Saturday, June 4, 2011
2011 Tour De Cause is Saturday, July 16th
[Tour de Cause]
It's summer (almost), you need a sweatband! Check out GUTR.
Friday, June 3, 2011
Rohloff Speedhub: So that's how they are made! VIDEO
How to Handle Bike-Car Accidents, Part 1 | Road Rights | Bicycling.com
I Was In A Collision—What Should I Do?
By Bob Mionske
It was an unusually bright sunny February day in Portland; I was on a ride and had a tailwind, so I was moving along pretty well. Suddenly, without warning or signaling, a driver made a right turn in front of me—a classic “right hook.”
I had a moment where I saw what was happening, and attempted to turn right along the trajectory of the car, but just before impact I had to accept that I was not going to make it. She stopped mid-turn and I t-boned her right front quarter panel. I did a long flying aerial somersault and landed flat on my back and back of my head.
After paramedics checked me for head and spine injuries, I went to emergency for x-rays. I was “lucky”; when my head hit the pavement, my jaw snapped shut, and I “only” broke my front teeth, dislocated my shoulder, and had my hips slammed into the pavement.
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Third Hand is Moving...But Where?
3rd Hand Bike Co-op BENEFIT SHOW! RVIVR/SIDEKICKS/DELAY/CREDENTIALS
Time | Monday, June 6 · 6:30pm - 9:30pm |
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Location | 3rd Hand, 174 E. 5th Ave. |
RVIVR (Olympia, WA raw pop-punk from some biking maniacs)
THE CREDENTIALS (Boston, MA street pop-punk, biking with crusty chains in need of lube)
DELAY (Cbus, I hear they only ride BMX and peg each other to band practice)
THE SIDEKICKS (Cbus soul punk, do they make a four person tandem?)
The idea is to have the show in the garage/parking lot area of 3rd Hand. If noise becomes an issue (it is a Monday) show will be moved to Monster House. Come AT 7PM!
[Facebook event]
Thursday, June 2, 2011
7 Unique Eco-Friendly Company Transportation Alternatives [Open Forum at American Express]

India Empowers Students With Free Bicycles [AltTransport]
Photo by Nitish Kumar
Bihar is the least literate state in India, with women’s literacy as low as 33 percent. Now the government says a bicycle-reward program is turning that number around.
In the last five years Bihar has spent half of the state budget on improving school education. By its most successful scheme, providing cycles to Class 9 and 10students, it greatly reduced the drop-out rate amongst girls in the state where female literacy at 33 per cent is the lowest in the country. The first year of providing cycles in 2007-2008, brought 170,000 girls to Class 9 which has now risen to 500,000.
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Ride Cincinnati is Sunday June 12

Event Schedule
New rule bars kid riders from Pelotonia [Dispatch]
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Tuesday Night Ride Recap 05312011
16 riders
Goodale Park
Hal & Al's
Possum Holler Pizza (Obetz) for dinner
Three Creeks/Alum Creek trail
30 miles (others mileage may vary)
Mid 80's temps and humid
Monday, May 30, 2011
Titanium Tubing Strength Video
Trail List for Ohio, WV, PA
Akron Metroparks Bike and Hike Trail - Akron, OH
Ride HALFWAY to Tar Hollow State Park Ride Recap 05302011
Start location at Three Creeks Park
56 miles
Start temp 70, topping 104 in the sun.
Lithopolis
Cross Mound Park - closed due to vandalism
Tarlton
Lunch from IGA and ate at city park
Tim spotted a creek and we stopped to splash in the cold water
We didn't make it to Tar Hollow today, but we sure did get tar on our tires.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
5th Annual Wheeling Heritage Trail Bicycle Tour Ride Recap
Ray, Tim, Bill, Ashley and Dwight. We rode with a couple of guys from Pittsburgh as well on the 100km. The Ayers family rode the 25 mile route.
62 miles
15mph average
41mph top speed
Wheeling to Short Creek to West Liberty, Bethany, Wellsburg back to Wheeling
Temps in upper 60's at start, topped out in mid 90's.