2011 Bike Month Activities
May 16-20th is National Bike to Work Week! — May 20th is National Bike to Work Day! <!– May 21st SCASD/CRBC ride is on! Join us at South High parking lot at 10:45 for an 11 am departure. Need a waiver form? Click here! –> May is National Bike...
Motorist Shoots at Cyclist for Carrying Child in Bike Seat
Asheville, N.C. – Motorist Charles Alexander Diez (photo at left) has been charged with first degree attempted murder after shooting at a cyclist carrying his child in a bike seat. According to the Asheville Citizen-Times, “Diez, 42, apparently fired at...
Schottelkot in College Township
A new word was added to the official Danish dictionary last year. Speaking at Velo-City 2009 in Brussels, Copenhagen mayor Klaus Bondam, said “schottelkot” (bicycle congestion) entered the Danish lexicon because rush hour bike commuters in larger Danish cities...
Seeking bike regulation in Colorado
News out of Jefferson County, Colorado is that the Jefferson County Commisioners are hoping to propose state legislation to allow individual counties in that state to ban bikes from roads they deem unsafe for cycling. As the term “ban” is rather...