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Bike Jerseys with a Message to Motorists: Share the Road!

kgsbikes — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:23:49 +0000

I just got an email from the owners of Share the Damn Road and had to share their awesome jerseys with you! These have a message to motorists on the back and a Thanks on the front in reverse so motorists can see something nice in their rear view mirrors after sharing a bit of [...]

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Bike Jerseys with a Message to Motorists: Share the Road!

Oregon pondering rolling stops for bikes

kgsbikes — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:44:38 +0000

I have always been a proponent of carefully rolling through stop signs after checking for oncoming traffic. This has been followed with a “statement of civil disobedience” because I felt that bicycles are fundamentally different than cars when it comes to intersections. When combining the facts that cyclists approach intersections more slowly, have better ability [...]

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KGS Bikes predicts Lance Madness will jump start high-end cycling in US

kgsbikes — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:35:54 +0000

I was doing my daily blog search and stumbled upon this. In the blog Adelaide Now, it appears they are pleading to Lance to get the locals who have gone bonkers to ride like good citizens. Lance Armstrong, comeback kid, has a big impact everywhere he goes. I like the idea of Lance Madness coming [...]

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Motorists Smoking & Eating whilst driving

kgsbikes — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:08:23 +0000

I always like to see what the cycling lifestyle is like in other countries. Here is a post from The London Bicycle Activist dealing with the same stuff we have to deal with, but with wry British wit. Post from: KGS Bikes Custom BicyclesMotorists Smoking & Eating whilst driving

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Best Open Letter to Motorists I have ever seen

kgsbikes — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:28:36 +0000

I was blog surfing today and came upon the following post on Adventures of a Crazy Biker Chick: http://crazybikerchick.blogspot.com/2006/09/things-non-cyclist-might-not.html This is an incredibly well written letter to motorists and I had to share. We have a lot of responsibility as cyclists as well as teachers of road etiquette to motorists. I look forward to your [...]

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Responsiblity in Cycling

kgsbikes — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:56:00 +0000

I use Google Alerts to keep abreast of blogs about cycling and got a tremendous link in my inbox this morning. The blog Bicycle Driving has a paper on The Dilemmas of Bicycle Planning which states our problems very well. If cycling is “The Fountain of Youth” as I maintain, we have to learn how [...]

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