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London Approves Europe's First City-Spanning Bike Superhighway
Catering to some of the 170,000 cyclists that ride across London every day, this segregated bicycle lane will stretch from west to east, pass through the heart of the city and span 18 miles when completed, the longest of its kind on the continent. Backed by mayor Boris Johnson, a second route will also eventually span perpendicular to this first one, reaching south to north and crossing the first path in the middle of the city.
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"Roads were not built for cars": how cyclists, not drivers, first fought to pave US roads
Nowadays, it's common to view city streets as largely a place for cars. Bikes, if anything, are seen as a very recent intrusion on them. But the surprising truth is that back in the 1890s and early 1900s, it was mainly cyclists who first advocated for cities in the US and Europe to pave their streets and build new roads.
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Japan's Shimanami Kaido: One of the world's most incredible bike routes
Japan's Shimanami Kaido might be an expressway, but it was designed with the cyclist in mind.
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The Mad Scientist of Bicycles
As far back as Brent Curry can remember, he was a tinkerer. In the suburbs of Waterloo, Ontario, he spent his early years taking things apart and reassembling them. By the time he was 15 years old, he’d taken up an intense interest in cycling, and began building his own bikes. “From then on,” he says, “I knew I wanted to get into the bicycle industry.” Eventually, he continued on to the University of Waterloo, where he studied mechanical engineering and...
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The Quest to Push a Human-Powered Bike to 90 MPH
If Todd Reichert cannot regain control of his ultrafast bike, he will be cast at 75 mph into the unforgiving rock and scrub that lies beside the highway in the Nevada desert. Reichert is familiar with extreme situations: the 32-year-old aerospace engineer and athlete was co-designer and pilot of the first human-powered ornithopter—a craft that flies by flapping its wings—to soar continuously, and the first ever human-powered helicopter to become airborne.
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Halfbike II is a pedal-powered Segway hybrid
An innovative stand-up bike has already raised double its $50,000 (£34,000) fundraising target on Kickstarter. The Halfbike II has three wheels -- one large and two small -- and doesn't have a seat. At the time of writing, the project has raised over $112,000 (£76,000) with 22 days of fundraising to go.
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Ford Global considers bike biz
Is Ford Motor Co. going to become a bicycle manufacturer?
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Giro d'Italia Will be First Test of UCI's 'Extreme Weather Protocol'
The Giro d’Italia, starting on Saturday May 9, will be the first race to utilise the Union Cycliste Internationale’s ‘extreme weather protocol’, which was brought in to protect riders from racing in severe weather conditions.
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How Copenhagen Became A Cycling Paradise By Considering The Full Cost Of Cars
Copenhagen is known as a cyclist paradise, a place where the bike is treated equally, if not preferentially, to the car. There are long-running cultural reasons for this—the Danes are into bikes, period—but also more structural factors as well. One of those is how the city justifies its cycling investments relative to other modes of transport.
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In 1900, Los Angeles had a bike highway — and the US was a world leader in bike lanes
Copenhagen is one of the world's best cities for biking, with more than 200 miles of bike lanes and two of just a handful of bike superhighways built worldwide. Meanwhile, of the top 20 most bike-friendly cities in the world, only one is in the US — while 17 are in Europe. But what most people don't realize is that way back in 1900, Los Angeles began construction on the world's first bike highway. During this bike-crazed era, cities across the US built the earliest precursors to today's...
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Danny Macaskill: The Ridge
Breathtaking views of the Island of Skye and some incredible technical skill on a mountain bike.
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Super cyclist cheats death and gravity in this mind-blowing video
Vittorio Brumotti is a name you've probably never heard before, but you won't soon forget it... assuming you can pronounce it. While freestyle biking isn't exactly a mainstream sport, it's somethin...
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Italy's Ciclotte, stationary bike for the 21st Century
Its single carbon fibre wheel surrounds a clever eletromagnetic resistance mechanism that replicates the feel of a racing bicycle.
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NOPD looking for man who took bicycle for test ride and never returned
New Orleans police are looking for a man who allegedly stole a bicycle from a French Quarter store after he told the cashier he was taking the bike for a test ride and never returned.
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Car-Free Paris: French Capital Bans Motor Vehicles for 1 Day
For a single day next month, locals and visitors will be able to experience Paris without motorized traffic, giving the city over to pedestrians and bikers. Free of traffic congestion, noise pollution and vehicle emissions, the Day Without Cars will transform the physical and auditory landscape, enabling views and revealing ambient sounds ordinarily drowned out by the urban cacophony on September 27th.
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Artistic cycling
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Inside the Most Dangerous Bike Comp on Earth
Every fall, the world’s best mountain bikers assemble at Red Bull Rampage to hurl themselves down cliffs in search of fame and fortune—if they make it down in one piece.
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Google Wants To Make Silicon Valley As Bike-Friendly As Copenhagen
In theory, the heart of Silicon Valley—towns like Mountain View and Santa Clara—should be the ultimate place to bike. It's usually 72 degrees and sunny; it's mostly flat. But it's also a classic example of suburbia designed for cars, bisected by 10-lane freeways and extra-wide streets filled with speeding cars. Google is hoping to help turn its home turf into something more like the bicycle paradise of Copenhagen...
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If Roads Were Like Bike Lanes
For those brief moments that you happen to be in a bike lane, biking in the city is wonderful. But it always seems that bike lanes end before they even begin, just like a summer romance or a slice of pizza.
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Study finds no link between cycling helmet laws and head injury rates
A major Canadian study has found no link between cycle helmet legislation and head injuries, and has recommended governments focus on providing bike infrastructure to protect cyclists instead. Between 2006-2011 the study recorded hospitalisation data from different Canadian jurisdictions, some with mandatory helmet laws, some without. Of an average 3690 hospital administrations per year in riders aged 12 and over there were 622 hospitalisations...
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