Cycling News

Here's a posting of cycling news from across the country, and sometimes interesting things from around the world.

Local

• Tell 'em Large Marge sent ya (Globe and Mail, June 14)
• This bike race delivers (Globe and Mail, June 14)
• Is there life after traffic? (insidetoronto.com, June 13)
  A paper which might just understand what our city needs to look like to live a lifestyle which does not need much driving.
• Bike-Off This Weekend
• Are you ready for the Cycle Messenger World Championships? (Momentum, June 13)
• Keep the car, I'll take the gas. It's worth more. (Posted Toronto, June 12)
• Bloor transformation assailed by cycling advocates (insidetoronto.com, June 12) Good Work! Keep up the pressure!
• ROM racks reflect museum (insidetoronto.com, June 12) Beautiful
• Reinventing the wheel (Globe and Mail, June 12)
• 2008 Bike Train Celebrates First Departure with Launch Event (Press Release, June 12)
• Commuting in clean air (Straight Goods, June 12)
• Rapper cycles to success (insidetoronto.com, June 11)
• ROM reveals city's coolest bike racks (National Post, June 10) also: Toronto Star
• Dufflet's sweet charity (Toronto Sun, June 11)
• Twisted metal (Toronto Sun, June 10)
• In Toronto, cyclists form a first-of-its-kind union (Christian Science Monitor, June 6)
• Lessons In Bike Theft (citynews.ca, June 5)
• All the Rage (Toronto Life, June)
  Totally clueless crud - to the point of using a movie image for it article

Regional

• Uneasy alliance on waterfront (North Bay Nugget, Jun 14)
  People in North Bay are as clueless about sharing a multi-use trail, as are the rest of us
• Cycling: bad for the economy? (The Record, Waterloo, June 14)
• Finding clues by bike - Exercise and history lesson in one (ParrySoound.com, Junew 13)
• Bike trek ends in Owen Sound (Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre, Owen Sound, June 13)
• Londoners invited to get on their bikes and ride (LondonTopic.ca, London, June 13)
• Smarten up cyclists (The Ottawa Citizen, June 13)
• We cyclists need to ride defensively to survive (The Ottawa Citizen, June 13)
• Local police launch new bike self-registration program (Niagara Falls Review, June 12)
• Upcoming Olympic BMX athletes to show their skills in Kingston (Kingston Whig-Standard, June 12)
• City needs more bike lanes (Kingston Whig-Standard, June 5)

Canada

• Cyclists strip to protest car culture (Winnipeg Free Press, Jun 13) also:
  Winnipeg cyclists plan to grin and bare it (CBC.ca, June 13)
• Cyclist urges safer vehicles (North Shore News, Vancouver, June 13)
• New cycle shop to focus on women (Times Colonist, Victoria, June 13)
• Oh, what a finish (The Guardian, PEI, June 13)
• Locals trying biking to work (Canada.com, Vancouver, June 13

Away

• How to choose the best recumbent bicycle for you (L.A. Times, Dated:June 16)
• An amazing rush: riding a bicycle in Vietnam (San Francisco Chronicle, June 13)
• Daley: Have bikes share bus lanes (Chicago Sun Times, June 13)
• Bike To Work Day: Mayor Wants More Space For Bikes (WBBM News Radio, Chicago, Jun 13)
• Bike to Work rally focuses on safety (abc7chicago.com, Chicago, June 13)
• Broken glass hits cyclists, disabled hard in pocket (Stuff.co.nz, Palmerston North, New Zealand, June 13)
• Gas prices bring bicycle business boom (Northwest Cable News, OR, June 12)
• Bicycle Empowerment (Santa Barbara Independent, June 12)
• Whatever, Dog (Santa Barbara Independent, June 12)
• Getting to work with pedal power (WTNH, CT, June 13)
• Sharing The Road With Cyclists (FemaleFirst.co.uk, UK, June 14)

Gadgets, Gizmos & Fashion

• Man Bags (London Cycle Chic, June 13)
• Campagnolo introduces an 11-speed cassette (cyclingnews.com, June 4)