Biking in Baltimore
This spring, Anne Arundel Community College is offering non-credit classes in road cycling basics, LAB cycling instructor certification, and more.
These are the course offerings according to a brochure they sent out:
BCY-500 Road 1
BCY-501 League Cycling Instructor Certification
AHC-324 Understanding Eurpoean Bicycle Racing
AHC-325 History of Bicycling in America
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By Hieu Pham
Iowa City Press Citizen
What makes for a better Christmas present than a shiny, brand new bike?
This year, the Bicyclists of Iowa City have collaborated with the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Johnson County to give away $1,000 worth of free bikes to children just before Christmas.
Continue reading “Bike give away to kids in Iowa”
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the garage
not a car to be seen, not even a Dodge.
The tools were all placed on the table with care,
in case they be needed to perform a repair.
The bikes were nestled all snug in their stands,
with remnants of touring from choice far-off lands.
And Mama in her spandex, and I in my tights,
had just finished stretching and grabbing quick bites
Continue reading “Cycling Version – Twas the Night Before Christmas”
By Isabelle de Pommereau | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
FREIBURG, GERMANY
Continue reading “New German community models car-free living”
The Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Committee will not meet in December so that its members and their loved ones can fully participate in the Joys of the Season (TM).
The next MBAC meeting will be the 3rd Tuesday in January. Any pressing business before then can be conducted by email or phone.
Happy Solstice.
Engadget is running a piece on a half-ski, half-track mountain bike.
https://www.engadget.com/2006/12/17/the-ktrak-half-ski-half-track-mountain-bike/
The new bike will let people ride over sand and snow.
Fair- and foul-weather cities alike are gearing up to make it safer and easier for commuters to bicycle to work.
By ZACH PATTON – Governing
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Given that a very small percentage of Americans rely on bicycles to commute to work
Continue reading “Pedal Pushers”
Longer Commutes Outweigh Savings of Living in Outer Suburbs, Study Shows
By Eric M. Weiss
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, October 12, 2006; Page A01
One of the lures of the outer suburbs is more house — maybe even one with a big yard — for less money. But a new study shows that the savings are illusory: The costs of longer commutes are so high that they can outweigh the cheaper mortgage payments.
Continue reading “Around D.C., a Cheaper House May Cost You”
This came as a bit of a shock to me, side by side comparison of Baltimore (city,) Baltimore County, Anne Arundel County and New York city. To the left in orange are the cycling injury rates per million population and to the right in red is the cycling death rate per million population.
Velocipede Bike Project is looking for volunteers to help build bikes this Sunday 12/10. They have lots of donated used bikes and parts they just need people to help build them up to a working bike that may end up as someone
Continue reading “Help give the gift of love this holiday season”