Palm Beach Bike Tours

If you’re a regular bike blog reader, I’m sure you have already seen this story about a doctor who cut off a cyclist and then slammed on his brakes so the bikers went through his back window.

I’d love to believe the bikers. I’m not so sure, however.
Bike Crunch in Boulder, Colorado
Earlier this year, I caught [...]

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My Google News bicycle search grabbed a mostly favorable piece from the Fort Scott (KS) Tribune this morning. It was a collection of tidbits from the Kansas Department of Transportation and contained a “helmet saved her life” anecdote.

At the top of the story was a picture, “Adam Arnold, 14, Fort Scott demonstrates the proper use [...]

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I have my Google News set up to search for bicycle stories. It usually turns out to be a depressing list of stories about people who have been run over, mugged or police reports about stolen bikes.
There was a pretty even-handed story in the Kalamazoo Gazette this morning about clashes between the increasing number of [...]

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There’s a thread in one of my favorite comic strips, Yehuda Moon and the Kickstand Cyclery, about bicycle helmets. Check out the comments. I was hooked the first time I logged in.
I normally stay out of the helmet wars. I confess to being irked when the first question / statement folks make when they hear [...]

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You can tell it’s springtime back home in MO. The Speak Out column (a repository of ramblings for people who can’t be bothered to write a letter to the editor) in The Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian contained one of the annual rants: “I AM frustrated by bicyclists who use the middle of a road lane. [...]

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I’ve debated for a couple of weeks whether or not to make this post, because it’s likely to be about as popular as kicking a puppy.
I’ve ridden my third - and last - Ride of Silence.
When I realized that it was getting to be that time of year, I turned to the Ride of Silence [...]

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I had a sneaking suspicion that an old geezer in a Rolls Royce was going to blow a stop sign in front of me one day, so I was ready to stop.
When I caught up with him at the next light, he had the window down actually breathing the same air as me.
I leaned in [...]

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Pedal clearance is another good reason not to hug the curb. I have one stretch of road where the curb height would be just right to pole-vault you if your pedal caught it.
You have been warned.

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About 50% of my riding is at night. I never count on just one rear-facing light, particularly LED lights, because they are highly directional. I have a NiteRider taillight (the brightest taillight made as far as I know) on the rear rack.
Behind it is a highly-reflective Slow Moving Vehicle triangle. On my Camelbak are two [...]

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I have been pleasantly surprised to see how responsive Florida’s Department of Transportation was when I pointed out two drawbridges that had “Walk Bike Across Span” signs on them when they weren’t justified.
When I explained that the signs sent the wrong message to motorists, they took one of them down. The other was changed to [...]

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