New Planet X and On-One Demo Bikes in Bristol

A fresh batch of demo bikes from Planet X and On-One just landed in our Bristol showroom! The only location in the South West where you can see, test ride and be accurately fitted for Planet X and On-One’s extensive range of bikes. Each bike purchased from Bike Science includes a FREE 45 minute pre-purchase sizing session [...]

Source: http://blog.bike-science.com/2011/10/11/new-planet-x-and-on-one-demo-bikes-in-bristol

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TdF Stage 12 ? Klöden ? Pain and Suffering

To the uninitiated, when enthusiasts talk about how elite cyclists can suffer and push themselves through pain, it?s usually a good thing, a compliment. It often refers to a rider pedaling up a high mountain or a long time trial where the toughest mental competitors drive themselves beyond their physical red zone and can [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/tdf-stage-12-kloden-pain-and-suffering/

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The Tour de France Opens Dramatically

The Tour de France Opens Dramatically (But the Shack Make a Great Showing) For Team RadioShack supporters the expectation of our favourite team must be immense; the year to date has been a good one for the Team. Latterly Levi Leipheimer took the Tour de Suisse by riding an exceptional final stage time trial, Chris Horner [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/the-tour-de-france-opens-dramatically/

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Team RadioShack Line-up for Tour de Romandie

Team Radioshack is ready with their team for the 2011 edition of the Swiss race Tour de Romandie, which runs in the French speaking part of Switzerland. Tour de Romandie (Switzerland), 26/04 – 01/05/2011 Riders : Fumiyuki Beppu, Jani Brajkovic, Manuel Cardoso, Ben Hermans, Geoffroy Lequatre, Dmitriy Muravyev, Sébastien Rosseler & Haimar Zubeldia Directors : Alain Gallopin & [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/team-radioshack-line-up-for-tour-de-romandie/

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TdF Stage 10 ? Klöden Well Positioned

A very hilly 158-kilometers (about 100 miles) of warm, humid conditions over 4 categorized climbs saw the peloton working hard today after Monday?s rest day, with the sprinters teams looking to neutralize any breaks to choreograph a bunch sprint finish. And that?s just what happened. It looked like HTC-Highroad?s well-honed sprint train would [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/tdf-stage-10-kloden-well-positioned/

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New Planet X and On-One Demo Bikes in Bristol

A fresh batch of demo bikes from Planet X and On-One just landed in our Bristol showroom! The only location in the South West where you can see, test ride and be accurately fitted for Planet X and On-One’s extensive range of bikes. Each bike purchased from Bike Science includes a FREE 45 minute pre-purchase sizing session [...]

Source: http://blog.bike-science.com/2011/10/11/new-planet-x-and-on-one-demo-bikes-in-bristol

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Slow Down!?

In an October 2010 post titled When is Motorized 'Okay'?, I wrote about the controversy surrounding people riding power-assisted e-bikes on pathways in the Colorado Front Range region. (Incidentally, here's a new piece of news on that topic.)

Now another potentially divisive issue regarding bike paths is making headlines in Boulder. According to this story from the Boulder Daily Camera, the city council is considering a measure that would require cyclists to enter and negotiate crosswalks at a speed not exceeding 8 miles per hour. Bill Cowern, Boulder's transportation operations engineer, says such a law is needed because a disproportionate number of accidents at the city's fifteen flashing crosswalks involve bicycles.

"In a study conducted a few years ago," reads the Daily Camera article, "the city found that in 70 percent of accidents when a person was hit crossing at a flashing crosswalk, a bicycle was involved. That, the study concluded, was despite the fact that less than half the crossing activity was bicycle-related."

However, Dan Grunig, executive director of Bicycle Colorado, told the newspaper that he has concerns with the city enacting regulations that would trump existing state laws. "Having a patchwork of unique laws that motorists or cyclists are unlikely to learn, it may affect the safety of people on the road," he said.

Eight miles an hour is pretty poky. It's possible to ride that slow and not fall over, but a lot of riders would probably just get off and walk.

What to you think? Deal or no big deal? Has your community addressed this issue?

According to another report I read, the Boulder City Council will vote on the measure today.

The author at a crosswalk on Pennsylvania Bicycle Route S. Photo by Nancy McCoy.

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BIKING WITHOUT BORDERS is posted every Monday by Michael McCoy, Adventure Cycling?s media specialist, and highlights a little bit of this or a little bit of that ? just about anything, as long as it?s related to traveling by bicycle. Mac also compiles the organization's twice-monthly e-newsletter Bike Bits, which goes free-of-charge to some 43,000 readers worldwide.

Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2011/11/slow-down.html

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