Sam Ollinger | January 16, 2012
For years, Hotel Circle North has had poor quality roads filled with potholes along with an extremely narrow bike lane. San Diego cyclists will be relieved to learn that this street will soon be getting a much needed upgrade. According to the City’s Senior Traffic Engineer, Siavash Pazargadi, the street is scheduled to be repaved [...]
Sam Ollinger | January 16, 2012
Bike Smut is an international touring film festival celebrating human powered transportation and sex positive culture. We are a traveling showcase of erotic DIY bicycle films and performances from Portland, Oregon, USA. Compiled of submissions from all over the world, we aim to build bicycle culture by bringing people together and showing them how sexy [...]
Sam Ollinger | January 13, 2012
I recently had an opportunity to sit down and chat with Alison Whitney who has done some tremendous work on behalf of the San Diego Mountain Biking Association (SDMBA). Whitney talked about what the SDMBA does and how they help maintain some of our open preserves and public parks. The SDMBA will be doing some [...]
Sam Ollinger | January 12, 2012
A reader, Evan, had written in with a question, I have not ridden on the 52 bike lane before but tried to get on it at Santo Rd going east. I noticed a sign that says bicycles are prohibited. When did this happen? I could not find any information regarding this closure in the local [...]
Sam Ollinger | January 11, 2012
Before Southern California had bicycle advocacy organizations, the organization that advocated on behalf of cyclists and promoted cycling in the U.S. was the American Youth Hostels (AYH), now called Hostelling International. In 1940, San Diego County got its first youth hostel established in Oceanside, six years after the first American Youth Hostel was established in [...]
Sam Ollinger | January 9, 2012
Happy New Year! I’m excited about 2012 for many reasons. For one, I think this will be a year where our city is going to see even more cyclists riding, and provide even more investments to accommodate and encourage more San Diegans to ride more often. Below are a few news bits that caught my [...]
Sam Ollinger | January 4, 2012
With the new year ahead of us, the Sunday Down Townies rides are back in full swing. Anyone is welcome. The group will head at a conversational pace around town, stopping at a neighborhood eatery for delicious break. The ride starts at 9AM at Rebecca’s Coffee located at Juniper and Fern. If your resolution for [...]
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