Bike Swap
Each April, the Arlington Heights Bike Club hosts a one-day community bike swap. Anyone can bring a bike or bike accessory to be sold. Members of the bike club accept the merchandise and conduct the sale. People selling bikes do not have to be present, other than to drop off their bicycle in the morning [...]
Spring blooms
I went on a bike ride at lunch on Tuesday. I was planning on riding hard for 45 minutes. At the last second I put my camera in the bike bag and ended up being very glad that I had. I ended up taking a more leisurely ride with many stops to take a few photographs. Many [...]
Google and Bicycles
Did you know you can set up a Google alert with any search string? I have a daily alert set up for news containing the word bicycle. The result is a daily email with links to news stories. Here are the results from last Saturday.
Google News Alert for: bicycle
KC Firm Introduces the EverYoung Folding Bicycle
Kansas [...]
Bicycles and Photography
It seems to me that many people who ride bikes also are into photography. If you participate in any of the hundreds of supported bike tours like Ragbrai, GOBA, or CANDISC you will see that nearly everyone has a camera.
Now and again you bump into another perspective on bicycles that has been recorded by a [...]