Ride Boldly!

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Orbea, originally uploaded by Between Stations.

I got a new bike today. Yay!

Spring is here. High gas prices are here, too.
With that comes a deluge of people asking: “What bike should I buy?” I end up answering that a lot for friends, relatives, random co-workers who see the picture of me and my husband on bikes I have in my office and who have heard rumors that [...]

Bicycle seat height is one of the most frequently misadjusted ‘fit’ features of a bicycle, and the easiest for the novice to fix.

The Washington Post is giving some media-love to Minnesota’s Representative Jim Oberstar, and his love of the bicycle.
Oberstar is presently working to provide bicycle storage at airports — something quite common in some European and Asian nations, but far less common in the United States. He’s also looking to provide better bicycle access into airports.
I’m [...]

New Jersey has passed legislation that will effectively ban the sale of every commercially-made bike of reasonable quality, according to Bicycle Retailer magazine:
Under the bill, it would be illegal to sell bicycles with quick release wheels unless they met performance specifications that are not commercially available. Assembly bill A2686, which was introduced in February 2006, [...]

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Bicycle, originally uploaded by Days Between Stations.

On this bicycle in Amsterdam, note the integrated front-end carrier. Most people use them for small children, although they seem handy for grocery runs too.