Lance Armstrong Is 'The Richest Cheater To Be Stripped Of A Championship Or...
Lance Armstrong is the richest cheater to be stripped of a championship or Olympic medal for using performance-enhancing drugs. It isn’t even close.A compilation of the 41-year-old American cyclist’s...
View ArticleA Clever Bike-Scooter Hybrid Makes Cycling In Cities Easier And Safer
Peugeot may be failing in the car business, but it's still producing good stuff when it comes to bikes and scooters. At least when it decides combines the two.This odd-looking thing is the Pibal, a...
View ArticleA Trader And Pro Swimmer Are Launching A New Fitness Studio That Sounds Like...
José Palau, who worked as director of equity trading at Waverly Advisors with Andrew Barber, is making an aggressive bet on the fitness sector these days.Right now, Palau, who has more than eight years...
View ArticleHere's What It Will Take To Make NYC's New Bike Sharing Program A Success
A few hours after registration opened on Monday for Citi Bike, New York City's new bike sharing system, 2,500 people had signed up.Within a day, 5,000 had paid $103 for annual memberships, according to...
View ArticleThese Google, Apple, And Facebook Employees Ride Their Bikes For 1.5 to 3...
We've all heard about the luxurious shuttle buses that transport Silicon Valley employees to and from San Francisco. But that's not the only way employees at top notch tech companies get around.SF2G is...
View ArticleHere's What It's Like To Ride A 14.5-Foot Tall Bike
Riding a bike in the city seems dangerous to some, but Richie Trimble of Los Angeles makes it a significantly scarier process.The seat of his creation, the Stoopid Tall Bike, is 14.5 feet above the...
View ArticleThe 20 Most Bike-Friendly Cities In The World
[Editor's note: Copenhagenize is a consulting and communications company that specializes in all things cycling-related. The company gave Business Insider an exclusive first look at its new ranking of...
View ArticleHere's What Americans Don't Get About Cycling — And Why It's A Problem
The 2013 Copenhagenize Index of the world's most bike-friendly cities is out, and not a single American metropolis made the top 20.That's a problem — and not just a health-related one, said Mikael...
View Article13 Reasons You Should Start Biking To Work
Though the U.S. has seen a 40 percent growth in bicycle commuters since 2000, their numbers have yet to surpass 1 million. In contrast, there are 204 million personal vehicles on the road on a given...
View ArticleThe Woman In Charge Of NYC Transportation Has Done An Incredible Job
This is part of our series, "50 Women Who Are Changing The World." Janette Sadik-Khan ranked #8 on the list. In her six years as the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation,...
View ArticleThis Crazy May Day Float Carried A Rock Band And A Half-Pipe [PHOTOS]
Minneapolis hosted the 39th Annual MayDay Parade on Sunday, attended by tens of thousands of people who come to see the eclectic mix of marching bands, huge puppets, groups walking for progressive...
View ArticleHow NYC's New Bike Share Program Will Change Your Life
Bike share is finally coming to New York City.On May 27, 6,000 bikes at 330 stations will become part of NYC's already extensive transportation system.Memberships (available to those 16 and over) can...
View ArticleCyclists Shouldn't Get To Play By Their Own Rules
The other day, something happened in Chicago that made bicycling a little more boring.Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel introduced an ordinance that would double the fine for “dooring” a cyclist.Motorists who...
View ArticleCoffee Shop's Rude Sign Leads To A Yelp War With The Cycling Community
A coffee shop's rude sign dissing one of the biggest bike races in the U.S. has incensed the cycling community. A source sent us a photo of the sign, which was posted at Joe Momma's Coffee in Avila...
View ArticleUK Police Investigate After Driver Brags About Hitting A Cyclist On Twitter
It's safe to assume that most people in the event of hitting a cyclist while driving, who realised what they had done, would stop, call the police, and stay on the scene.Not so for one young woman, who...
View ArticleLance Armstrong Rips A Cyclist For Doping In A Vulgar Tweet
Lance Armstrong took to Twitter this morning to criticize cyclist Danilo Di Luca for doping.Di Luca tested positive for EPO and was immediately fired from his team this morning.Armstrong responded with...
View ArticleHow I Survived A 78-Mile Bike Ride With Bankers Without Even Training
On Saturday, I biked in the Xtreme Biker's Association's 14th annual "Xtreme Bike to the Shore"— a 78-mile charity ride from Philadelphia to Avalon, New Jersey.The Memorial Day weekend Saturday ride is...
View ArticleOne Day In, People Already Love NYC's New Bike Share
Bike share finally opened for business in New York City on Monday, and members had taken more than 6,000 trips before the end of the afternoon.Long-awaited and oft-delayed, Citi Bike has been mostly...
View ArticleHere's How To Use NYC's New Citi Bike Share Program
Bike share finally opened for business in New York City on Monday, and so far it's been quite well-received.Despite a few early glitches (and one stolen bike), Citi Bike members had taken more than...
View ArticleHow To Stay Alive While Biking In New York City
[Editor's Note: New York's Citi Bike share opened for business on Monday, and our friends at Greatist shared these tips for staying safe while cycling in the city.]Biking can be just as safe as driving...
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