It isn't safe cycling, and I can't see LAB instructors teaching it, but it is pretty cool and could be the next parkour.
Over the years, he has torn ligaments in his ankles, dislocated fingers, broken his right wrist and been a fixture in X-ray rooms around Britain.
He is careful at school appearances to stress the importance of the basics, including road safety, bike maintenance and learning to ride properly. MacAskill is not a worrier by nature, but picturing thousands of youngsters trying to ride spiky fences without training would worry anyone.
Ian Aitken, the chief executive of Cycling Scotland, a government-sponsored group, said MacAskill was a superstar among youngsters ages 9 to 11.
“Danny has done more to help the organization than any celebrity we have ever had,” he said.
And hidden in the article is a factoid that David Koepp, who directed Ghost Town, is making a movie in which the hero is a New York City bike messenger. That may make real bike messengers groan.
Streetsblog is looking for photos of cyclist in the snow. And they have a story about bringing bike boulevards to Austin, Texas.
The New York Times, as part of it's fantastic series on Distracted Driving (which Webster's called the word of 2009) shows us what we should all fear.
Technology giants like Intel and Google are turning their attention from the desktop to the dashboard, hoping to bring the power of the PC to the car. They see vast opportunity for profit in working with automakers to create the next generation of irresistible devices.
This week at the Consumer Electronics Show, the neon-drenched annual trade show here, these companies are demonstrating the breadth of their ambitions, like 10-inch screens above the gearshift showing high-definition videos, 3-D maps and Web pages.
The Bike League is concerned too.
Richard Layman has a video up showing how difficult it can be for cyclists (and pedestrians for those who think the cyclists should be in the road) to cross at a roundabout.
As part of the climate summit, major world mayors meet to discuss how to make cities carbon nuetral.
It isn't easy getting Italy's city dwellers out of their Fiats, off their Vespa scooters and onto bicycles to ride to work, "like here in Copenhagen," says an Italian environmental official.
"It isn't a matter of painting a right lane and saying, 'This is a bike lane,'" explained Emanuele Burgin, a Bologna provincial councilor. "We realize we're far away from this."
But Copenhagen's lord mayor has her problems, too. Finding enough parking space for all those bikes is just the beginning.
"First, we must get rid of our coal plants, and we need to get that subway expansion built," Ritt Bjerregaard told The Associated Press. She also wants even more Copenhageners cycling than the one-third who pedal each day to the office or school.
Rows of scores of bicycles outside buildings are a common sight in this clean, modern city. Foreigners "laugh when they hear that bicycle parking also is a problem" Bjerregaard said.
Maybe he'll be a bike-friendly Republican (we could use more).
Another GOP candidate who is running on the anti-politician platform is Kerry Roberts, a Nashville businessman who owns one of the largest chains of bicycle stores in Tennessee.
“We have an opportunity to move away from politics as usual and toward fresh ideas and new leadership,” Roberts said in his official announcement Monday.
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition has a guide to shopping by bike.
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