Biking
Cape Cod woman finds bike she lost 40 years ago
Forty years ago, in 1970, little Lisa Brown was riding her totally rad banana-seat bike through the woods of Cape Cod. She approached the Herring River, but the only way to cross it was a rickety plank board bridge. When …
Congress raises a middle finger to young bicyclists
The federal Safe Routes to School program is making it less dangerous for kids to bike and walk in their communities. So why is Congress trying to slash its funding?
High school seniors suspended for biking to school
Sixty-four high school seniors biked to school in Walker, Mich. Nice, right? Well, the principal didn’t think so. She suspended the kids for the day and threatened to keep them from walking in their graduation ceremony.
Here is a dog riding a bike (all by himself!)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Vdto2MAsU0s] And here is my face right now: 8O See: Just a Dog Riding a Bike (Video), Treehugger
Inflatable bike helmet is like an airbag for your head
Like other stuff that is good for your health (not smoking, sobriety, living slow, and dying old), bike helmets are uncool. But you can’t really enjoy your coolness with a giant crack in your skull. How do you protect your …
Umbra’s second helpings: Riding your bike to work [VIDEO]
A reader asks about riding her bike to work. Umbra gets wheel.
The only real way to save on car insurance
Oh sure, you could hang around with lizards and cavemen and pink-haired spy chicks and that irritating “Fran” woman, trying to save a few bucks. Or you could cut to the chase.
Beautiful people on bikes! (Procrastination, anyone?) [SLIDESHOW]
Trying to get some work done? Banish the thought. It's National Bike Month, it's spring, and these lovely people obviously need company.
