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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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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* * * UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE NEWARK BIKE PROJECT * * * OPEN SHOP– Every Tuesday, 6 to 9pm MECHANICS CLASSES – Taught during the month of August on Thursday nights. If you or anyone you know is interested, click HERE or please contact us through info@newarkbikeproject.org and we will reply with more details.…
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by David Hembrow A View from the Cycle Path David Hembrow is the leading English-language blogger on cycling in the Netherlands. Britain: More training but less cycling April 11, 2012 ….I have no doubt at all that those who train child cyclists in the UK do so with the best possible motives. However, effort…
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But a 100 years ago they were. Starting around the 1920s, streets were taken away from children (and then from the rest of us as well). There are very few people alive today who remember this history. Now public educations campaigns like the ones shown below are unnecessary. They have been internalized and we teach…
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By KIM CAROLLO | Good Morning America Published Jan 2, 2012 While physical activity is known to improve children’s physical fitness and lower their risk of obesity, new research suggests it may also help them perform better in school. Dutch researchers reviewed 14 previous studies from different parts of the world that looked at the…
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By Niki Suto ~ As you can see, our organization has found a name – the Newark Bike Project! Please visit our website at NewarkBikeProject.org and save as your home page. At this website you can examine the final score of our naming survey and find out more about what members of our team have…
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Taken directly from NBP’s “About Us” page — Inspired by the wonderful Urban Bike Project of Wilmington, some Newark-area UBP volunteers wished to spread the benefits of a UBP-style shop to Newark. In November 2011, Niki Suto, a graduate student at UD, started to formalize this interest by gathering various Newark biking advocates to brainstorm ideas…
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by John McCormick, Past President, White Clay Bicycle Club — WCBC was a titanium sponsor for the 3rd Delaware Bike Summit held on Friday, October 14, in Lewes, DE. This annual event enables advocates, government officials, community leaders, bicycle experts and enthusiasts, to promote cycling by collectively identifying and addressing a broad array of related…
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The numbers are staggering. According to the Center for Disease Control, the past 20 years has seen a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States. In 2010, no state had a prevalence of obesity less than 20%. Thirty-six states had a prevalence of 25% or more; 12 of these states (Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,…
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