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Really good article on studded tires for the winter over on Cyclelicious. I have been indecisive about studded tires. I wanted to see how bad it would be without them. But maybe, given the way people around here drive, it’s better to be safe than dead.

So the other night I was riding home on Hackett. Hackett can be a little tight sometimes, especially during rush hour. This car passed me a little closer than I like, and I waved, and I muttered and smiled. Today I find this article about what you should do if you actually get hit by [...]

Also want to mention this contest called “Light Up Your Ride.” They say: Show us how you make your bike or yourself much more visible at night to the cars passing you and win a pair of the brand spankin’ new Bike to Work Pants from Cordarounds! These pants aren’t just stylish...

Liberty On Bikes! has a nice little post about finding happiness on a bicycle by ditching the bicycle computer.

Via Dinosaurs and Robots.

A short one today, I’m trying to get back into the “Links of the Day” groove. Bike Parade Down the Strip! (The Xtracycle Blog) - This looks like SO MUCH FUN! (The Xtracycle website blog is doing some great blogging from Vegas, including this AMAZING FOLDING BIKE!  California passes...

The official Long Bike Back Blog was updated this morning. They made it to Boston. Because, you know, they are awesome. This write up talks about their trip through Eastern New York, with pictures of them riding through Albany (and I’m in one!). I’m glad to hear that they made it safely.

This is one sweet looking ride. Via cyclelicious, of course.

Over on Dinosaurs and Robots, they have a post about velocars. The fuel rationing … is not a 1970’s fuel crisis, but the restrictions that were in place during the German occupation of France during World War II. As the aforementioned (and excellent) Microcar Museum notes, “It was the...

Pick of the pics: Tour de Olympia from Bikes? Rubbish!!; Derek dominates the picks. It’s how you use it (Chicago Bike Blog) - Great to hear the bike industry is trying to keep up with all the sales to urban commuters. Xtracycle talks about pricing and going open source… (Vik’s Big Dummy...