Despite the beliefs of many motorists, who tend to think every bicyclist who violates a traffic law is a reckless anarchist, most bike commuters — be they doctors, lawyers, plumbers, accountants, journalists, messengers or anarchists – use rolling stops because it’s what their bodies and nature demands.
In their essay “Why Bicyclists Hate Stop Signs,” University of California physics professor Joel Fajans and Access transportation journal editor Melanie Curry write that requiring cyclists to follow the same complete-stop rules as motorists defies science.
“While car drivers simply sigh at the delay” of a stop sign, they write, “bicyclists have a whole lot more at stake when they reach a stop sign.”…Â Details
A solution to the world’s urban transportation problems could lie in two wheels not four, according to executives for General Motors Corp. and Segway Inc.
The companies announced Tuesday that they are working together to develop a two-wheeled, two-seat electric vehicle designed to be a fast, safe, inexpensive and clean alternative to traditional cars and trucks for cities across the world…Â Details
France’s anti-doping agency has sent a report on Lance Armstrong’s recent test to international sports authorities.
The report from March 17 was forwarded to cycling’s governing body and the World Anti-Doping Agency.
The French agency said it will decide to investigate once it hears from the cycling body. The international cycling group, however, told The Associated Press on Monday it doesn’t have jurisdiction in this matter.
Armstrong was tested in southern France…Â Details
For the Banjo Brothers, marketing is like hand-to-hand combat.
At least that’s how it looks to Mike Vanderscheuren, one of the two founders and owners of the Minneapolis bicycle gear business. Five years ago, Vanderscheuren and partner Eric Leugers tested a new line of bike bags and backpacks in seven Twin Cities bike shops. Today, the company has its products in 450 bike shops nationwide.
The pair built their business the new-fashioned way: not by spraying ads all over the landscape, but by reaching out to the right targets, a few people at a time…Â Details