A new report raises kind of a chicken and egg question, finding cycling is safer in nations with the most people on bikes.
So is it safer because more people ride or do more people ride because it’s safer?
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Caught on video:
After a San Francisco cyclist slaps the back of a minivan when he gets cut off, the driver gets out and goes ballistic. With his kid in the car, no less.
Chilling security cam video catches an Australian rider getting doored seconds before he’s killed by a passing truck.
And pro cyclist Peter Sagan pulls yet another bike trick by playing bicycle golf with a teammate.
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I think most of us would agree that hit-and-run drivers are heartless assholes.
So what does that make hit-and-run bike riders like the Arizona cyclist who left an 81-year old man fighting for his life?
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Local
Better Bike questions whether the Biking Black Hole will ever update the 1977 Beverly Hills bike master plan, the one that called for routing bike riders through the city’s downtown alleys.
The very busy and prolific CiclaValley reports on the recent San Fernando Valley Transit Summit.
A Malibu entrepreneur with Asbergers raises $3.6 million on Indiegogo to build a more affordable e-bike.
It looks like Harrison Ford is one of us. And he flies a pretty nifty plane, too.
State
A coalition of advocacy groups calls for California to nearly double funding for active transportation.
Retired pro Jens Voigt has been selected as ambassador for this year’s Amgen Tour of California.
A survey asks if Santa Ana cyclists feel invisible while riding in the city. The correct answer is probably yes.
A Fresno bike rider is lucky to escape with minor injuries after he’s rear-ended when a pickup driver took his eyes off the road for an undisclosed reason.
San Francisco police shoot and kill a bike thief who was using a knife to jack a rider’s ride.
A Marin Eagle Scout’s plan to put out emergency supplies for mountain bikers comes under attack from conservationists, evidently because patching a flat is worse for the environment than walking your bike out.
A Sausalito bike thief armed with a remote steals a $15,000 Cervelo from inside a parked car.
Someone should give him a time out. A Vacaville editor says cyclists who oppose California’s proposed mandatory helmet law are acting like children and should be treated that way.
National
Sports Illustrated discovers America’s first black world champion and one of the greatest bike racers of all time.
Bike riders report more errors on Google Maps than anyone else. Maybe because Google makes more mistakes routing riders.
The Apple watch isn’t even out yet, and already there’s a handlebar mount for it.
A Seattle cyclist reclaims his stolen bike after spotting it for sale online.
A Provo UT writer gets it, explaining why car lovers should embrace the city’s coming bike lanes.
A Chicago advice columnist applauds a woman for threatening to divorce her husband for not wearing a bike helmet if he ever gets hurt.
Minneapolis will get ten new protected bike lanes this year, which is nine or ten more than LA has, depending on your definition of protected.
A St. Petersburg writer says if you don’t want your bike stolen, don’t be like her.
International
Cycling Weekly offers up 13 things your friends don’t understand about cycling; actually, they really mean pro bike racing.
That supposedly unstealable bike developed by Chilean college students goes from concept to Indiegogo campaign this week.
Despite the bike boom, Brit riders are still disproportionately young and male, maybe in part because London cyclists aren’t getting the separated bike lanes they were promised. Then again, who is?
Israel opens a 186 mile mountain bike path through the southern part of the country.
Finally…
This is not the proper use of a bicycle wheel, as a reckless driver in the Netherlands jumps out and uses one to beat the pedestrian he nearly ran over. Proof that crime doesn’t pay — a Brit bike thief is fined £1,800 for making off with the titanium mountain bike he sold for just £20.
And evidently, they have bike riding dogs in Santa Cruz. But they don’t seem to be any safer on the streets than the rest of us.
