Thomas Bahde | November 13, 2009
Special Double Edition! Yes, I missed last week, so it’s a double-dose of bike bloggerin’ this week. Get out your reading glasses, Martha:
Bike by the Sea got a new bike, considered the future of “cycle chic” and announced the first Red Carpet Ride (and made the news). Busy lady!
Brown Girl in the Lane saw an [...]
Thomas Bahde | November 13, 2009
When: Monday, November 16, 2009, 6:00pm to 7:30pm.
Where: Trinity United Methodist Church, 3030 Thorn Street (corner Thorn & Grim)
What: The City of San Diego will hold a second community meeting to discuss Pershing Drive improvements at the Redwood Street and Jacaranda intersections and at the Balboa Park Disc Golf parking lot entrance. The meeting will [...]
Thomas Bahde | November 12, 2009
Thomas Bahde | November 12, 2009
In the three days since Walter Freeman was killed by a SDPD cruiser in University City, questions from the bicycling community have continued to roll in. The primary concern is that the officer in question may have been driving distracted. Freeman exited a driveway and crossed a bike lane and two other lanes of traffic, [...]
Thomas Bahde | November 9, 2009
LATEST: From the NBC7 broadcast news, we learn that the bicyclist was likely moving left across the southbound lanes of Genesee Avenue to turn left onto Governor Drive when he was struck from behind by the police cruiser, also traveling southbound, apparently at the posted 45 m.p.h. Because the police car was traveling at non-emergency [...]
Thomas Bahde | November 7, 2009
Sorry for the late notice folks:
The Bike Art Spectacular will feature bicycle-themed art from all over the world, including England, Australia, Canada, and, of course, the U.S. The art will be displayed and sold at the reception on November 7th. In addition, the reception will include a silent auction, door prizes, drinks and appetizers. Remaining [...]
Thomas Bahde | November 7, 2009
All across San Diego, bicyclists are hopping up and down like anxious children who need to pee, because the annual San Diego Velodrome Association’s Fall Swap Meet is happening tomorrow, November 8. Low cover, great deals, geeking out about shiny bicycle bits. Ooooh boy!
For all the details, see the webpage.
Sam Ollinger | November 6, 2009
BikeSD reader, Travis, sent us this story from the L.A. Times. The story is about a group called cicLAvia, playing on the original name ciclovía, who wants to shut down major thoroughfares in Los Angles once a week and turn it into “a town where people ride their bikes and walk in the streets and [...]
Thomas Bahde | November 4, 2009
Yet another San Diego media outlet has joined the conversation about Critical Mass. Armando Cordoba of the San Diego Entertainer writes about his impressions of Critical Mass as a protest movement, unlike Keegan Kyle of Voice of San Diego, who focuses on the public safety threat.
It has shown us that with a little forethought and [...]
Sam Ollinger | November 4, 2009
Chris Kostman emailed us to announce the 2010 Mount Laguna Bicycle Classic.
The April 17, 2010 Mount Laguna Bicycle Classic is the newest AdventureCORPS cycling event, featuring 103 miles with 10,000 feet of climbing and three different ascents of San Diego County’s Mount Laguna! We’ll climb San Diego’s highest point via Sunrise Hwy from the north, [...]
