Duke Duke Bikes Grand Opening (from a press release) Join fellow Duke students, faculty and staff for the grand opening of the new Duke Bikes program this Thursday, August 30th, 4pm on the West Campus Plaza. Snacks, free Duke Bikes t-shirts and other prizes will be given away to the first 100 visitors. Duke Bikes [...]
Seen previously on velorution and Martino’s Bike Lane Diary.
After a 90+ year hiatus, Critical Mass returns to Durham. These never-before-seen (unless you visit the Durham County Library) photos prove that Critical Mass is much older than those San Franciscans claim. 1992? Try 1920s. What is unclear is why Critical Mass Durham has lay dormant for the past 94 years. No longer. The cycling [...]
It is little wonder that the United States lags behind Europe and east Asia in the development of real cycling networks and bike-specific infrastructure. Bicycles are vehicles, yet the national Transportation Secretary can go on thinking (and saying) the bikes are not transportation. In a PBS NewsHour interview last week, Transportation Secretary Mary Peters lamented [...]
From the Durham Bike Co-op website… On Saturday, September 8th, a community of like-minded Durham businesses will host a truly special event that will benefit a cause very close to our hearts. I’m pleased to announce that The Durham Bike Co-op is a co-sponsor of a bicycle scavenger hunt around the city of Durham designed [...]
As long as enough folks sign up, I’m offering two new courses through Duke Continuing Studies this fall. For eight weeks (September and October), we’ll be discussing contemporary ethics and the life and writings of Albert Camus. To read course descriptions or register for a class, follow this links. Photo by Henri Cartier-Bresson
This slide accompanied McHenry’s speech Because of a provision for bicycle commuters in the most recent Energy bill, Representative Patrick McHenry (NC) took the floor to belittle the bill’s Democratic authors and supporters. According to Congressman Earl Blumenaur (Oregon), the provision’s author, “the Commuter Benefit for bikers amends section 132(f) of the IRS McHenry code [...]
Jack Edinger, a fellow board member at the Durham Bike Co-op, and Anne Fairchild are the next Bull City Bikers. What bike(s) do you own and ride regularly? Anne: Trek multi track 730 w/ plastic crate attached! Jack: Currently ride a 1983 Trek 630 fixed-gear conversion. I also have an ever-changing fleet of frames and [...]
The Minneapolis paper, The Star Tribune, has a moving audio-slideshow of Dan Schueller’s story. Schueller, a bike-commuter, was riding home when the I-35W bridge collapsed. He was one of the first people on the scene and helped a number of people off the bridge. Find it here.