Week in Review: Bicycle News & Opinions from Around the World

The winter doesn’t have to mean the end of the bicycling season. Take it from a Hipster – If you just bundle up, then you’ll be good to go! Check out last week’s cycling news around charities, festivals, fashion runways, fashion statements and more!

• December 5, 2009: Twitter allows bicycling enthusiasts to connect with one another. Tweeting isn’t just for the birds (Mary Cruse, Times-Standard)

• December 4, 2009: Tour de Fat is a free event, but the money raised from the sale of New Belgium beers and merchandise goes toward bicycle advocacy and environmental stewardship. New Belgium’s Tour de Fat Raised More than a Quarter-Million for Non-Profits in 2009 (Al Fresco, Bike World News)

• December 4, 2009: If you’re planning to get away from the cold weather this winter and head to Australia, check out these neat places that will get your blood pumping. Australia’s best bike rides (Simon Hayes, News.com.au)

• December 3, 2009: Decades of research and heartbreak back up helmet use as one of the best ways to keep favorite pastimes and activities from turning into tragedy. Helmet Use Proven Life-Saver (Peter Pappas, MD, Sports Coast Medicine & Healthy Living)

• December 3, 2009: Winterfest – a combination fundraiser, art show and bike party that celebrates the best of Bay Area bike culture. Winterfest 2009: Celebrating bicycle culture (Monica Nolan, San Francisco Chronicle)

• December 2, 2009: Bikes Belong has announced six fall grant awards that will help put more people on bicycles more often in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia. Bikes Belong Awards $50,000 in Grants (Press Release, Bicycle Retailer)

• December 2, 2009: Chris Carr started a non-profit organization called Wheels for Wells (@WheelsForWells on Twitter), which aims to raise $200,000 to provide clean drinking water for people in Africa. Bike ride across US to build wells in Africa (Rebekah Miller, The Waltonian)

• December 2, 2009: Check out the photo of the bicycling models sporting clothes by French designer Sonia Rykiel as part of her show for H&M in Paris Tuesday. Pictures of the Day (Thibault Camus, Associated Press)

• December 1, 2009: Over the last two years, Share A Cycle has provided about 90 bikes each year to local youth with Denver Kids, Inc. Extra bike lying around? Donate it to Share a Cycle (Susie Wargin, 9News.com)

• November 30, 2009: Hipsters make a statement by riding a bicycling in the winter months. Hipsters cycle for fashion (Rachelq Harman, The Argonaut)