Topic: Bicycling

What Makes a City Bike Friendly?

The first reliable bicycle was the German draisine which dates back to 1817. (It was constructed almost entirely of wood and weighed 48 pounds!) However, it took nearly 150 years for cities to realize the importance of being a reliable place to bike.In 1974 a French city initiated a ...
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Three of the Best Places to Cycle in France

With a grand total of 28,000 kilometres of cycle routes, France is undoubtedly one of the best destinations for cycling. Dedicated paths meander through both town and countryside, and vary in terms of difficulty. You don?t have to be of Tour de France standard to enjoy cycling while ...
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Too cold for nude protest, NYC bikers switch gears

Too cold for nude protest, bikers against NYC bike lane removal pin plastic breasts to jacketsBicyclists who planned to go topless to protest the removal of a Brooklyn bike lane switched gears Saturday, pinning plastic breasts to their jackets as they rolled into a snowstorm. Dozens of bikers joined a ...
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Bikers in the buff

Bikers in the buff
A Hasidic Jewish man walks past riders biking down Bedford Avenue protesting the removal of a bicycle lane in the Williamsburg neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009. Bike messenger Heather Loop organized the event. Loop says the lane was removed because the neighborhood's ...
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