Sam Ollinger | November 30, 2010
A group of researchers at San Diego State University are conducting a study to determine routes preferred by riders in San Diego. To gather data, they are conducting a survey that they would like you to take: Your responses will further our understanding of bicyclist behavior in San Diego as well as contribute to future [...]
Thomas Bahde | November 22, 2010
This is an update to a previous piece by Robert Leone comparing the bicycle racks at grocery stores and libraries. Thanks to Robert for the bonus coverage! A Shopping Center Gets Racks Right Pacific Plaza, a shopping center at the intersection of Grand Avenue and Jewel Street in the Pacific Beach neighborhood, has been upgrading [...]
Thomas Bahde | November 22, 2010
by Robert Leone of the Knickerbikers, San Diego’s bicycle touring club. If you’d like to read great flat tire repair advice, the place to start, as with so many bicycle maintenance and repair issues, is www.sheldonbrown.com (link goes directly to flat tire article). The clear-writing Mr. Brown details one type of flat that keeps on [...]
biccontrol | November 11, 2010
Editor’s Note: This event has been rescheduled from October 30 to this following Sunday, November 21. DIY fixed-gear trick crafters, Fast Pace Zine, present a very important event: One sponsor who hasn’t got his due representation on this flier is Will (Bike SD.org Rider/Writer at Large)–one of my favorite bike advocates in SD–whose helping us w/ [...]
Thomas Bahde | November 9, 2010
Editor’s Note: We at Bike San Diego would like to take this opportunity to once again publicly ask that the San Diego Police Department make the details of this investigation known, or to speak with us concerning the case. We believe the community has a right to know the details of any incident involving a [...]
Thomas Bahde | November 5, 2010
The First Annual San Diego Bike Union Fall Haul-In and Picnic was rained out back on October 17th, so they’re giving it another try this Sunday. SDBikeCommuter’s DownTownies weekly social ride will be departing at 1:00pm from Velo Cult Bike Shop @ 2220 Fern Street and riding to the event at Trolley Barn Park, and [...]
Sam Ollinger | November 3, 2010
The staff at San Diego’s regional planning agency, SANDAG, yesterday recommended that the agency allocate $2.6 billion toward bicycle and pedestrian programs during the course of the next 40 years. At the Committee on Binational Regional Opportunities meeting held yesterday, the 2050 Regional Transportation Plan was on the agenda where the SANDAG staff recommended that [...]
Sam Ollinger | November 3, 2010
North County’s city of Escondido has found that one of the most effective ways to patrol the city’s streets is on a bicycle. SignonSanDiego.com has a good writeup of the City’s history of bicycle patrolling and why it is such an effective tool in fighting crime: The bike officers’ ability to patrol areas where cars [...]
Sam Ollinger | November 2, 2010
I had the opportunity to write a feature article for Momentum Planet about bicycling in San Diego. The article is available online . The assignment was to write about San Diego’s past, the present and where the future lies for the region’s cyclists. The assignment gave me the incredible opportunity to talk about bicycling in [...]
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