Week in Review: Bicycle News & Opinions from Around the World
There was more going on than just people eating turkey and giving thanks last week – there were also bike parks opening up, inductions taking place, bike-related studies being released and more! Check out this past week’s diverse roundup of bike news!
• November 23, 2009: Today’s electric bicycles use two energy sources: the rider’s pedaling and the electric motor. Electric bikes give beginning riders a boost (Robert Johnson, Columbia Daily Tribune)
• November 24, 2009: Bicycles that had been abandoned and collected throughout the city of Somerville were auctioned off on November 14 – raising almost $7,000! 150 bikes sold at city auction (Staff Writer, Boston.com)
• November 24, 2009: According to a study in the November 24 issue of Neurology, moderate to heavy physical activity, such as bicycling, is associated with a lower risk of stroke in elderly men. Exercise Linked to Lower Risk of Stroke in Elderly Men (Staff Writer, Modern Medicine)
• November 24, 2009: Triathletes can be prone to accidents, too. Triathletes, on Your Mark …Whoa! (Sean D. Hamill, The New York Times)
• November 25, 2009: As John Ruskin says, “There is no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothes.” Winter: the other bicycling season (David Mark, Wicked Local)
• November 25, 2009: Fixcity.org, run by the Open Planning Project, is tapping the cycling community to identify prime locations for bike racks. Our Bike Racks, Ourselves: Crowdsourcing Two-Wheeled Parking (Angela Frucci, WIRED)
• November 25, 2009: In early November, the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame had its second induction ceremony in Davis, California, which is the new home of the sport’s Hall of Fame. U.S. Bicycle Hall of Fame induction ceremony video (James Raia, Examiner.com)
• November 26, 2009: This Bicycle iPod Speaker keeps the riders iPod safe while allowing them to listen to music. iPod Bicycle Speaker protects your iPod (Ally, Coolest Gadgets)
• November 27, 2009: A new study showed that the time children spent engaging in vigorous activity – such as bicycling – and their combined moderate activity-vigorous activity time had the strongest ties to waist circumference and fat mass. Kids Should Get Moving to Avoid Obesity (Anne Harding, ABC News)
• November 28, 2009: After 13 years, the Valmont Bike Park is finally ready for action. Interview: Valmont Bike Park’s Bobby Noyes and Pete Webber (Marty Caviano, Bike Radar)
