Nice.
I found Montreal to be a strange place to ride a bicycle the one time I
did, several years ago. It's an old city, and streets are narrow. Cyclists
- generallly unhelmeted - ride surprisingly close to parked cars, as if
being doored was not a thing. And maybe it isn't so much there - it sure
These types of guerilla actions go back to at least the mid 1970's. Google
"Bicycle Bob" Silverman of Montreal and the tactics of Le Monde à Bicyclette in
the 70's and 80's.
Here is a recent article from April 2016 to get you started. Bob's health is
failing and his story needs to be re-told
> This tradition of guerrilla bike lane protection may have its
> roots in this action in Seattle:
http://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2013/04/04/guerrilla-road-safety-group-politely-
installs-illegal-bike-lane-protectors-on-cherry-street/
=v= San Francisco has a long history of its own guerrilla bike
must we continue to argue about helmets?
1) I wear a helmet all the time (while riding my bike)*. Never while
driving a car*. Why is that I wonder? (I personally know two different people
with traumatic brain injuries sustained while riding in a car – both injuries
changed the
It should be noted that this is not a new study per se, but a
meta-analysis, that is, the author analyzed a lot of other studies and
summarized their findings. Rune Elvik did the same thing a couple years
back and came to very different conclusions:
http://www.cycle-helmets.com/elvik.pdf
It'll
The Guardian reports on a paper given at the Safety 2016 conference which
reports on results of a large-scale study of bicycle helmet use in the
Australian state of New South Wales (which is where Sidney is).
Some of you may know Chris Kegel, former Bike Fed board member, owner of
the Wheel and Sprocket shops in the Milwaukee and Fox Valley area, and
generally one of the strongest supporters of bike advocacy you will ever
see. His list of local, state, and national positions in support of all
types of
