The Amgen Tour of California announces the stages for this year’s race.
The courses include another ride up Mt. Baldy, along with a final stage from LA Live through NELA to the Rose Bowl. Maybe they can make the argument for bike lanes on North Figueroa while they’re passing through.
But former Tour of California winner Chris Horner’s team is snubbed this year.
Meanwhile, a North Carolina writer calls for an American Tour de France-style stage race, evidently never having heard of the Tour of California or Colorado’s USA Pro Challenge.
Then again, wouldn’t it be great if they combined the two into a single two week race running from the Rockies to the coast?
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HuffPo offers a pretty balanced look at SB 192, which would require all bike riders, including adults, to wear helmets and reflective hi-viz. Bakersfield cyclists are split on the issue.
Calbike has an online petition to oppose it. And yes, I’ve signed it.
Then again, more riders might voluntarily wear helmets if it would improve their Strava times.
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Local
A good job for a great organization. CICLE is looking for a Web Developer/SEO Engineer. And yes, I know CICLE is an acronym, but I got tired of typing all those periods all the time.
An LA cyclist lists the top 20 questions he gets asked as a bike commuter. I’ve gotten every one of those myself in one form or another.
LADOT wants your input on redesigning their website, which will include a new version of the agency’s bike blog.
KCET looks at the LA River bike path, and how it could be affected by plans to expand the I-710 Corridor.
The Hispanic-owned EGP newspaper chain becomes the latest to endorse Jose Huizar for re-election in CD14.
State
Red Kite Prayer’s Padraig makes a call for brighter colored bikewear to keep from getting run over.
A Santa Ana bike rider suffers non-life-threatening injuries when he’s hit by a car.
San Luis Obispo residents rise up against a utility box adorned with a brightly colored painting of a bike rider; I’m not sure if it’s the bright colors or the bike they find most offensive.
Turlock cyclists want safe, connected routes; then again, don’t we all?
More tragedy from the Bay Area, as a 14-year old bike rider is killed in Concord. As usual, the teenage victim gets the blame. Thanks to Anthony Ryan for the heads-up.
A hearing is set for next week for the San Francisco 49ers player charged with hit-and-run after striking a cyclist with his car, as well as possessing brass knuckles; he was driving on a suspended license at the time.
Two thousand Berkley bike riders have been hit by cars in the last 14 years, not counting the collisions that haven’t been reported.
National
Bike lawyer Bob Mionske moves back to VeloNews after writing for Bicycling magazine for the past several years.
Bike riders fear for their safety on Vegas roads.
People for Bikes says the lesson from Denver’s crowdfunded bikeway isn’t about raising money, it’s about raising a movement.
Even Wyoming is considering how to build a network of protected bikeways.
Montana considers scrapping the requirement for cyclists to ride to the right, replacing it with a standard allowing them to ride where they feel safest. The bill would also allow drivers to cross the center line to pass a bike when safe to do so, something our misguided governor vetoed a few years back.
Auto-centric Houston will get its first new bike master plan in 20 years.
One of the architects of New York’s Citibike bike share program says splitting a bike share network up into separate nodes — like how LA is planning to roll out its plan — is a recipe for failure.
International
The British Columbia woman charged with booby trapping a popular mountain bike trail now faces trial on a single count, after two other charges were dropped.
The Department of DIY is hard at work in Canada, where Halifax bicyclists designed their own network of protected bike lanes.
London advocates say cyclists are an afterthought when it comes to road safety standards.
A London cyclist suffers a broken pelvis when he’s shoved off his bike by another rider. Seriously, the last thing we need is road raging bike riding jerks; violently pissed off drivers are bad enough.
A UK van driver tells bike riders to stay awesome.
An Irish model is a bundle of nerves when she rides through Dublin; she may have reason for concern.
An Amsterdam designer builds a wood and aluminum bike using 3D printing, but that’s not nearly as cool as building a Louisville Slugger bike.
An Aussie writer questions whether parking adjacent bike lanes are havens or door zones of death.
Bangkok builds a new bike path under an expressway.
Finally…
Okay, so it’s not bike related. But Curbed has created a pretty good bingo card for when the New York Times — or pretty much any out of town newspaper — writes about LA. Win an Oscar, and get a statue of a little naked guy; lose, and you’ll get a new bike from Martone Cycling so you can #biketheOscars next year.
And a Brit cow evidently decides if it can’t ride a bike, it might as well wear one.
