This week, Alex and Ollie tackle your tech questions, covering: 🚴♂️ Tyre compounds for flat surfaces 🚴♂️ Tyre valves 🚴♂️ Sudden loss of tyre pressure 🚴♂️ Dealing with mouldy water bottles 🚴♂️ Exploring a potential substitute for chain wax
From Forbes.com
By Joni Sweet
From high-performance gear to the world’s fastest e-bike, this gift guide has everything to elevate your favorite cyclist’s ride for the holidays.
Looking for the best gifts for cyclists? I’ve got you covered with a guide to gifts that every cyclist will love, whether they’re a die-hard mountain biker, devoted road cyclist, adventurous gravel rider, or bikepacker who’s always chasing their next scenic route. From performance jerseys to fun accessories, these are gifts that bike lovers will actually feel excited about unwrapping this holiday season.
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Hank heads north to catch up with an old friend and former teammate, Russ Downing. Russ takes him through the legendary Donny ChainGang group ride—AKA one of the most famous bunch rides in the world—and explains how the group began. With Ineos Grenadiers riders like Connor Swift joining in, Hank knows the pace will be intense. But is this truly the fastest group ride in the world? And, most importantly, can Hank keep up, or will he get dropped?
From SF.Streetsblog.org
By Roger Rudick
Given the heavy rains, it’s unlikely too many readers will be up for a recreational ride to go check this out. But Streetsblog wanted to give a quick update to start the weekend of another top-notch project finishing up in Emeryville—a new sidewalk-level, fully separated bike lane on Horton.
“In Emeryville the raised protected bikeways are on 53rd Street from Horton Street to Hollis Street, connecting to the ones on Horton from 45th St to 53rd Street,” explained Bike East Bay’s Robert Prinz. “There is also a new protected section on Shellmound Street from 62nd St to 65th Street that still has a little construction left to go but I’m considering it done and rideable.”
We’ve had a big 2024:
- Measure HLA passed with the support of over 65% of voters
- We fought to help win progressive majorities in WeHo, Culver City, and Santa Monica
- Five of our state bills were signed into law
Between an upcoming challenging federal government, planning for the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Olympic/Paralympic games, and the City of LA’s financial crisis, Streets for All’s work is more important than ever.
We can have safe, efficient, healthy ways to get around – but we need to fight for them.
Our success so far has happened with only five full time staff (plus our amazing volunteers) – we’re punching way above our weight! We want to lean into our success, double down, and protect our local and state momentum during the Trump era.
Earlier this year we launched the SFA Members Club – a way to get perks and support the organization on an ongoing basis. Today, we’re launching our first members drive. Our goal is to get to 200 members before our first Member event in December!
Launched in 2014, Zwift has become a go-to platform for cyclists (and even runners!) who want to stay active indoors. Known for its user-friendly interface, the platform continues to evolve, offering features for both seasoned pros and beginners alike. In this video, Conor walks you through everything you need to know to get started on Zwift – from setting up your equipment to exploring its features and understanding how it works.
From OCRegister.com
Irvine, already one of the most cycling-friendly cities in Orange County, took another step this week to improve bicycling safety in town by opening its first “Class IV” protected bikeway.
The 1.25-mile-long bikeway near the Great Park is the city’s first street lane dedicated exclusively to bicyclists. The lane, beginning at the intersection of Cadence and Benchmark, is separated from cars on the road by a physical barrier and is open to all bicycle types, including e-bikes of all classes.
Former professional cyclist and U.S. Olympian Tony Cruz christened the bikeway, leading a group of city staff, community members and students from Irvine’s Youth Action Team on the first official ride down the lane.
The city also unveiled its first electric street sweeper at the event. The sweeper will service the new bike lane.
protected street lane
From BeverlyPress.com
Fountain Avenue may not have been on the agenda, but residents did not miss the opportunity to discuss the proposed streetscape redesign during the Nov. 18 City Council meeting.
“I just don’t know how we got here,” resident Cathy Blaivas said. “I really feel like community was left out, and I really hope that it doesn’t proceed much further without really, truly engaging the community.”
The Nov. 5 election saw Mayor John Erickson reelected and business license commissioner Danny Hang elected. Both candidates were staunch proponents of adding bike lanes on Fountain Avenue, as well as expanding the sidewalks and reducing the street to two lanes of traffic. Currently, Fountain Avenue is primarily four lanes, with sections reduced to two lanes in favor of street parking during certain hours of the day.
“There was such a huge fire the other day at Fountain and Highland that the fire department had to call for backup [from the West Hollywood Fire Department],” resident Mikie Friedman said. “Imagine how slow it would’ve been for fire responders if there had only been one lane in each direction.”
We’re back in London for the Rouleur Live, perhaps the coolest and most bling bike show on the planet! We sent Ollie Bridgewood to investigate everything from a Filippo Ganna’s Pinarello Bolide to custom Met helmets & a beef stew energy gel?!
