Rob's Bike Page
"So lighten up. At the end of the day, you're just an overgrown kid riding
a toy outside in your colored underwear"
Ben Delaney, Velo News, June 2, 2003.
Some info on the bike organizations that fill Rob's many milliseconds of
spare time.
News!!
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Every Cyclists
Counts, a program from the
League of American Bicyclists (LAB) to document bicycle
fatalities across the country. 700 deaths per year is a sad
legacy.
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Peugeot DL122 (concept) bike with laptop compartment.
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Sengalese bike trickster!, also available
for download as .mov
file.
Downhill mountain bike race in Chile. Amazing video from a
head mounted camera.
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Dutch Cycling Embasssy, an amazing summary of Dutch progress in
bicycle infrastructure. And the announcement of a resource to share
the knowledge they have developed with the world.
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The Ride, a journal about
cycling with a decidely literary look and feel.
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Make your own bike lane! Clever idea for improving safety on the
road.
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Road Respect Utah, a
new education program for Utah drivers and cyclists.
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The string bike!, the latest plan to get rid of the bike chain.
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Bike routes in
Utah a terrific collection of good bike routes around Salt Lake
City and a few other spots in the state. Yarden Livnat gets the
credit for this one!!
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BikeMap.com a very cool site with
collected bike route maps from all over the world!.
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Rent a Bike Now, a network of bike rental services all across
North America (and soon the world).
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Bike facility of the month site, a collection of well intended but
problematic bike facilities.
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1992 University of Utah Bicycle Report a
summary of the situation and set of recommendations from 1992. Has much
changed since then?
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A bike lift system in Trondheim, Norway. Also a local copy of
the short video about the lift.
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Real equity on the road A cyclist's
dream image.
Rob's Writings
This report from 1992 summarizes the
state of cycling facilities on the University of Utah. It also contains a
list of recommendations for enhancements to the campus. This was very much
a team effort of the University of Utah Bicycle Advisory Committee, which
was in place at the time and for a few years after. I was fortunate
enough to be chair of the committee.
These are links to articles I have written for Cycling Utah (and thanks to
the folks at CU for making them available).
Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Committee
Bikes and Transit
Cycling and mass transit should be natural allies with shared goals--to
reduce the use of automobiles, especially those with only a single
occupant. Here are some links to information and sites describing good
solutions for some of the technical options to mix bikes and transit
effectively.
Bicycle boarding guidlines for the UTA Trax light rail system.
Bicycle Facilties Design and Implementation
Bicycle Health and Safety Information
Bike Racing Links
Bonneville Shoreline Trail
Some descriptions of the BST from Greg Roth's Single track website:
Bike Advocacy and Organizations
In Utah
Elsewhere
Cities and town with Bike Programs
Bicycle Commuting Information and Guides
Information Sources and Resources
- Sheldon Brown's Bike
Website constructed by the late, great Sheldon Brown and
maintained in his memory. There is no more comprehesive technical
site on cycle gear.
- Bicycling Life A
Web-site for Everyday Bicyclists.
- Brightspoke site for
learning about bicycles.
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BikeKids: A comprehensive handbook for bicyclists: rules, laws and
safety measures.
- John Allen's
bicycling web page, full of great information in cycling.
- Bicycle FAQ a
nice list of all sort of useful suggestions about all aspects of
cycling and bikes from rec.bicycles.
- John Thurston's web page
with some good Bike Friday links.
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IMBA Trail Building and Maintenance includes lots of information
and links to the trail care crew.
- Nova Scotia Trans Canada Trail
and Trail Map from Nova Scotia
- UDoT's
Bike and Ped page
- National
Transportation Library bicycle information from U.S. Department
of Transportation. An amazing list of reports on all aspects of
cycling.
- The Science of
Cycling from the Science Learning Network.
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History of the bicycle.
- Cycling Utah Magazine
- Federal
Highways Adminstration Bicycle and Pedestrian Program A lot of
good stuff here, much better than you would guess given the source...
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Jordon River Parkway Maps
- travelling by
bike information: transit system, airports, etc.
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Pennsylvania Bicycle Drivers' Manual
- Accommodating Bicycle and
Pedestrian Travel. A really supportive document from the Federal
Highways Adminstration latest document that all local
governments should read and implement!.
- Velorution, a cool little
site with some good info items available for free.
- New signage
guidelines for bikes (MUCTD), with
additional background information
- Victoria Transport Policy
Institute They have lots of articles about transportation from
different perspectives, from a transportation demand management to
economics.
- How We Pay for
Roads An Olympia, Washington Case Study of true cost of roads.
Products
Bike Rides
- Bike routes in
Utah a terrific collection of good bike routes around Salt Lake
City and a few other spots in the state. Yarden Livnat gets the
credit for this one!!
- BikeMap.com a very cool site with
collected bike route maps from all over the world!.
- Rent a Bike Now, a
network of bike rental services all across North America (and soon
the world).
- These provided by Greg Steele (Greg.Steele@FranklinCovey.com),
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Wasatch Front Canyon Climbs from Mike Hibler.
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Off road rides also from Mike
Bike Events
Bike Touring and Travel
Miscelaneous links