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Bike News Roundup: Ring, ring … Hello. What would it take to get you on a bike today?

The video above is from the always wonderful StreetFilms.

Wired has a rosy digest of the recent bike commuter census that suggests great strides in the number of people in America commuting by bike. By the way, Seattle finished third in the percentage of bike commuters, behind Portland and Minneapolis.


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Copenhagenize has a writeup about vehicular cyclists that asks, “Do these people hit their children, too?

Jeff Littmann, President of the Wisconsin Cycling Association, has died after being struck by a car while training.

Josh at Publicola has a very interesting piece about Bellingham’s pro-bike “individualized marketing campaign” to call people up and ask them if they would like help getting on a bike.

Kent’s Bike Blog has an incredible reflection on the dangers of biking. The things he writes may surprise you.

This is an open thread if you have anything at all you want to say about bikes.


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