A stop sign just means “stop,”. Or does it?
It’s that time of year again — it’s dark out there! Tremendous advances in bicycle lights have occurred over the past few years. Now you can light your way without lightening your wallet. John Allen shares a few things you should aim for in buying bicycle lights — and how to aim them for best effect.
I am riding on a two-lane road, leaving room for motorists to pass — releasing. This is a semi-rural road with a residential driveway here and there. Almost all traffic […]
Bicycle Portland, Maine and the surrounding area, August 25-28 (Thurs.-Sun.). Pick and choose among any or all of these events: 6-lighthouse coastal tour, lobster dinner on the beach, overnight camping […]
This article introduces the topic of circular intersections, also called traffic circles, rotaries, and roundabouts. There is a detailed description of them on Wikipedia. I hail from Massachusetts, which is […]
For years, the American Bicycling Education Association has used words and pictures to show how bicyclists can avoid truck-bicycle crashes. Sometime in 2019, CyclingSavvy Instructor John Schubert suggested that we […]
A previous Savvy Cyclist post describes bicycle gearing, and how to accelerate. This post gets to how your legs can produce power for a day’s ride without getting sore – […]
The American Bicycling Education Association is pleased to announce that we’ll be at the Philly Bike Expo. So mark your calendars! Founded in 2010 by Bilenky Cycle Works, the Philly Bike Expo […]
Could you make friends with the driver of a big rig that comes up behind you on a shoulderless two-lane highway, uphill, with oncoming traffic? Well yes, CyclingSavvy graduate Ian Whiting did. One of his control and release strategies is like nothing I had seen before, and it works.
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