A couple months ago, I undertook my biennial pilgrimage to my native country of Belgium, visiting family and friends and, as usual, catching up on savoring the best chocolate and beer on the planet. For the geographically challenged, Belgium is a little European country wedged in between France and the Netherlands, and also bordering Germany [...]
March 25, 2009 – 11:46 pm
Having attended the last eight National Bike Summits in Washington DC, I have to say there is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm for bicycling in the new administration, especially through the Livable Communities agenda. This was the largest National Bike Summit since its inception in 2000, with 550 attendees representing 45 states. Oregon had one [...]
March 24, 2009 – 10:43 am
photo courtesy of Madsen Cycles
Spring clouds greeted the participants of the Bike Gallery’s inaugural St. Patrick’s Day Green Ride, but failed to dampen either the raingear-clad riders or their spirits. Actually, we had quite a few riders on all types of bikes joining us for this fun, after-work city tour that lasted about an hour [...]
Tomorrow, rain or shine, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) is turning it’s monthly Kidical Mass ride into a fun and family-friendly rally for a worthy cause: adequate funding for Safe Routes to School and bike boulevards.
Here are all the details:
Please join us at 5:30 pm this Friday, March 20, for Kidical Mass: Safe Routes to [...]
This is the first article in a series of blog posts where we’ll look at some common technical aspects of cycling. Brett Flemming - Bike Gallery’s General Service and Training Manager - kicks off things with some tips and pointers about brake pads and rims.
Congratulations year-round bike commuters, you’ve almost made it through another winter! [...]
March 16, 2009 – 11:29 am
Food. Eating. Fueling. Important stuff for all of us, but cyclists seem to have their own distinctive obsession with food. We eat to ride and ride to eat, yet what to eat while riding is often a quandary. Energy bars are convenient jersey pocket and tummy fillers but many have a highly processed appearance, if [...]