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Want Jobs? Build Bike Lanes

Turns out that building bike lanes isn't just a benefit for bikers. Building those bike lanes provides a big boost to the economy.READ»

Drivers More Affected By Rush Hour Pollution Than Bikers: Study

You're inhaling tailpipe fumes when you're on a bike, but they don't hurt you as much as the ones you inhale while stuck in traffic.READ»

Bike Computer Study Proves Rush-Hour Cycling Is Faster Than Driving

Biking is faster than driving--in Lyon, at least, according to a study of onboard computer data from the French city's Velo'v bikesharing program. And that's in a city with no bike lanes.READ»

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iFive: Life as a Clean-up Worker, Murdoch's Paywall Goes Up, the Centenarian Gene, Lexus Recall, Cycling Tech in London

While you were sleeping, innovation was whisking its love away for a cruise on its private yacht, and then erecting a paywall around her so that no one could see her. Strange, that.1. The Los Angeles Times has documented what life is ...READ»

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Interview: Will Butler-Adams, CEO of Brompton Bikes

In an unprepossessing brick block, in an equally nondescript industrial estate on the West of London lies the factory and headquarters of Brompton Bicycles. It's tucked behind a Mercedes-Benz van depot, and I only know I'm in the ...READ»

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Google Maps 4.2 for Android Introduces Bike Directions and Location Sharing

Google updated Maps for Android yesterday with some welcome new features that continue the app's reign as the best maps app on any smartphone, period.READ»

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Wanted: Two Cycling Tools That Won't Make You Look Like One

Any of you own an iPad and a bike? No, I'm not about to serve up some weird little venn diagram that shows that people who use an iPad while cycling are more likely to break something than people who don't. Anyone who uses a bike in ...READ»

NYC Repurposing Old Parking Meters Into Bike Racks

Urban cyclists, rejoice: New York City is transforming 225 parking meters into bike racks. Every third or fourth parking meter on select streets in the Upper East and West sides, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Queens will have its "head" ...READ»

Undead Tech: The All-Terrain Bike

So much depends upon a reddish-brown bicycle: namely, the comfort of your ass on a rough trail. So how do modern mountain bikes take the grunt out of backwoods biking? If we're talking about the Bionicon Supershuttle, above, the ...READ»

High-Tech Exos Medical Braces to Heal Your Bones

Casts are for third-graders. Exos Medical's high-tech braces, splints and casts--which go on sale this month--are adjustable, breathable, lightweight, clean, and waterproof. They also happen to look damn cool.READ»

Final Stage of the Tour de France

Cycling’s biggest event wraps up today, and whether or not controversial American favorite Lance Armstrong pulls off another title this year, it’s safe to call it a comeback. After returning from a nearly four year retirement to ...READ»

Glasses that Give You Eyes in the Back of Your Head

Using technology borrowed from lighthouses, a student designs glasses that could aid both competitive athletes and urban bike riders.READ»