Alice Swanson Update
An image memorializing Alice Swanson marks the place where her ghost bike used to be.  (Credit: Voiland)I received a message from Alice Swanson's mother, Ruth Rowan, a few days ago:Adam, I thought you'd like to see this. I believe Alice wo...

Why have British women stopped cycling?
 A forthcoming documentary--Beauty and the Bike--from Bike Darlington has some thoughts. Copenhagenzine has more.  More from the Bicycle Transportation Examiner

Weekend Pick: Hipster hating
A question I'll be mulling as I head out today for a ride: *Do hipsters love their bicycles more than the unhip masses hate hipsters?All You Haters (Suck My Balls) from nixbros on Vimeo. More

Urban cyclists: stinky sex-crazed narcissistic reckless communist terrorist cranks!
Emmett Tyrrell lashed out at cyclists in 1980.  (Credit: Indianapolis Star) Well, at least so suggested Emmett Tyrrell Jr. in a 1980 Indianapolis Star article that's befuddling in its lunacy. (If you're not familiar with Tyrrell, he's a ...

Study: Cyclists inhale more than twice as much air each minute as motorists
An illustration of the lungs.  (Credit: NIH) A recently published study makes the obvious---but important--point that cyclists tend to inhale a greater volume of air each minute than motorists and bus riders do.The difference is particularly pr...