riding bikes every day until I can’t for some reason, day 1364
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What does a city that has spurned cars look like?
Olympics visitors to Paris will get a look
Changes designed to encourage people to take other forms of transportation have contributed to a 40% decline in air pollution, according to city officials.
Paris has closed more than 100 streets to motor vehicles, tripled parking fees for SUVs, removed roughly 50,000 parking spots, and constructed more than 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) of bike lanes
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/paris-olympics-city-reduce-air-pollution-rcna153470
I don’t own a car and I ride my bike a lot, often on very busy city streets. I always wear a helmet when I ride — not because it makes me less likely to get hit by a car, but because it makes me less likely to suffer from brain damage if and when I do get hit by a car.
However, as Dave Walker (@davewalker) points out, there are MANY other and much better ways to make cycling safer for everyone. 🚲
riding bikes every day until I can’t for some reason, day 1370
“I think the bicycle has done more to emancipate women than any one thing in the world. I rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a bike. It gives her a feeling of self-reliance and independence the moment she takes her seat, and away she goes, the picture of untrammelled womanhood.”
- Susan B Anthony in 1896.
Happy World Bicycle Day.
#Cycles #PedalCycles #Bicycles #InclusiveCycling #Cycling #BikeTooter #WorldBicyleDay
100 years ago #OnThisDay, 3 Jun 1924, Alfonsina Strada crosses the finish line of the Giro d'Italia. She remains the only woman to have officially ridden in a Grand Tour.
At one point she had been disqualified on time grounds but was allowed to continue without the option of prizes. She finished ahead of the lantern rouge (the last cyclist to finish).
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #GiroDItalia #Cycling #Histodons
What do you do with old bikes and stations from your bike share system? Montréal-based artist JUNKO turned them into this giant “BIXI” insect sculpture.
#cycling #biketooter #art #publicart #cities #montreal #bikeshare
Here’s a map that shows the area where the Provincetown Select Board is proposing to ban people from riding bikes but allow people
to drive cars. It encompasses Commercial St through the center of town from the library all the way to the Canteen restaurant. You can read our statement about the proposal and our suggestions for ways to improve safety on the street: https://bikescape.org/pedal-blog/dont-ban-bikes #Provincetown #CapeCod #SafeStreets #traffic #mapoli #bicycle #cycling #BikeTooter
Barcelona Collserola loop cycling
Really nice mountain route. Some steep climbs. Cloudy so I wasn’t getting torched by the sun.
Stopped by a little restaurant for a coffee in the mountain outskirts of Barcelona.
Somehow they figured out how to pave roads smooth and not have potholes all over the place. Somehow they figured out how to design bike lanes properly in the dense urban area so people on bikes are comfortable. Somehow they figured out how to make roundabouts / rotaries (as referred to by massholes) not so scary…
The biggest pothole I ran into is smaller than my fist and I only saw three of them on this whole 40 miles route.
#cycling #cyclist #spain #barcelona #bike #UrbanPlanning #travel
Though I’ve come back to Boston…… still need to post these photos from Mallorca, Spain!!!
Mallorca is the cycling mecca and it lives up to its fame. The beach right out of the old town Palma…… the world famous hairpin climbs of Coll de Sóller…. And the view of the rustic coastline with quint Spanish villages in between…
I’m so happy I chose to do this on my vacation. Also grateful for the support from my partner that he could entertain himself while I was out cycling and enjoying what I loved to do.
#MallorcaSpain #Cycling #cyclist #ColldeSoller #Sóller #Spain #climb #Pinarello #Mediterranean #island #Palma #PalmadeMallorca
Mt Wachusett on a hot day. Left Bolton around 8am. Made it to the top around 9:40am. And we decided that was not enough climb for the day, so we made the summit loop 3x 🤣 which increased about 900 feet elevation gain for the ride.
Got a flat with 0.3 miles to go at Bolton. I continued riding the flat and changed the tube when I got home. And I tried using CO2 cartridge for the first time! Gotta practice!
Stopped at Nan’s kitchen in Stow for lunch. Got a delicious Salmon bowl!
#cycling #cyclist #CyclistLife #RoadCycling #Bike #mountain #Wachusett #Massachusetts #HeatWave
riding bikes every day until I can’t for some reason, day 1398
Stayed late in town to play #ultimate frisbee and saw a nice sunset on the way home.
#BikeTooter #cycling #gravel #gravelbike #bike2work #biketowork #cyclinglife #montana #RedLodge #velotaf #commutebybike #mdRza #fahrrad
South shore (Scituate) loop from Dorchester via Milton.
Stopped at Scituate harbor for coffee and a muffin. The coffee shop doesn’t make espresso??? Only drip coffee 🥹
Btw I might have peed in the woods in Wompatuck State Park. The mosquitoes definitely smelt their meat I’d say. 🦟
Overall great ride. Left early in the morning at 7am when there wasn’t too much traffic. It was cloudy and misty, especially near the coast, but it was nice and cool. I’d take that 100% over the 90+ heat wave 😂. The route is relatively flat - 2000 feet ascend over 58 miles. So I did a lot of sprinting - sprint Saturday it is…
#cycling #cyclist #cyclinglife #bike #pinarello #Boston #SouthShoreMA #ride
104 miles ride from Newburyport MA to Portland ME
Lunch at Ogunquit. A cute little town, maybe 1/5 of size of Provincetown ;)
Stopped at Nubble light house. Old Orchard Beach is like a theme park for heterosexual people, which I think ruins the beautiful coastline and beach. The bathroom there is interesting though.
The best thing happening in the world right now is definitely Tour de France. Mountain stages last weekend were exciting and fantastic to watch. I’m really grateful we still have such events that give positive energy and bring people together.
A few pics from the Vermont trip during 4th of July, in Woodstock VT.
Pic 1&2: in celebration of 4th of July, I went on a ride with an American themed tank top, instead of tight cycling jersey. Took a bit aerodynamic penalty.
Pic 3: Rode up Mt Ascutney - one of the most difficult climbs in the US. 3.5 miles long, 2300 feet elevation gain, 12% average grade. My legs were screaming all the way to the top, but I enjoyed it a lot. It was a humid day, and mosquitoes were crazy when I was moving slow. Were they laughing at me? 😅
Pic 4: Quechee covered bridge.
Today's cycling in Vermont:
Quechee - Hartland - Taftsville loop
20 miles on all paved roads. It's hard to find a short ride all on paved roads here in Vermont. Most paved roads are numbered highways.
In the pic: the Taftsville covered bridge.
#Vermont #cycling #VermontCycling #NewEngland #CoveredBridge #Quechee #selfie #RoadCycling
Today's ride in Vermont: Woodstock - Pomfret - Bethel Loop
Woke up at 5:30, headed out by 6:30am
Open road, beautiful mountains, and morning glow. Just me and my bike. Felt awesome.
Cycling is therapeutic hahahaha
riding bikes every day until I can’t for some reason, day 1447
#Cycling #BikeTO #Photography #BikeTooter #BikeStreak #Nature
Today's ride in Vermont: Quechee - Hartford VT loop
Biggest enemy today is my own sweat. Somehow a lot of sweat got into my eyes and stung my right eye so bad that I literally screamed while I was sprinting hard on relatively flat road along White River. I had to stop twice to wipe out the sweat around my eyes using my bare hands. The problem might also be the excessive sunscreen I put on my forehead, which was probably washed into my eyes.
I have had sweat stinging my eyes before, but never this bad. I don't know what's different today besides the possible sunscreen mixture. Did I push too hard so I was sweating more than ever? Maybe. But my power number was just a little higher. Though my heart rate stayed in Zone 3 for most of the ride.
Fun thing: while I was charting this route last night, I noticed a road called "Jay Hill road" and it loops back to the main road leading back to Quechee. So it must be a road leading up a hill. As a cyclist I have to ride up that hill 😋. That separates cyclists from normal people. Normal people will try to figure out how to get around it when faced with a mountain; but cyclists will climb up the mountain, and try to ride as fast as possible 😋😋😋.
#Cycling #Vermont #cyclists #CyclingLife #QuecheeVermont #HartfordVermont
riding bikes every day until I can’t for some reason, day 1441
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This is fascinating...
A group of black US Army soldiers biked 800 miles in 1896 to Yellowstone National Park