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New York City lowered its speed limit to 25. Other cities should do it too. @voxdotcom

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Earlier this month, New York City  lowered its citywide speed limit  from 30 miles per hour to 25. This means that anywhere that a specific speed limit isn't posted, the default is 25 (but if a slower or higher one is posted, drivers must follow that instead). The move is part of  Vision Zero , the city's initiative to reduce pedestrian traffic deaths and injuries. Critics said the measure reflects Mayor Bill de Blasio's efforts to " demonize speed " — and that, in a city choked with traffic, it's only fair to let cars to travel at a meager 30 miles per hour when they happen to hit an open stretch of road. "PUT SIMPLY, DRIVING SLOWER SAVES LIVES" But here's the thing: research unequivocally tells us that this measure will save lives and reduce injuries among both drivers and pedestrians — so long as it's successfully enforced. If anything, New York should have gone further, reducing speed limits to 20. [Keep reading at Vox.com]

Europe's cycling economy has created 650,000 jobs @guardian

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 Europe’s cycling industry now employs more people than mining and quarrying and almost twice as many as the steel industry, says new study Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images Arthur Neslen , Brussels Wednesday 12 November 2014  07.50 EST Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Share on LinkedIn Share on Google+ Shares 2,291 Comments 43 Europe’s cycling industry now employs more people than mining and quarrying and almost twice as many as the steel industry, according to the first comprehensive study of the jobs created by the sector. Some 655,000 people work in the cycling economy – which includes bicycle production, tourism, retail, infrastructure and services – compared to  615,000 people in mining and quarrying , and  just 350,000 workers directly employed in the steel sector . [Keep reading at The Guardian]

If you build bike paths, cyclists will come @grist

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Science says  you should keep babies away from ledges  and  going bald is upsetting . The latest from the  Journal of Duh : More people ride their bicycles when infrastructure makes it easier and safer to get around on two wheels. The Obesity Society just publicized  results of a study  by University of North Carolina researchers examining how the development of the  Minneapolis Greenway  —  an intercity system of bike freeways connecting the places where people live and work  – affected commuters’ habits over a decade. [Keep reading at Grist]

2014/2015 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour (Canada/USA)

Fixed On Fixed

Fixed On Fixed from Raechel Harding on Vimeo .

Veteran's Day Gravel Grinder at Scioto Trail State Park, Ohio. November 11, 2014

At Philadelphia Bike Expo, cyclist tells of his Underground Railroad freedom ride

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Erick Cedeno with Lawson Mabry̢۪s children, Elizabeth and Will. (Mabry is the man who hosted Erick through WarmShowers.org and showed him the historical ledgers from his family̢۪s slave-owning days)PHOTO: Courtesy Erick Cedeno Erick Cede̱o, founder of the company Bicycle Nomad, has been car-free for five years. So when in September 2013 his bicycle was stolen in Buffalo, N.Y., less than 20 miles from the finish of Adventure Cycling Association's 2,000-mile Underground Railroad route, he was crushed. "At first I was like, 'How am I going to get around? How am I going to finish this route?' " Cede̱o says. But he wasn't going to let his hardship prevent him from reaching his destination at the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. Cliff Madell, owner of Teen Treks, a Buffalo organization that promotes adventure cycling to teenagers, loaned him a bike to finish - something Madell says was "the right thing to do." "I kept remembering the p

Salsa Cycles Understanding Blackborow @salsacycles

Salsa Cycles Understanding Blackborow from Salsa Cycles on Vimeo .

Pininfarina Fuoriserie

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The Thirties come alive on two wheels Pininfarina took inspiration from the iconic tailor – made cars of the Thirties, to create an elegant and pure shape enriched by the combination of modern and classical materials. The frame is in fact made of tubes in chromed steel hand- made weld by skilled artisans and adorned by a walnut briar-root coating. References to the heritage are also detectable in the handlebars and in the seat, dressed with a The Bridge leather whose inspiration comes from the interlaced leather used in the interiors of the Lancia Astura Bocca, an iconic model designed by Pininfarina in 1936. Several are the innovations acting as counterpart to the tradition. The booster system Bike+, that optimizes the cyclist’s energy through a miniaturized electric engine, allowing the rider to cover longer distances and to replace other means of transportation.  The led lighting system based on a brand-new high performance lamp. The “connect the plug system” to rechar