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Special bike stolen
STOLEN BIKEStolen from my home in Maplewood at around 10:30pm on November 7, 2011.CASH REWARD if you bring it back to me. CASH REWARD if you lead me to the person who had it or has it. This bike is not...
View ArticleLaura Torchio To Speak At SOMbike Meeting 11/15, 730 PM
Laura Torchio, President of Bike & Walk Montclair will meet with us Tuesday night and talk about the strategy they used to get Montclair to adapt the Complete Streets policy.Here is the resolution...
View ArticleNotes from last night's SOMbike meeting
Laura Torchio, from BIKE /WALK MONTCLAIR, brought along amazing support materials for how the Complete Streets policy has been adopted in various NJ towns (and in Monmouth County), as well as detailed...
View ArticleComplete Streets [policy] offers a way toward zero fatalities
We are recommending a Complete Streets policy to our town governments. It's good for everyone.Please read the Op-Ed piece that James Simpson wrote. Simpson is commissioner of the New Jersey Department...
View ArticleMaplewood Adopts Complete Streets!
Good News! The Maplewood Township Committee met this evening and adopted Resolution 51-12 establishing a Complete Streets Policy. This is an exciting step forward for Maplewood, and our thanks go out...
View ArticleBranchbrook Cherry Blossom Ride on Saturday! (3/24)
Tim SullivanBranchbrook Park Cherry Blossom Ride - This Saturday @ 10am!Meet Saturday at 10am at the fountains by the lake across from the cathedral.Sorry for the short notice. Folks, the weather has...
View ArticleFirst Family Ride Of The Season This Saturday!
Join SOMbike for a ten mile hilly ride through Maplewood, Millburn, and Short Hills this Saturday, April 7th at 10 AM. Meet-up: Maplewood Ave. & Baker St. (NJ Transit Parking Lot) Ride Leaders: Tom...
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Bring your bike to Maplewood Green Day
Poster designed by the very talented Heather Kern of Popshop Studio www.popshopstudio.com
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Come to the River! South Orange River Day is an annual community gathering to clean up the South Orange section of the Rahway River, celebrate South Orange as a great place to live, and promote...
View ArticleComplete Streets Will Take Us Where We Need to Go
http://www.njslom.org/magazine/2012-03/pg-34.html
View ArticleSupport Complete Streets for Essex County on April 25!
Encouraged by the adoption of a Complete Streets policy in three Essex County towns: Maplewood, Montclair, and Bloomfield (with a fourth, South Orange, in the process), the Board of Chosen Freeholders...
View ArticleMaplewood Green Day, 4/28, Looks Like A Sunny One!
See you there. Free bike repairs, a bike tour of eco friendly local houses, & lots more.....
View ArticleSouth Orange River Day - Sunday, May 6 from 11-4
Come to the River! South Orange River Day is an annual community gathering to clean up the South Orange section of the Rahway River, celebrate South Orange as a great place to live, and promote...
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How a Bicycle is MadeThis film is from England in 1946. Great fun and interest.See the film here.
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City Cycling (Urban and Industrial Environments)
New book, shipping soon:Bicycling in cities is booming, for many reasons: health and environmental benefits, time and cost savings, more and better bike lanes and paths, innovative bike sharing...
View ArticleNJ Transit may reverse its restrictive policy
TRENTON — Cyclists could have access to more of NJ Transit's rail system, under a revised bike policy that could be acted on next month in an attempt to end confusion among riders and crews about when...
View ArticleBike Shop class for kids starts June 25 and July 9
Sessions start on July 25 and July 9. Class at 8:45am or 9:50am.This class was very popular (and even over-filled) last year. This year, we still have space. Grades 5 through 9. Columbia High School,...
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Climbing the mountains in 1898
A friend of mine showed me this picture. I know nothing of it. Handwriting on it says 1898.The clothing all looks non-athletic-specific except for the plus-fours (which we Americans call knickers)....
View ArticleTraffic Skills 101, Parsippany, NJ, July 18 and 21
See http://www.newjerseybikewalk.org/?page_id=80 for more information.
View ArticleNext Traffic Skills 101 Bike Class! At Cycle Craft, Parsippany, Sept 12 & 15
This course is part of the League of American Bicyclists' Smart Cycling Program. It is designed to teach adult cyclists how to use a bicycle with confidence and competence for pleasure, utility, and...
View ArticleIsraeli Inventor Izhar Gafni Makes $9 Bicycle Out Of Cardboard (VIDEO)
Read here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/03/izhar-gafni-bicycle_n_1735439.html
View ArticleBike Shop! Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 @ 7pm at the Adult School
The tires are flat, the brakes squealing, the bike won't shift right. These are all issues we face when we dig our bicycle out of the garage for that first ride.Learn how to take that dusty old bicycle...
View ArticleDynamo powered bicycle lights
See my article here:http://thedimbicycle.blogspot.com/2012/10/dynamo-powered-lights-part-1.html
View ArticleDedicated Bike Lanes Can Cut Cycling Injuries in Half
Dedicated Bike Lanes Can Cut Cycling Injuries in HalfRead the article by clicking on the text above.
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