Stories from Bike Commute Tips Blog
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Equipment suggestions for bicycle commuting
Bike Commute Tips Blog &bull Sep 26, 2011
This July I was contacted by a writer for Outside Magazine, regarding bicycle commuting equipment recommendations. I sent several paragraphs of suggestions, based on my experience. The October 2011 issue is now out, and my comments appear with only one suggestion. So I thought I'd share the rest of my comments here. I offer more equipment suggestions on my website, and elsewhere on this blog. Basically, I was asked what I would recommend, either brands or features that are especially… Full Story »
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Cash for Clunkers: More auto-centric nonsense
Bike Commute Tips Blog &bull Aug 3, 2009
From Yahoo News, 07.31.09 : House approves $2B more for 'cash for clunkers' The House has voted to rush an additional $2 billion into the popular but financially strapped "cash for clunkers" car purchase program. The bill was approved on a vote of 316-109. House members acted within hours of learning from Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood… Full Story »
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Baby on Board: Pregnancy and bicycle commuting
Bike Commute Tips Blog &bull May 30, 2009
The following was edited out of the manuscript of my book, The Bike to Work Guide: What You Need to Know to Save Gas, Go Green, Get Fit . The question of bicycle commuting while pregnant has come up occasionally from site readers. Comments and suggestions are welcome. While pregnancy is… Full Story »
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Out of excuses: You-yes, you-can ride your bike to work
Bike Commute Tips Blog &bull May 13, 2009
From GreenRightNow.com, 05.13.09 : Paul Dorn knows that getting Americans to ride a bike to work instead of driving a car is quite the uphill battle. Even on a good day, he says, only a tiny percentage of the nation's commuters use pedal power to get to their jobs. He remains undeterred. Given that this is… Full Story »
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Sacramento Bee profile of multimodal bike commuter
Bike Commute Tips Blog &bull Apr 30, 2009
From the Sacramento Bee, 04.30.09 : Commuter: A 'multi-modal' journey In 1992, Paul Dorn sold his car, which wouldn't be such a big deal, except he never bought another one. Now he has written a book showing others how to… Full Story »
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Velorution coming to Boston?
Bike Commute Tips Blog &bull Apr 10, 2009
From the Boston Globe, 04.10.09 : Is Boston Ready For a Revolution? Can Boston really go from being the worst city for bicycling to the best? The mayor and his spitfire bike czar think so, and they're determined to launch… Full Story »
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Bike commuting and economic downturn
Bike Commute Tips Blog &bull Mar 6, 2009
The economic situation is bleak , and getting bleaker. In some sense the current economic crisis is primarily an energy crisis. The American economy rose to global hegemony on a wave of inexpensive petroleum. An assumption of perpetual cheap energy is the foundation of the business plans of nearly every corporation traded on the NYSE, NASDAQ, and other exchanges. The global economy assumes cheap oil, and no economy assumes this with greater enthusiasm than the prodigiously profligate U.S. economy, which consumes 25… Full Story »
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Protect your bike from theft
Bike Commute Tips Blog &bull Feb 22, 2009
From the Sacramento Bee, 02.20.09 : Bike theft is a common crime--no happy ending in most cases Hey, what about my bike? That's what lots of local cyclists have been saying this week as police worked to crack the Lance Armstrong $10,000-plus bike theft case. Each year, several thousand bicycles are stolen in the region--and few result in even a token police investigation. Shawna Sanders, a student at Sacramento City College , said Thursday the lack of any follow-up on her missing bike case "really irritated" her. Sanders...said her old bike was swiped from her backyard near Curtis Park. She… Full Story »
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Sacramento Meetup: bicycle bloggers, others
Bike Commute Tips Blog &bull Feb 10, 2009
Coming to Sacramento for Valentines Day--and also the prologue of the Amgen Tour of California ? Finish the day at the AToC Social Media Meetup . Join the inimitable Fritz ( Cyclelicious , CommutebyBike ), David Bernstein ( The FredCast… Full Story »
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Davis shows the way for bike commuting
Bike Commute Tips Blog &bull Feb 9, 2009
In anticipation of the Amgen Tour of California 's start in Sacramento and Davis, I was asked by the Yolo County Visitors Bureau to write an op-ed touting Davis' stature as a bicycle-friendly community. It was published this week by The Reporter (Vacaville, CA) , the Davis Enterprise , and the Daily Democrat (Woodland, CA) : Davis shows the way for bike commuting By Paul Dorn Bicycling is an inherently sociable activity. Travel in a car is a very alienating experience, containment in a metal vehicle moving at the highest-possible velocity, the terrain is simply scenery seen through a windshield.… Full Story »
