London considers bike sharing program.Mayor of London Boris Johnson is known for his everyday use of a bicycle for transportation, and now he wants to encourage more people to ride their bikes by inviting companies to submit their bike share plans for London. He would like to see 6,000 rental bikes available at 400 locations throughout London."I have long held the view that a cyclised city is a ci...

Momentum Magazine publisher Amy Walker channels Olivia Newton John as she exhorts a Bike Ninja to "Get Visible" with lights and reflectors in this cute and campy video for the Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition. Starring Amy and the B:C:Clettes. Ride with lights at night!See here for higher quality and for information on the lights and other stuff used in the video.

Read this important recall notice carefully to see if this applies to your vehicle.Via various sources; image from NY Times Special Edition (a parody of the NY Times). I don't know where the blog post this goes with is, though.I hope you're' having a good weekend. The kids and I went mountain biking through UCSC, Wilder Ranch and into Santa Cruz today. Photo here.

Ian Mahaffy and Maarten De Greeve's "Hoop" was selected as the new standard bike rack to be installed by the city of New York.This cast metal circular design is evocative of "an abstracted bicycle tire" according to the City transportation department judges who selected the winning entry.Eco Jym likes it because it reminds him of "Ron Cobb's ecology symbol."Read more.

Thanks for all of the wonderful comments on Anthony's post about a "United Front". Please be sure also to submit your pro cyclist questions to Michael before noon today (U.S. Eastern Time).This cute short film features a humorous car chase by Mormor on a bicycle.Girl PowerAtom.com: Funny Videos | Cinematic Comedy | Festival Hits

When it comes to bikes as transportation, and infrastructure, I can't help but feeling that what we need most is a united front.All you have to do is peruse the comments on bike advocacy forums, or the comments section of Yehuda Moon, to see that we do anything but present a consistent message about what we see as the future of cycling infrastructure.Its tremendously encouraging when I see the kin...

Here's how we roll in Santa Cruz, California. Most of these are along the sidepath along West Cliff Drive. Click on the photos for details.

While much of the United States is in the throes of early winter storms, winter time is surfing season in Santa Cruz. I spent Sunday afternoon taking photos while my son surfed at Indicators in Steamer Lane.Because traffic and parking are typically choked along the prime surfing locations and surfboards are prohibited from Santa Cruz buses, many locals ride their bikes to the beach. Most surfers j...

The Davis Bike Church is a volunteer run bicycle repair cooperative located in the midst of student housing. Citing safety and liability concerns, University officials ordered the Bike Church to dismantle their ad-hoc geodesic repair shop by the end of this year.From the UC Davis Bike Church web page On October 29th, 2008, UC Davis Student Housing sent the Bike Church a letter stating that we have...

CPA Gary Wysocky of Santa Rosa won a seat on the Santa Rosa, CA city council this week. Wysocky is a founding board member of the Sonoma County Bike Coalition and ran on a platform of reducing car traffic by promoting "alternative" transportation.Among his endorsements are those from world class cyclist Levi Leipheimer and Bike Monkey Magazine publisher Carlos Perez.Santa Rosa Press-Democrat: "SR ...

More than 4,000 programs across the U.S. have received Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Federal funds to improve sidewalks, crosswalks, signage and other infrastructure in the vicinity of schools, as well as provide education programs to teach children and motorists about safe walking and bicycling, and encouraging walking and bicycling to school once the environment is made safe. States' Departments ...

Some people speculate that Earl Blumenauer, the famous bicycling Congressman from Oregon, may be invited to join Barack Obama's cabinet as the Secretary of Transportation.What do you think?More: Planetizen, Gristmill, Bike Portland.

Lance Armstrong and I have a few things in common. We both participated in the 1987 Hotter N Hell Hundred Century Ride in Wichita Falls, Texas, we both like bikes, and we bothuse Twitter, as do several other bike bloggers and bike industry people. Carlton lists several bike trade tweeters over at BikeBiz.com. If you're in the bike trade and use Twitter, give Carlton a Tweet and ask him to add you ...

Here are my last minute commentary on the various propositions and a few local measures on the 2008 ballot in California.Proposition 1A: High Speed Rail. Support. Many environmentalists are concerned that HSR will open up more sprawl in the Central Valley -- the fear is that High Speed Rail (HSR) will enable commuters to buy ahome cheap in Fresno or Gilroy and take high speed rail to work in Silic...

Sorry for this late notice, but I haven't been paying attention. The San Mateo County Transportation Authority has created a 45 page draft of their transportation strategic plan 2009-2013 and they want public input by 5 PM Monday November 3.Send input by phone (650-622-7845) or email tastrategicplan at smcta dot com.Thanks to Margaret Pye for this info.

Okay, enough hipster fixie videos. Here's a regular old video of a girl just riding a bike. Enjoy!You can blame Michael Franken for this one.

From my inbox tonight... Dear Fritz,I wear my messenger bag high and tight and empty just like the cool kids I see in the videos, but the other cyclists in my city just laugh at my sense of style. What am I doing wrong?Signed,Confused in ClevelandDear Confused,Just like politics and good organic produce, cyclist style is local. Chrome is king in San Francisco, but Lycra still leads in much of the ...

Who said they'd scream if they saw another self-absorbed fixie hipster video? I'm happy to oblige you.Empire from Empire on Vimeo.I think the tilt shift "fake miniature" photography at the beginning looks pretty cool. For pure ballsiness I like Lucas Brunelle's work a lot better.

Bike Miami, Sunday, November 9 A portion of downtown Miami, Florida will be closed to Cars on Sunday, November 9 from 10 AM to 3 PM during Bike Miami. East Flagler Street, Southeast 1st Avenue to 4th Street and South Miami Avenue, over the bridge to 10th Street and Mary Brickell Village will be closed to motor vehicle traffic, with some "soft closures" across 1st, 2nd, and 6th through 9th Streets....

The city of Santa Rosa, California plans to convert Humboldt Street between Lewis Road and College Avenue into a "Bicycle Boulevard" to reduce speeding and cut through traffic, improve safety for all of the street users, and specifically increase safety for pedestrians and bicyclists.Humboldt Street was first identified as a potential bicycle route by the city Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Boar...

Alison Chaiken rode over the weekend and visited The Bike Hut on Tunitas Creek Road.Alison wrote this of her visit:Yesterday I did the Pescadero-Tunitas coast ride with some buddies and we happened upon the Bike Hut, which is quite visible as you cycle along the bottom of Tunitas.Attached is a photo of proprietors Bill and Christine, who came out to greet us when we paused to check out the facilit...

Almost real time, anyway. Have fun hitting "refresh" on this one.Bicycle Tweets.

Somebody stole Yehuda's bike overnight! And here's a Van Swearingen City Bike for sale on Craiglist. Only $60! Woo hoo!Hat tip to Jym.

Now that winter is coming up in the Northern Hemisphere, it's time to bring up this item from last year.Kevin Blake in Wisconsin created the pedal powered snowplow during the winter of 2003-2004. "Mr. Plow" became his entry in Specialized's "Innovate or Die" competition.Kevin got second place in the competition and won a Specialized bicycle. Kevin works for as an engineer for Trek.See also David P...

The Supermarket Street Sweep is an alleycat race to benefit the San Francisco Food Bank with AWESOME prizes. Race your bikes, buy lots of food from grocery stores, and bring it back to the finish. All collected food is donated to the San Francisco Food Bank.The 3rd Annual Supermarket Street Sweep, Saturday, December 6, 2008 at noon. Prizes for most food and time, with prizes from Xtracycle, Specia...