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Active Travel Please! @activetraveltt.bsky.social · 9h

The system was built to maximize drivers’ efficiency, and anything that might slow them down is a glitch.
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How I Learned to Cycle Like a Dutchman

In the bike-friendly Netherlands, cyclists speed down the road without fearing cars. For an American, the prospect is thrilling—and terrifying.

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 14h

Rex bicycle
The idea behind the small third wheel was to create a suspension system for a more comfortable ride

Rex Bicycle Co, Chicago
1898

Photo of bicycle with an unusual frame and a extra, small wheel at the rear. The saddle rests on a tube that's suspended over the rear (big) wheel, and is stabilized by the small wheel that follows it.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 20h

Just one more.

The Study
Every Study Ever:
Reliable transit, safe active transportation options and fewer cars will improve cities.
City:
Hmm, can we really trust every study ever done?

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Toula Drimonis @mtltoula.bsky.social · 22h

As a Montrealer, this makes me so proud! 🙌
“Though other cities offer bike-sharing programs, “Montreal revolutionized the trend,” TIME wrote, calling Bixi’s technology “the backbone” of bike-sharing services in cities including London and New York.”
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Bixi bike-sharing program among the top 25 inventions in 25 years, TIME Magazine declares

The list also includes the iPhone and the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest particle accelerator.

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 1d

Collectors Mike and Seth Fallon with possibly the only known high-wheeler with leading and trailing dual steering

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Photo of a two men holding a cycle with a large wheel in the middle and a smaller wheel on either end. The steering attaches to both smaller wheels.

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ᴄʏᴄʟᴏᴢ @cyclozparis.bsky.social · 1d

1912 🚲 #bikesky

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

By me this week - the happiest thing I've got to report of late, with a glorious trip over the summer to Montreal

"Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport."

www.economist.com/internationa...

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport

Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

www.economist.com

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BikeBike In Calgary @bikebikeyyc.bsky.social · 1d

E-bikes are already displacing more emissions than electric cars. Imagine the positive cascade of effects if more governments offered purchase incentives for e-bikes.

Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 1d

since denver launched its e-bike rebate program - the have sold 10,000 e-bikes and reduced an estimated 1,000,000 car trips - replacing millions of VMTs and reducing air pollution

there are no climate silver bullets... but damn - e-bikes and e-cargo bikes are close

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Denver Celebrates 10,000 E-Bike Rebates

Since its inception in April 2022, Denver has distributed over 10,000 electric bikes (e-bikes) to community members through its pioneering e-bike rebate program. As the first U.S. city to implement su...

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 1d

How to design safer intersections:

1. Near-sided signals. Placed before the bike/ped crossing, they prevent drivers from creeping into the path.

2. Pavement differentiation. High-contrast, colored crossings (like this red asphalt) clearly establish priority and command driver attention.

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 1d

Happy #BicycleBirthday, John Lennon!

October 9 (1940-1980)

Photo of John Lennon standing astride a bicycle in a meadow.

"As a kid I had a dream - I wanted to own my own bicycle. When I got the bike I must have been the happiest boy in Liverpool, maybe the world. I lived for that bike. Most kids left their bike in the backyard at night. Not me. The first night I even kept it in my bed!"
- John Lennon

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Peter Cheung @bostonaruban.bsky.social · 1d

More Bike Lanes and less Highways, please!

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Village Bicycle Cooperative @villagebicyclecoop.bsky.social · 1d

Want to get better sleep? Try riding a bike! Cycling can reduce your stress and anxiety levels, and the physical exertion can enhance your sleep!

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 2d

"Life in Hong Kong: Comes dusk and the bicycle-riding lamplighter makes his rounds in the outlying districts where automatic electrical systems have not been put in."
1951

Photo of a man on a bicycle using a long stick to light a streetlamp. There is a person pulling a rickshaw behind him on the street.

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 2d

Keeping warm in autumn, 1931

Photo of a man riding a bicycle with a dog riding piggyback and a puppy in his jacket.
Caption: "A man cycling through Battersea with a greyhound draped over his shoulders and a puppy tucked inside his jacket, London, 26th September 1931"

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Sundance @sundance.bikesky.social · 2d

It never changes.

Bikes are never welcome…

Cartoon from the 1930s depicting drivers not wanting bikes in the road and pedestrians not wanting bikes on the sidewalk

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 2d

Man Repairing Bicycle Wheel
ca. 1890
📷F. T. Harmon

Photo of a man rubbing a spoke of a bicycle wheel with a cloth. The wheel is mounted on a workbench with tools on it.

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ᴄʏᴄʟᴏᴢ @cyclozparis.bsky.social · 2d

The size of handlebars has changed a lot over time. 1926.

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 2d

Bicycle polo

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Moth @walkingminnesota.com · 2d

A little frost can’t stop these bikers on walk, bike, roll day at Minneapolis Public Schools

Way to go, kiddos

🙌

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 2d

Chevy Chase takes Goldie Hawn for a ride for the August 1978 issue of Us magazine

#BicycleBirthday Chevy Chase
October 8, 1943

Photo from a magazine of a man and a woman on a banana seat bicycle.

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ᴄʏᴄʟᴏᴢ @cyclozparis.bsky.social · 2d

#italy 🇮🇹 #illustration #art #design #vélo #bikesky #bici #vintage #photography #bicycle #bike #fahrrad #bicicletta #自転車 🚲 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️🚵‍♂️ 🚵‍♀️

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2d

“When streets became calmer & safer, more people felt comfortable trying a bike commute for the first time. Families began pedaling to the park…Local businesses saw new life…And cycling stopped feeling like a niche activity—it became part of everyday Parisian life.”

Via @momentummag.bsky.social

New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution

Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.

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Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 3d

Everything You Need to Know About the Shimanami Kaidō Cycling Route in Japan.
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Everything You Need to Know About the Shimanami Kaidō Cycling Route in Japan

The Shimanami Kaidō offers a dedicated bike path along nearly the entire route, often completely separated from motor traffic.

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 3d

"The mob object to a lady cyclist wearing socks. She flies for refuge into a café."
-The Illustrated Police News, 1897

Illustration of a woman wearing knickers walking a bicycle up a step with a crowd behind her.

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ᴄʏᴄʟᴏᴢ @cyclozparis.bsky.social · 4d

Bicyclette Hirondelle « Superbe » 1892. Semi-circular frame, anti-vibration handlebars and hammock saddle (pic on the right) are interesting technical innovations to avoid jolts. #vélo #bikesky #bici #vintage #photography #bicycle #bike #fahrrad #bicicletta #自転車 #design 🚲 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️🚵‍♂️ 🚵‍♀️

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