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Entries from April 2008

I Need Your Advice on Going Car-Free!

April 30th, 2008 · 37 Comments

Well, I’m really thinking hard about selling my vehicle and going unofficially car-free, but I need some advice…

I don’t drive my vehicle much at all, and the money I can get for it will help offset bills and other financial obligations (and allow me to add an Xtracycle to my fleet). I will still [...]

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Tags: Advanced Commuter Tips · Articles · Commute · How To

A fix for Douche bag drivers?

April 29th, 2008 · 7 Comments

I consider myself lucky that Florence Avenue is pretty wide. It is wide enough to accommodate 3 lanes, the thing is; there’s only two. But that doesn’t stop the douche bag drivers from driving illegally on the right hand side to pass 3 or 4 cars.
The City of Santa Fe Springs must have [...]

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Tags: Commute · WTF

News Flash: BikeCommuters.com and KHS Bicycles Sponsors Bike To Work Day

April 29th, 2008 · 12 Comments

Bike to Work Day 2008 - For Immediate Release
Contact: Russ Roca 562-331-1705 lbcyclists@gmail.com
Long Beach, CA - May 15th is Bike to Work Day, a national event where people from around the country are encouraged to replace their car trip with a bicycle for that one day. The movement has swept across the nation with rising [...]

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Tags: Commute · Events · News

Lunch gitter and why do they stare?

April 28th, 2008 · 34 Comments

Every other Friday I have to drive to work; however, I always take a bicycle to take care of errands or to ride to lunch. I like to visit a local sandwich maker (with better tasting subs than Subway) that is about 1/2 mile away from work. Last Friday I took my newly-acquired [...]

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Tags: Commute · WTF

Biria “Easy Boarding Top 3″ — Guest Review

April 27th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Here’s a design straight out of Europe…Biria’s “Easy Boarding Top 3” city bike. With its innovative step-through frame and comfort features, the bike is ideal for around-town errands, neighborhood cruising and light commuting.

Here are the manufacturer’s specs:
Frame - Aluminum 7005 - 40 cm (15.5″) and 46 cm (18″)
Fork - Hi-Ten unicrown
Rims - Aluminum
Tires [...]

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Tags: Bikes · Commuter Bikes · Gear · Reviews

New Florida Bike Advocacy Resources

April 26th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Three new bicycling advocacy resources “went live” in the past couple months here in Florida…two in the Tampa Bay area and one in Florida’s largest city, Jacksonville. Check them out!
Bike Jax:

Bike Jax is described as “… bike culture blogged. Our mission is to establish Jacksonville as a city that is increasingly safe, [...]

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Tags: Articles · News

How about putting air bags on cars to protect cyclists?

April 25th, 2008 · 6 Comments

That’s being considered according to this article that I read from Tree Hugger.

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Tags: Commute · Commuter Bikes

Bikers and Sellers

April 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Check out this new site where you can buy, sell and trade bike stuff for FREE. If you have a website, you can also list it as a ‘Bicycle Resource’.
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Tags: News

Fixed Gear Friday: Would you buy one?

April 25th, 2008 · 28 Comments

I’ve recently sold both of my Fixed Geared bikes, I just wasn’t riding them as much due to knee issues.
But, we are curious to know how many of you already own a fixed geared bike, how many of you are considering buying one and how many of you won’t get one. You can find our [...]

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Tags: Humor · fixed gear friday

Sea Otter Classic 2008: Selle An-Atomica

April 24th, 2008 · 6 Comments

First of all, our apologies for all the outages that we’ve been experiencing for the last 2 days. Our hosting service is working hard on fixing the problem.

We swung by the Selle An-Atomica booth at the Sea Otter Classic. We checked out their not-so ordinary line of ostrich hide saddles. The cool thing about [...]

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Tags: Gear · Sea Otter 2008