Bike Snob(ish) – Book Review
Bike Snob
If you have ever spent more than a few minutes out surfing the bicycling blogoshere you likely have heard about BikeSnobNYC (http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com). Not known for trying to make friends, the BikeSnobNYC mercilessly attacks, satirizes and pretty much pokes fun of all things “bike culture.” Hipsters riding fixies and wanna be road racers are some of his favorite targets, bicycle advocates also find themselves in his cross-hairs as well.
Moving from the online world to the “real” world, BikeSnobNYC has published a book titled “Bike snob : systematically and mercilessly realigning the world of cycling.” This smallish tome of just over 200 pages seems to be perfectly sized to fit into a messenger bag or rack trunk and can pretty much be digested in a lazy afternoon. Read more
DRBC Gets Exposure!
Afdvneture Cyclist, June 2010 Cover & Page 8
No, none of our illustrious board members have been recently featured on America’s Most Wanted!
The June 2010 issue of Adventure Cyclist, the magazine of the Adventure Cycling Association, did a nice profile of the DRBC in their “WayPoints” department on page 8 of this issue. The article titled “Driftless but not Aimless,” was based on a short phone interview I did with them some time back. This is the first real national exposure that the DRBC has received and from my perspective shows that we are already being heard and recognized within the larger cycling community. If you are a bicycle tourer or are thinking about becoming one the Adventure Cycling Association is a tremendous resource. Visit their website at www.adventurecycling.org where you can join or subscribe to Adventure Cyclist.
Searching for Bicycle Culture
Riding with smiling friends.
What is bicycle culture? This is a question that has been bouncing around my head for the past few weeks. It has also been bouncing around the bike blogosphere for much longer than that. If you surf around and read about this subject you are sure to end up on sites like the BikeSnobNYC, trackosaurus rex, copenhagenize.com and a whole host of others all espousing or mocking another’s idea of what bike culture is. Their views are as different as their personal perspectives are and for me this is the key.
I will fully admit that I am a forty something, white male and my cool quotient is not very high, on Google Maps you can find it somewhere in the heart of Death Valley. My idea of fashion, biking or not, suffered a sudden death shortly after my birth and by the time I was 16 I knew it was hopeless. When I ride my road bike I wear bicycle shorts. I profusely apologize to anyone who has had to suffer the sight of my butt in spandex. When I ride my town/commuter I wear my work cloths or whatever is clean and comfortable. So obviously fashion is not going to be my access point to bike culture. Nor are my bikes, all of them more than a decade old and none of them “high-end” or the least bit stylish. Read more
Still Here!
Yes we are still here!
Spreading the word at Cameron Park, La Crosse.
For the past three weeks the DRBC has been up to our proverbial necks with Bike to Work Week planning, preparation and events. All the effort, volunteer hours and community support were well worth it. This year we saw a 95% increase in the number of miles logged on the DRBC BTWW website. This year participants logged 5,340 miles up from 2,739. What that means is that there were a lot more wheels on the streets this year and that fits right in with our mission of “getting more people on bikes more often…” Read more
Bike to Work Week in Pictures
Filed under: DRBC, Education, Events, Lifestyle, Outreach, Rides
Below is a Flicker slide show of Bike to Work Week event images so far. Enjoy!
Welcome to the DRBC
Welcome to the Drifless Region Bicycle Coalition's online community. At DRBC we are about getting more people on bikes, more often by advocating for bicycling infrastructure and a dynamic bicycling culture.
The DRBC currently seeking organizations and individuals who support the idea of complete streets in our community.
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