We’re at Bassano del Grappa—Italy’s hidden gem and new hotspot for cyclists! Alex & Hank are staying at the Bassano Club House—a café, bike shop, workshop, and vibrant hub for all things cycling. They’ve been equipped with beautiful Basso bikes (locally made, of course), go for a few rides, and get a taste of what the perfect cycling holiday looks like!
From PasadenaNow.com
BY RACHEL YOUNG
After months of waiting, bicyclists this afternoon will hear newly revised city plans to make bike riding in Pasadena safer after the original proposal was rejected by a City Council committee.
The updated City Bicycle Plan will be delivered publicly during the Municipal Services Committee meeting at 4:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Pasadena City Hall, 100 North Garfield Avenue, Room S249.
During its July 9 meeting the Municipal Services Committee declined to accept the city staff’s plans and directed development of a more ambitious Bicycle Transportation Plan.
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From BikingInLA.com
Hard to believe, I know.
It’s been ten long years since a friend suggested holding a fund drive to help pay for this site, allowing me to turn pro.
It started as a joke, but quickly turned into an important source of funding, as people like you surprised me by opening their hearts and wallets to us.
And by us, I mean me and my four-legged assistant down there at the bottom.
It’s been ten years of good news and bad, happy and, yes, sad. Because I always try tell you the truth about what’s happening on our streets, to the best of my ability, so you know what’s going on out there.
Could Tadej Pogačar win the Tour de France on any bike? We’re asking the question because Colnago just unveiled a radical new aero bike, and it might make the fastest rider in the peloton, even faster! Plus, we’ve got updates on WorldTour groupsets, Tom Pidcock’s big transfer, and FSA’s sleek new carbon cranks.
From LA.streetsblog.org
By Joe Linton
San Fernando’s Pacoima Wash walk/bike path is open – and the city installed more modular curb-protection along downtown L.A.’s Main Street parking-protected bike lanes.
In June, Streetsblog shared pictures of the city of San Fernando’s then nearly completed bike/walk path along the Pacoima Wash. The city officially opened the new path in late October. The facility extends 1.4 mile from Fourth Street/Bradley Avenue to Cindy Montañez Natural Park at 8th Street.
From KGET.com
by: Justin White
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The 17 News studio has been accepting donations of toys for our annual 17 Days of Christmas Toy Drive for children between the ages of 5 to 18.
The toys will be donated to the Open Door Network and the Boys and Girls Club of Kern County.
Of course, all donations are special and make Christmas wishes come true, but there’s a man who donates to our Toy Drive every single year, and this year was no exception.
Gary Guinn has been spreading holiday cheer in our town for well over 30 years. It didn’t start with him, and it didn’t start with toys, but it grew into such.
“Started out with turkeys…for years my father did it before me,” said Guinn. “One day I was unloading the turkeys with him and he told me, ‘Son, these little kids don’t get anything. Let’s get them some tricycles next year’.”
Photo by Joe Zlomek on Unsplash
After 40mm performance road tyres proved remarkably popular, Ollie and Conor had to scour the market in order to finally get hold of a set. While Ollie gives us the theory about their performance, Conor put them to the test. But what actually happens when the rubber hits the road?
From CyclingNews.com
Any of us who have followed road cycling for the last few years will know the name Tadej Pogačar. Since turning professional in 2019, he has won four grand tours, plus a further three podiums, seven monuments, a road world championship title, and copious other wins and accolades in cycling.
In such a short space of time, he has been heralded as the next Eddy Merckxand even lauded as the new ‘GOAT’ (greatest of all time). Given he is able to leave his rivals for dust and, on a good day, be in a complete league of his own, one wonders what training Tadej Pogačar does to achieve this obscene level of performance.
Photo courtesy of Petar Milošević, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
From BikeLeague.org
Our 2024 Bicycle Friendly State report includes a ranking of all 50 states, plus information about how the rankings were determined. Some states scored better thanks to their planning documents, their approach to setting speed limits, and how extensive their efforts to ensure all children have access to bicycling education were.
In addition to the report and ranking, the League also has a report card on each state. Our guide to the report card goes into more detail about how each state can improve their status as a Bicycle Friendly State. Even in the top performing states there is still plenty of work to be done to ensure everyone has safe and accessible places to ride.
Colnago has unveiled the Y1RS and Liam got hands on it to see just how unique this bike is in the flesh. The Y1RS is a radical new aero race bike, which is claimed to be faster than anything else on the market. It features tube shapes that make use of the UCI’s latest 8:1 depth-to-width rule and seatpost-placement regulation. Colnago says the result makes the Y1RS faster than the competition, potentially giving UAE Emirates team leader, Tadej Pogacar, the fastest bike in the peloton. But Colnago also claims to have made the Y1RS just as stiff as the V4RS, while claiming a weight of 7.45kg in a team build with pedals and cages. However, there are plenty of voices calling this a rather ugly duckling. Here are the crucial details, along with Liam’s first impressions.
