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Bikecommuters.com Jersey — East Side Style!

October 16th, 2008 · 14 Comments


I just got my sample Bikecommuters.com jersey via Fedex…

…and only two words come to mind to describe it: HELL yes!
Comfortable, loose fit; great fabric and a cool logo — it really doesn’t get much better than this. I think it’s safe to say that based on your interest in these jerseys, we’re strongly [...]

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Tags: Gear · News

Bicycle Commuter Act in the News

October 12th, 2008 · 19 Comments


Several folks have written to us asking why Bikecommuters.com hasn’t offered any coverage of the recently-passed Bicycle Commuter Act, which was a last-minute addition to the $700 billion bailout package approved by the U.S. Government.
Well, here’s why: because it’s been covered at length almost everywhere else…and in a lot of cases, mere minutes after [...]

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Tags: News · advocacy

Bicycle Bash By The Bay — Next Week!

October 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments


It’s only seven days away…the 2008 Tampa Bicycle Bash by the Bay.

If you’re in the Tampa Bay area, come on by…food, fun and bicycles galore. I’ll have a table with some goodies to give away from our site sponsors — maybe even some stuff to raffle off. I’ll also have the Recycletron 1000 [...]

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Tags: Events · News · advocacy · xtracycle

Tampa Bay’s Commuter Choices Week 2008

October 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments


Today I attended the kickoff party for the Bay Area Commuter Services “Commuter Choices Week”, where folks pledge to try a different form of commuting transportation than their usual mode for the month of October.
I didn’t attend in an official capacity…rather, I went along to help my friend Alan Snel get the word out on [...]

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Tags: Articles · Events · News · advocacy

Traveling Cyclist Amenities — New Zealand Style

October 5th, 2008 · 7 Comments


Our friends Nick and Lynn Tucker sent the following photo to share:

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What on Earth is this, you ask? It is the bicycle assembly station in the international terminal at Auckland, New Zealand’s airport…how cool is that?!?
New Zealand is widely regarded as one of (if not THE) ultimate destinations for bicycle tourists — [...]

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Tags: Articles · Commuter Profiles · News

Interbike 2008: Lance Armstrong Press Conference Highlights

October 3rd, 2008 · 10 Comments


I’m sure there’s tons of video of the Lance Armstrong Press Conference, but I finally was able to cut and edit the 30+minute video and high light the Greg LeMond fiasco and Lance talking about bike commuting.

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Tags: Interbike 2008 · News

Get a Load of This…

October 1st, 2008 · 14 Comments


The other day, Emily Kaiser of the Minneapolis City Pages blog forwarded an article she wrote as a response to an Anti-Strib blog article that infers that more bike commuters may mean a victory for Sen. John McCain’s campaign. Why, you might ask? Because more bike commuters on the streets mean more injuries [...]

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Tags: Articles · News · WTF

BikeCommuters.com

October 1st, 2008 · 13 Comments


BikeCommuters.com recently sponsored the MtnBikeRiders.com Racing Team in order to gain more exposure to bike commuting as well as the site. We received our new team jerseys yesterday and here’s Priscilla who is one of our racers, modeling the kit.

The team will be racing this weekend at Bonelli Park in San Dimas, Ca. If you’re [...]

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Mark Your Calendars: Tampa’s Tour de Cure 2009

September 13th, 2008 · 3 Comments


Dawn Keglor, associate manager for the American Diabetes Association’s Tour de Cure, wrote to tell us about the date and time for the Tampa Bay area’s Tour event:
Our Tour de Cure event is coming up on March 1, 2009…it is an incredible ride! It takes place in Venice, FL…not too far from Tampa Bay. [...]

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Tags: Events · News · advocacy

Producing a Bike Map for Your Town…

September 4th, 2008 · 6 Comments


Mark Stosberg of Bikes as Transportation wrote to tell us of a project he’s worked on — creating a bicycling map of Richmond, Indiana. His website details all the steps to undertaking such a project, and the steps are expertly presented. His site has it all, from planning for such a project, the [...]

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