Ride Boldly!

Bikes, bicycling, and road safety.

April 14, 2010
by julie
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Fearmongering in Duluth

There’s nothing quite like headline writing expressly designed to freak people out, while not necessarily matching article content. Duluth’s Northland News Center, which is a site for Duluth’s CBS, NBC, CW and ‘MyNetwork’ affiliate television outlets, provokes today’s big headsmack … Continue reading

May 20, 2009
by julie
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Cyclist Killed in Downtown Minneapolis

The Star-Tribune reports a cyclist being crushed by a truck on Park Avenue in Minneapolis this morning. If you look at the configuration of the bike lane and the traffic lane at this intersection, and, in fact, all the way … Continue reading

May 11, 2009
by julie
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Lazy Media, More Haters, Etc.

I’ve concluded that when hard-up for a story or just in a lazy mood, many media outlets resort to poking sticks at the anthill that is bicyclists using roads. Bike to Work Week is apparently a red cape to that … Continue reading