Winter 2007

Announcing our own Upcoming Bike Book

 
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Thoughtful, unique books on life and cycling...
Traffic Life: Passionate Tales and Exit Strategies & The Art of Bicycling: A Treasury of Verse

• Washington Bicycling Hub: Winter '07 Edition  By Charles Pekow  (Hub Archive)
  Mr. Pekow, a seasoned DC journalist, provides Bikexchange.com with unbiased news on legislation and government decisions affecting the bicycling world. This season, he reports on the much-needed research and revisions underway regarding the national standards for the design of bikeways (bike lanes, paths, markings, etc.). 
  Bikeway Design Guide Undergoing Important Update (Last Updated in 1999, New Guide Slated for '09)
  
  

• How to Tell (if you're really into it).  By Chip Haynes
  Our cycling essayist-humorous wonders if you are that Lone Commuting Cyclist in the office. Does this checklist describe you? 
  
  

• Book Review
  Read 'n Ride!  By Gianna Bellofatto Reid
  If Bob Hope had ever done a 'Road' movie about bicycling, this book would have been it. Sharon and Neil Anderson are the adventurous duo who toss 21st Century amenities to tour across Canada. Our "Life Is a Bike" columnist reviews Partners In Grime: Escaping the Rat Race, Cycling Across Canada. 

• New Cartoon
  Cyclotoon  by Neal Skorpen
  Neal's refreshing and timely Cyclotoons celebrate the bicycle and slam the automobile. His work has appeared in Oregon Cycling, Cycling Utah, The Comic News and other papers. In this current Cyclotoon #18, Neal provides yet another happy band of bikes from the Animal Kingdom.
  
  

• From The (bike)-X-(change) Files:
  Time once again for a classic piece from the Ghost of Features Past.
  From our Winter '04 Features...
  Roller's Derby (How to Avoid the Mistakes I Made Along the Way) By Audrey Knight
  Winter's here and there's an alternative to pedaling through the slush: cycling on rollers indoors. But it's no walk in the park! Check out a Texas cyclist's hard-knocks intro and  conversion to rollers. 

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