Popular Mechanics magazine has given a Breakthrough Award to the Gyrobike, an invention that prevents bicycles without training wheels from tipping over.
Four Dartmouth College students developed the idea of putting a flywheel inside the rim of the front wheel. A drill is used to spin the flywheel, which keeps the bike stable under novice riders. …
Dartmouth College students have developed a device — spinning flywheel — that keeps a bicycle from tipping over. Developed by Hannah Murnen, Augusta Niles, Deborah Sperling and Nathan Sigworth (not pictured).
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A publisher is offering a $500 prize for the best pictures of people crashing on bicycles. The winner gets the picture on the cover of a book to be released in May 2007 — “Cycling's Greatest Misadventures.”
The offer comes from Solano Beach, California-based publisher Casagrande Press LLC. It's self-described as a “new literary press founded or promote quality non-fiction and fiction. …
You don't have to pay a corrupt lobbyist like Jack Abramoff to gain funding for bike paths and trails in your area. You simply need to get your mayor or county executive interested in bicycling.
Just look at Seattle, Chicago, and Columbia, Missouri as examples.
For instance, I ran across a story in my local newspaper on Wednesday that said trails are taking a high priority …
Robotic cyclist Murata Boy has achieved a new skill, he can pedal uphill.
Shown here on an earlier S-curve balance beam run, the robo-cyclist achieved a new goal by pedaling up a 25-degree incline at the Ceatec electronics show in Japan this week, says Digital World.
Cyclist Floyd Landis expressed his sympathy to the Amish community near his hometown in Pennsylvania that was the site of Monday's schoolhouse shooting that left five girls dead.
He also pledged in a blog post at FloydLandis to donate funds to those affected by the shooting and urged anyone who would like to help to visit the Coatesville Savings Bank website for the Nickel Mines Children's Fund and the Roberts Family Fund.
Landis is recovering from hip surgery he underwent last week. He's also working on his defense against doping charges that could result in a 2-year ban from professional cycling and the loss of his 2006 Tour de France. …
Florida has joined at least six other states that require motorists to give bicycle riders a minimum 3-foot gap when passing.
In announcing the law that went into effect on Sunday, Florida newspapers have filled their pages with anecdotes from cyclists who have been hit by passing cars or who frequently feel the rush of close-passing cars and trucks.
Bicycling advocates are hoping the new law will put a dent in the bicycle fatality totals in the state …
There's a short, little 10.8-mile bicycle ride in California where the organizers give away a free T-shirt to anyone who can finish in 1 hour. Sounds easy?
The ride is the Mt. Diablo Challenge in the East Bay suburbs of San Francisco. The bike ride sports a 3,249-foot elevation gain, 6.9% over the last 4 miles. Out of 957 finishers, the Save Mount Diablo organization handed out only 134 free T-s on Sunday.
This year's winner was Robert Anderson, a 51-year-old cyclist from Mill Valley, California …
I'll have to admit that I was expecting the worst when I volunteered to help chaperone a peloton of 60 middle school pupils bicycling on the Sammamish River Trail this weekend.
Clipped wheels. Face plants. Head-ons with speeding adults trying to shave seconds off their time trial records. Tangles with roller-bladers, dogs on leashes or stollers. Anything could have happened — but nothing did. …
Climate change is increasing North America’s dramatic wildfires each year, with apocalyptic smoke-darkened skies and scorched landscapes. In 2021, smoke from California wildfires reached as far as New York City, […] The post Bike Touring During Wildfire Season: What to Know and When To Bail appeared first on Adventure Cycling Association.
The 16th Remember the Removal team completed its nearly month-long journey on June 21, 2024, as the team rode into Tahlequah, OK, the capital of Cherokee Nation. The annual endeavor […] The post Remember the Removal Team Completes 950-Mile Ride in June 2024 appeared first on Adventure Cycling Association.
Metro Washington Association of Blind Athletes (MWABA) was thrilled to receive a grant from Adventure Cycling for our second annual tandem bike camping trip. This year, 25 campers braved the […] The post Rolling with the Flow in the D.C. Summer Heat with Camp MWABA appeared first on Adventure Cycling Association.
“These were very much local trails used by local folks, for jogging or biking or running or getting to the river, or taking a baby stroller on,” Perry ...
In 2024, the League’s Bicycle Friendly America program awarded Community Spark Grants of $1,500 each to 15 organizations for projects that spark change and catalyze a community’s ability to create… The post Sparking Change in Tempe with McClintock High School’s Bike Club appeared first on League of American Bicyclists.
Say hello to the newest member of the League’s team: Shelby Ottengheime! As our new Federal Policy Fellow, Shelby brings insights from her experience as a campus bike shop leader… The post New League Staff: Meet Shelby appeared first on League of American Bicyclists.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the League of American Bicyclists proudly recognizes 45 new and renewing Bicycle Friendly Businesses (BFBs) for their commitment to encouraging a more welcoming atmosphere for bicycling. “We’re… The post Celebrating 45 New and Renewing Bicycle Friendly Businesses appeared first on League of American Bicyclists.
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