Sentences with phrase «as bike commuters»

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I purchased a Vintage Electric Scrambler, the company's 1970s dirt bike - inspired creation, and I use it as a daily commuter to and from my office.)

Tourists and commuters alike are attracted to the upscale town, which offers access to bike and hiking trails as well as boating, restaurants and shops, and even a film festival.

I'm relying on this bike for my commute, so what I want find out is if this bike is safe to keep using as a commuter, or if I should stay off of it until I can take it into a shop.

After riding 14 hybrid bikes up and down San Francisco's hills, we've pegged the Marin Fairfax SC1 as our favorite (and most affordable) bike for commuters.

As the above video highlights, Washington, D.C. recently implemented a bike - share program known as Smart Bike D.C. And much as cities like New York and Mexico City have been doing, D.C. has been busy adding miles of new bike lanes and cycling infrastructure to accommodate the rise in cycling caused in part by high gas prices.Bike - sharing programs, which have truly gone global the last few years, appear to be putting cycling on the radar of politicians, planning professionals, and commuterAs the above video highlights, Washington, D.C. recently implemented a bike - share program known as Smart Bike D.C. And much as cities like New York and Mexico City have been doing, D.C. has been busy adding miles of new bike lanes and cycling infrastructure to accommodate the rise in cycling caused in part by high gas prices.Bike - sharing programs, which have truly gone global the last few years, appear to be putting cycling on the radar of politicians, planning professionals, and commuteras Smart Bike D.C. And much as cities like New York and Mexico City have been doing, D.C. has been busy adding miles of new bike lanes and cycling infrastructure to accommodate the rise in cycling caused in part by high gas prices.Bike - sharing programs, which have truly gone global the last few years, appear to be putting cycling on the radar of politicians, planning professionals, and commuteras cities like New York and Mexico City have been doing, D.C. has been busy adding miles of new bike lanes and cycling infrastructure to accommodate the rise in cycling caused in part by high gas prices.Bike - sharing programs, which have truly gone global the last few years, appear to be putting cycling on the radar of politicians, planning professionals, and commuters.

As the president of the NIH Bicycle Commuter Club, she's been instrumental in keeping the Bethesda campus» 600 bike commuters informed through a Web site and an e-mail list (to which 300 riders subscribe).

At this time, IRS tax code does not recognize bike share as eligible for commuter benefits.

Does bike share qualify as a pre-tax commuter benefit?

A life - long cyclist and daily bike commuter, he became intrigued by «recumbent» bikes, as the horizontal models are known.

They can take the form of informal partnerships, like CitiBike's warehouse tapping into an existing bike maintenance training program to find warehouse mechanics, or formal partnerships, such as Austin B - Cycle partnering with a local downtown business association to give commuters an option besides expensive car parking.

As the City Room has several «avid» cyclists, and it's bike month, how about an update on the amount of available on - site parking for Times building commuters?

Most of the riders I met viewed their commute as a battle, but exhibited none of the smug, anti-automotive posturing many committed middle - class bike commuters wear as a badge of honor.

In a recent Census report from May Portland was named as the U.S. city with the highest percentage of bike commuters anywhere in the U.S. - 6.1 %.

While commuters with bikes they rely on might hardly feel the $ 8 per month charge, changing bike parking infrastructure from a city - supplied free feature to a pay - as - you - go and thus more elitist system is sure to have its detractors, and can be counter productive to encouraging as many cyclists to commute by bike as possible.

«Pedalling Health, an Australian study published in 1996, concluded that an hour of biking a day — normal for a regular bike commuter — prevents four times as much heart attack risk as it adds in collision risk.

From Schwinn's good looking electric bikes to this $ 350 commuter bike with electric assist, we see plenty of pedal bikes packing an electric motor as backup these days.

Bike sharing has the potential to free up some of that space by allowing commuters to pick up a bike on either end of their train ride, addressing what is known as the first - and last - mile problem.

But Birmingham is home to the BikeSkirt blog, and perhaps a bike manufacturer will draw new interest to commuter cycling in the state, especially as COMMON will be community owned.

She suggests that the people on bikes are ex - bus / tube / walking commuters instead and they have been forced into cycling just as much as they have been enticed into it.

Rubin had had a variety of bike trailers over his years as a commuter cyclist, but what he wanted was one trailer that would cover a multitude of cyclist needs, including child hauling, and all kinds of cargo moving.

This may be true, but Copenhagen has got to be the stylish bike capital - especially with the bloggers at copenhagengirlsonbikes and cycleliciousness making it look so cool to ride.City officials now want to increase cyclists to make up half of all commuters by 2015, as well as increase cyclists» speeds by 10 percent while reducing the risk of injury.

Armstrong is about to open an 18,000 square - foot bicycle store in his hometown of Austin, Texas where, apart from selling the usual bicycle products, he will «promote bike culture and bike commuting» by providing showers and a locker room, as well as bicycle storage, for bicycle commuters that lack those facilities at their offices.

In the past, a project was awarded the same number of points for installing a commuter bike rack as it was for, say, optimizing energy by 10 % or reducing water usage by 20 %.

A few weeks ago I read How to Talk About Cycling to a Conservative, an article by Tom Bowden, a conservative corporate lawyer in Virginia who happens to be a bike commuter, and writes:» speaking as a right wing cyclist, here are some thoughts on how to

For commuters who need to lug their bikes up stairs or maneuver it onto public transportation, a folding electric bike such as the Dahon Boost would be a good choice.

With a step - through frame and adjustable seat and handlebars, this bike serves as a versatile commuter bike.

Plans are underway to make carbon fiber and titanium road bikes as well as get into the commuter bike and mountain bike market.

As these bike lanes take up more of the urban landscape, other commuters are left scrambling for less of the sidewalks and roadways.

Projections indicate that more commuters took to their bikes in 2014 as well and that this number is anticipated to keep growing.

Even as BC's capitol city boasts astonishing commuter stats — at 5.9 % Victoria has basically three times more bike commuters... [more]

Even as BC's capitol city boasts astonishing commuter stats — at 5.9 % Victoria has basically three times more bike commuters than other Canadian cities outside of BC — the Motor Vehicle Act, RSB 1996 c. 318 is a misfit for BC's cycling culture.

Yamaha YBR 110 is positioned as a commuter bike aimed at people using bike for city riding and long drives.

The speaker at the base of the phone was enough to fill a quiet room with tunes, but isn't a bluetooth speaker replacement for bike commuters, as it can't compete with even a single passing car.

As a closing gift she's given buyers folding bikes that can be left at a train station or taken on a commuter train.