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Governor Jack Markell’s State of the State: “In the years to come, Delawareans will be able to walk and bike to work because of the investments we are making today.”

Excerpt from Governor Jack Markell’s State of the State speech, January 17, 2013. Improving our Quality of Life “In the world we now live in, employers survive only when they hire the most talented workers. And talented employees want to work in places they are proud to call home. “Delaware is blessed with beautiful beaches,…
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Staff January 18, 2013 0

No ride is too short

From Grant Petersen’s “Just Ride: A Radically Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike“: By Grant Petersen One of the problems with becoming a serious bike rider is that you stop going for short rides because somewhere along the line it sinks in – falsely – that a ride you don’t have to suit up for doesn’t…
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Staff January 18, 2013 6

You don’t need special bike shoes either

From Grant Petersen’s “Just Ride: A Radically Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike“: By Grant Petersen A firm attachment to the pedals was helpful in the early days of bike racing, when all bikes had fixed gears (no freewheel, no coasting) and the gears were low by today’s standards. Then, once the racers got up to…
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Staff January 17, 2013 6

You don’t need special bike underwear

From Grant Petersen’s “Just Ride: A Radically Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike“: By Grant Petersen Underwear isn’t even a topic among bike riders, because most serious American riders don’t wear it – they wear bike shorts instead. I say, wear underwear – even if it’s cotton. That goes against a powerful rumor mill that considers…
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Staff January 16, 2013 3

Riding is lousy all-around exercise

“Can one desire too much of a good thing?” – William Shakespeare With Shakespeare’s question in mind, and as a service to Bike Delaware’s readers, we offer the following caution on bicycling as exercise from Grant Petersen’s “Just Ride: A Radically Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike“. By Grant Petersen The title of this book means…
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Staff January 15, 2013 3

Warning: your bicycle blinky light can kill you

“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” – Mark Twain In the spirit of Mark Twain, and as a service to Bike Delaware’s readers, we offer the following caution on bicycle blinky lights, from Grant Petersen’s “Just Ride: A Radically Practical Guide to…
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Staff January 14, 2013 8

Traffic Fatalities Are Declining in Delaware…Except for Pedestrians and Bicyclists

If you want to travel from point A to point B in Delaware, doing so has become increasingly safe…as long as you are traveling as an occupant in a motor vehicle. Traffic fatalities for occupants of motor vehicles have fallen almost every year for the past 10 years in Delaware. That is a cause for…
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James January 10, 2013 1

Why is America’s most successful bike share program in…Washington, DC?

by Tom Vanderbilt Published in Slate January 7, 2013 If you had been handed, a decade ago, a map of the U.S. and asked to predict where the novel idea of bike sharing—then limited to a few small-scale projects in a handful of European cities, might first find its firmest footing, you probably would have…
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Staff January 9, 2013 0

SR 273 Multi-Use Trail and Churchmans Road Trail Study Public Workshop

William Penn High School Cafeteria 713 East Basin Rd. New Castle Tuesday January 15, 2013 5:15 PM to 8:00 PM The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) and the City of New Castle announce a public workshop for two multi-modal trail projects within and near the City of New Castle. The workshop will be held on…
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Staff January 8, 2013 0

725 Students. 850 Bike Parking Spots.

It’s a place thousands of miles away with its own language, culture, history and traditions, so we try hard to not sound like a broken record always going on and on about the Netherlands. But for anyone, including us, who thinks bicycling is cool, the Netherlands is a model and an inspiration. A few months…
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James January 7, 2013 1

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