Bicycle

Share the Road and the Future

Michael Brune | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Oil, Bicycle, Bicycles, Bike to Work Day, Bike to Work Month, Bike to Work, Green Commuting, Bicycle Commuting, Green News
Michael Brune

Bicycle commuting in the U.S. was up by 40 percent from 2000 to 2010. That's great, but it's only scratching the surface of how biking could transform our country.

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Thief Returns Stolen Bicycle With Apology Note, Candy Bar

STV | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Candy, Stolen Bike, Guilt, Crime, Crime News, Thief, Bicycling, Bicycle, Theft, Crime News

A remorseful thief has returned a stolen bicycle to its owner along with an apology note and a chocolate bar near Dumfries....

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Amazing Mind-Control Bike Shifts Gears Via Brain Waves

Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: South by Southwest, Prius Bike, Bicycle, Brain-Wave Bike, Video, Mind-Control Bike, Bike, Toyota Bike, Science News

By: Francie Diep, InnovationNewsDaily Staff Writer Published: 03/10/2012 02:29 PM EST on InnovationNewsDaily AUSTIN - There were about fifteen m...

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Astoria Characters: The Cosmopolitan Cafe Owners

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Pinar Senveli, Turkey, Astoria, Canalp Caner, Harley-Davidson, Bentwood Chair, Motorcycle, Spiritual Retreat, Red Sonja, Buddha, Brazil, Guillermo Lucerofabbi, Himalayan Pink Salt, Middle East, Gourd Lamps, Nutrition, Argentina, Bicycle, Oriental Spices, Mediterranean, Detox Center, Spirituality, Mundo, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

Mundo, a jewel box of foreign flavors and cosmopolitan cultures, fuses fare from Turkey, Argentina, Brazil, the Middle East and the Mediterranean, a mix that stirs Astoria's melting pot with panache.

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WATCH: A Unique Video Perspective On Berlin

Arne Schmidt and Claudia Hirschberger | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Kreuzberg, Gdr Modernity, Brandenburg Gate, Action Camera, Germany, Reichstag Building, Oberbaum Bridge, Alexanderplatz, Bicycle, Berlin, Travel Video, Exposure, Travel Tv, Travel News
Arne Schmidt and Claudia Hirschberger

Equipped with a GoPro camera -- the small HD recorder usually reserved for action sports -- we explored a variety of neighborhoods in Berlin to make this short film about "urban motion." 2011-12-19-berlinride300cm121911.jpg

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Astoria Characters: The Urban Rider

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Urban City Book Shelves, Italy, Hudson Valley Community College, Lenox Hill Hospital, Montauk, West Hempstead, Troy New York, Respiratory Therapist, Bicycle, Coney Island, Matthew Nicholas Mastrorocco, Sicily, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

He doesn't take the subway. He doesn't take the bus. When Matthew Nicholas Mastrorocco wants to go someplace, he jumps on his bike and rides like the wind.

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The Highlights of Interbike 2011

Alex de Cordoba | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Bicycling, Interbike, Bicycle Culture, Bicycle, Shimano, Yeti, Linus, Gyrobike, Allcell, Cycledrive, Gokiso, Surly, Bmc, Slipnot, Cinelli, Izip, Sports News
Alex de Cordoba

Technological innovations continue to push the industry forward. Amidst a sea of impressive new products, here's just a sampling of what caught my eye at Interbike.

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Astoria Characters: The Last Comic Riding (A Bike)

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Redline Freestyle Bike, Astoria, Converse Sneakers, Football, University of Evansville, Audition, Stan Laurel, Theater, Colorado, Joke, Rock Climbing, Humpty Dumpty, Comic, Los Angeles, Clark Gookin, Commercial, Helmet, Honda Civic, Actor, Bicycle, Rutgers University, Waiter, Astoria Characters, Indiana, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

Clark Gookin is long and lean like a telephone line, so he's not an easy fit for this tyke of a bike that's the color of a ripe Georgia peach.

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September 11 in Perspective

Michael Kaye | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Bicycle, Statin Island, Conference House, Five Borough Bike Club, September 11th, New York News
Michael Kaye

My wife, Yolanda and I were in Costa Rica when the planes hit the towers. Our first thought when we heard the news was that our son commutes into Ma...

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WATCH: Bike And Be Happy

Posted 11.05.2011

Read More: Bike Car, Video, Sierra Club Bike, Bike Happy, Bike to Work, Ride to Work, Bike-Culture, Bicycle, Sierra Club, Cycling to Work, Green News

Why not cut 33 hours of wasted time this year and ride your bike to work? According to the 2010 Annual Urban Mobility report, in a U.S. city of thr...

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Abandoned Bikes As Public Sculpture

GOOD | By Patrick James | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Toronto, Art, Caroline Macfarlane, The Good Bike Project, Vanessa Nicholas, Bicycle, Abandoned, Bike, Canada, Arts News

Any city dweller is well acquainted with the sight of abandoned bicycles that stay locked to poles for months, rusting away and slowly being stripped ...

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Kelly Brook Shows Off Her Perfect Pins In Pink Mini Dress To Launch Sky Ride

www.mydaily.co.uk | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Kelly Brook, Pink, Mayor, Launch, Heels, Sky Ride, Event, City Hall, Bicycle, Ride, Bike, Cycling, London, Boris Johnson, Dress, Home News

Kelly Brook was out in the (fleeting) London sunshine yesterday to launch the latest Sky Ride initiative, showing off her perfect pins in a teeny-tiny...

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Women's Rights -- 91 Years and Still Pedaling a Stationary Bicycle

Dr. Caroline Cicero | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: 19th Amendment, Michelle Bachmann, Oprah Winfrey, Angelina Jolie, Bicycle, Hillary Clinton, Constitution, Frances Willard, Women News
Dr. Caroline Cicero

My daughter wouldn't understand why our own country, which ratified women's right to vote 91 years ago, doesn't have the common sense to pass an Equal Rights Amendment, which was first proposed in 1923.

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Tacks, Glass, Box Cutters Placed On Colo. Bike Race Routes

AP | By STEVEN K. PAULSON | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Deer Creek Challenge, Pro Cycling, Cycling Sabotage, Denver News, Bike Races, Colorado Cycling, Pro Cycling Challenge, Colo Bike Races, Bicycle, Denver Colorado, Colorado Bike Races, Cycling, Bike Racing, USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Denver News

DENVER -- Colorado authorities are warning cyclists that tacks, box cutters and broken glass have been found strewn along popular bike routes that are...

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Police: Man Severely Beat 7-Year-Old Girl Who Refused To Give Up Her Bicycle

AP | Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: Bicycle, Anchorage Daily News, Byron Edward Syvinski, Bike, Crime, Anchorage-Alaska, Anchorage, Home News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Police say a 7-year-old girl who refused to give up her bicycle was severely beaten by an Anchorage man who had tried to steal it...

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WATCH: Best Use Of A Moving Walkway Ever?

Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Video, Moving Walkway, Human Bicycle Video, Human Bicycle, Funny Videos, Human Bicycle on Moving Walkway, Bicycle, Comedy News

How much fun did you have on your last trip to the airport? In what's probably the best use of a moving walkway ever, this hilarious group of guys ...

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Astoria Characters: The Sewing-Machine Savior

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sakis Karagiannakis, Nancy Ruhling, Astoria, Motorcycle, Dry Cleaning, Parsons the New School of Design, Fashion Institute of Technology, Astoria Characters, Singer Sewing Machine, Cyprus, SK Sewing Machine Service, Greece, Bicycle, Larissa, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

Eleven. That's the number that forever altered Sakis Karagiannakis' life. That's how old he was when his father died, paving the way for his becoming the prime provider for his mother and two sisters.

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Astoria Characters: The City-Slicker Chicken Farmers

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Butterfly Garden, Hiking, Caholic Charities' Beacon of Hope House, Pixie, Roberto Buscarsi, Brooklyn, Rooster, Astoria Park Alliance, State Senate, Kale, Coop, Doris Day, Boise Idaho, Parquet Floor, Bird Watching, Ukulele, Mansion, New York News, Chickens, Timothy Grass, Watermelon, Dollhouse, Pigeon, Compost, Poop, Luyster Creek, Astoria Park, Malaysia, Mr. Rogers, Robert McMinn, Cliantro, Bucky Buckaw, Nancy Ruhling, Pullet, Rice, Hudson Valley, Biking, Jules Corkery, Bicycle, Camping, Tennis Court, Omelet, Mother Hen, Serama, Jewish Board of Familiy and Children Services, Astoria, Red-Tailed Hawk, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

Deciding to raise chickens in an apartment that's smaller than a chicken coop isn't something Jules Corkery and Robert McMinn are doing on a whim.

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The Future of Travel: Bicycles

David Kroodsma | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bicycle, Travel, Bike, Bicycles, Bicycle Travel, Bike Touring, Travel News
David Kroodsma

Travelers--the future is on bicycles! Don't believe it? Consider the following trends, all of which show a dramatic increase in vacationers traveling ...

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¡No a la 23! - VIDEO - Prop 23 is not just about California.

David Kroodsma | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bicycle, Clean Energy, Proposition 23, Bicycles, Climate Change, Global Warming, Latin America, Green News
David Kroodsma

The following (in Spanish!) is an effort to reach out to Latino voter on California's proposition 23. An English explanation is below. The video is ...

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Down to a Science

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Physicist, Stamford Advocate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Humor, Protons, Beer, Science, Arizona, Nuclear, Laboratory, Ions, Bicycle, Collider, Stamford, Albert Einstein, Neutrons, Technology News
Jerry Zezima

Accelerated particles in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider have been known to travel 700 million miles per hour, which is almost as fast as some drivers go on Interstate 95 or the Long Island Expressway.

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Interview With A Philosopher - The Bicycle Lane: Lance, Life, and True Success

Tom Morris | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Sheryl Crow, Success, Doping, Philosophy, Greg Bassham, Bicycle, Tour De France, Kate Hudson, Tom Morris, Life Success, Cycling, Lance Armstrong, Healthy Living News
Tom Morris

I recently caught up with Greg Bassham--a former student of mine at Notre Dame and now a philosophy professor at King's College (PA), as well as an au...

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Maes'd and Confused

Nate Kvamme | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bicycle, B-Cycle, John Hickenlooper, Nate Kvamme, United Nations, Dan Maes, Denver News
Nate Kvamme

After reviewing Mr. Maes' comments and the Denver Post reader responses, I, like many others considered, "Should I take Mr. Maes' assertions seriously?" What is a "United Nations Community," and are our "personal freedoms in jeopardy" at the handles of bikes?

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Republican Madness

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bicycle, Constitutional Party, Iowa Republican Party, Tom Tancredo, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Christopher Brauchli

Sarah Palin, who symbolizes the folly of the 2010 political scene, is not without competition from other inhabitants of the loony bin. Iowa is the state that has the distinction of selecting the next person to be the president of the United States.

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PHOTOS: 9 Amazing Eco-Tourism Travel Ideas

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Green Travel, Ecohotel, Amtrak, Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, Volunteer Vacations, Wwoof, Green Living, Destinations, Green Living Tips, Ecotourism, Bike Culture, Staycation, Volunteering, US Destinations, Green Volunteering, Colorado Trail, Slidepollajax, Bicycle, National Park Month, National Parks, Sustainable Travel, Ecoresort, Eco-Tourism, Green News

Summer is the perfect time for travel, so make your summer vacation count by picking a fun and eco-friendly trip. The International Ecotourism Society...

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