Naomi's Biking Life Blog
by Naomi Bloom
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10/29/2010 10:01:24 AM Looks like cyclists are having a bit of a problem getting through to SamTrans (San Mateo County Transit agency) about that pesky gate on Pico Blvd., which blocks bike access to/from the Bay Trail in Redwood City. Yes, there have been bus-cyclist incidents, which led SamTrans to decide it was unsafe to let cyclists through. |
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So what's new? Are you still cycling? My youngest is attending UCSC, and Janis and I are celebrating our 20something anniversary this weekend.
kirkrunner@comcast.net - Kirk Runner - 8/3/2011 4:14:27 PM |
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10/13/2010 5:29:09 PM As if we haven't been touring around all the California appelations we can find -- from Anderson Valley down to Solvang and Santa Barbara -- the Stags Leap AVA is announcing "America’s First AVA to Offer Visitors Non-Vehicular Alternative for Wine Country Tours." |
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9/21/2010 11:32:52 AM In case you haven't heard yet, Bikes Belong is on a crusade, called People for Bikes, to "unite one million voices to improve bicycling in the United States." To join in, all you need to do is sign a pledge in support of biking. The goal is to help make our nation a better place to ride by sending a powerful message to
our elected leaders, the media, and the public that bicycling is important and should be promoted. |
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9/13/2010 3:18:02 PM Don Burnett passed away on Saturday, September 11 after a long battle with cancer. We in the South Bay will miss him terribly. |
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9/7/2010 1:22:16 PM Bravo to the intrepid volunteers of Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition! When it came time for SVBC to move into a "real" office near downtown San Jose, they didn't call a moving van. They called everyone with a utility bike and/or trailer and/or BIG panniers. Even the Mercury News covered the occasion. Oh, and that ultra-bike leading the pack is Bob Eltgroth's Surly Big Dummy, and the cargo is a bookcase(!). |
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9/4/2010 4:28:56 PM Once unguarded and open to all, this connector trail between Sunnyvale and Mountain View has been gated and locked off for the past two decades or so. Now, the San Francisco Bay Trail Project, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project, are taking credit for opening up the 2.4-mile "missing link" along a 26-mile continuous section of trail between East Palo Alto and San Jose. |
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9/1/2010 2:26:43 PM It was over a week ago that Jim Sayer, executive director of the Adventure Cycling Association, and his whole family pedaled through Marin on their way from the Canadian border to the Mexican border. But that's when they appeared on Amanda Eichstadt's KWMR radio show, while laying over at Pt. Reyes Station. Listen to the interview; it's pretty cool, especially Jim's description of arriving at the coast after climbing up from Leggett on Highway 1. |
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8/26/2010 5:56:21 PM Michele Beasly's account of her conversion to bike commuting is an inspiration! And I'm sure glad she confessed to cribbing the photo from CopenhagenizeCambridge. I was about to yell: "GET A HELMET, GAL!" |
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8/24/2010 10:23:53 AM Thanks to Ken Lee for this information, which I never spotted anywhere else. It appears that CalTrain has formed an official Bicycle Advisory Committee "with considerable enthusiasm," according to Mark Simon, Executive Officer for Public Affairs of CalTrain's San Mateo County Transit District. |
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8/21/2010 5:35:06 PM According to an article in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, Santa Cruz has decided not to participate in the Amgen Tour of California in 2011. That, the paper says, "could open the door for Capitola." Wouldn't it be a kick to see the teams slog up Old Soquel-Santa Cruz Road? Or bomb down all 13 miles to the beach? |
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7/24/2010 3:50:38 PM Thus spake Kevin Winterfield, the original founder of the Low Key Hillclimb Series back in 1995. (Egad, was it really 15 years ago?) |
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7/13/2010 4:19:13 PM Yesterday, while resting on the first rest day of the Tour de France, Santa Rosa's Levi Leipheimer gave this interview to GQ. He mostly struggled to explain TdF to the clueless. But he does mention the Tour of California and his hometown (though not by name). |
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7/5/2010 3:24:32 PM Ten days ago my good friends Ruth and Steve boarded an Amtrak train for Tacoma with their bikes, panniers and eager anticipation. After spending a night staying with friends in Port Townsend, they ferried and pedaled their way into the heart of Washington state. They're headed for New England via Adventure Cycling Association's Northern Tier route and some Canadian Maritime provinces. |
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6/27/2010 4:44:53 PM Remember Vigorelli? No, not the velodrome in Milan, Italy. I'm reminiscing about the East Bay cycling clothes company, a pioneer in the popularity of Lycra in the '80s. I hardly knew anyone back then who didn't have at least one pair of Vigorelli shorts. |
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6/22/2010 4:21:16 PM One fine day in October 2008, Rita Campos drove her car from a side road onto Uvas Road near Morgan Hill, just as Bruce Finch -- an experienced cyclist familiar with the area -- was riding into the intersection. The collision resulted in Finch's death; he left behind a widow and one child. |
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6/18/2010 4:33:44 PM Supposedly Weiss, aka The Bike Snob, has been visiting our local haunts in the Bay Area. But he sure didn't notify anyone around here. I'm told he was to show up at a Barnes & Noble in San Jose this afternoon -- just about the time I got the email about it. Tonight he's slated to accompany the San Jose Bike Party. Not a lot of publicity going out there, Eb! |
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6/16/2010 3:26:31 PM It's no secret that my favorite country for bicycling is la belle France. Still, I've never, ever wanted to pedal the streets of Paris. Come to find out there's more than one outfitter offering bike tours in the City of Light. Read about one Tour de Paris, with Bubba in the Seattle Times. |
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6/11/2010 4:27:35 PM If you're an RAAM fan (or even mildly interested in who might be racing), check out San Francisco's Michele Santilhano, one solo racer who is determined to be first in Annapolis. |
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