Potholes and Road Apples

The management of Pedro’s USA and a Swiss investment firm have purchased Pedro’s from Swix Sports USA, Velonews reports today.
Pedro’s which makes earth-friendly bicycle lubes, degreasers and accessories has been owned by the ski wax and ski pole company for a decade.
Chris Zigmont, a long-time Pedro’s executive, will become the company’s new CEO with the […]

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A few months ago, I accidentally startled a woman crossing a small Lancaster City street. She didn’t look and by steadily pedaling my bicycle, I wasn’t making much noise.
Soon afterward, it happened to me. I was riding and suddenly a car was passing me that I hadn’t realized was there. The car, a Toyota Prius, […]

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An 18-year-old East Earl woman died Sunday at Reading Hospital after being struck by a motorcyclist last week in the 100 block of Pleasant Valley Road in Brecknock Township.
Verna Hoover was riding her bicycle on Pleasant Valley Road on Tuesday evening. She was riding with her sister, Jane Hoover, 21, when they were struck. Jane […]

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London’s mayor is hoping to make England’s capital city a bicycle utopia. Along with the city’s much-publicized $50 daily “congestion charge” for motorists who drive the most polluting vehicles, Mayor Ken Livingstone has proposed building a dozen bicycle “superhighways” that would link the city suburbs with commercial areas.
It is expected to take a decade to build the […]

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A Maytown woman was handed a 3-6 year sentence Monday for striking and killing a bicyclist while driving drunk last year.
Denise Hall, 50, who also has a residence in Florida, struck Michael Blankenbiller while he was riding on the right shoulder of Harrisburg Pike, in Manheim Township, near the Park City Center shopping mall at about […]

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Manheim Township police are searching for a bicyclist who reportedly went after a motorist late Monday morning with a chain after, the bicyclist claimed, the driver nearly hit him.
According to police, the unknown bicyclist came up beside David Denisewick’s vehicle while he was stopped for a red light at Fruitville Pike at the Hawthorne shopping center, north […]

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Members of Lancaster County’s Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee this week called on bicyclists to send comments on the new county Long Range Transportation Plan. An on-line transportation survey is being conducted in conjunction with the update of the plan. Comments can be made at the end of the survey.
The plan, which includes transportation projects in […]

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Every year at this time, following the excesses of Christmas celebrations, we are bombarded with advertisements for diets, gyms, cosmetic surgery and exercise equipment.
All play on the common New Year’s resolutions to lose weight and live a more healthy lifestyle. For bicyclists, the answer is simple: just ride.
Winter officially started Dec. 22 and so far […]

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This morning, in the cool air at dawn, as summer slips into fall, I counted five other bicyclists apparently making their way to work.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the six of us are not alone.
Figures released this week show Lancaster County following national trends of more people leaving work work earlier than in previous […]

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City officials unveiled more than 10,600 rental bicycles on Sunday as part of the City of Lights’ Ve’lib (ve’lo, for bicycle, and liberte’, for freedom) program, according to the New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/16/world/europe/16paris.html.
Another 10,000 of the hefty, gray bikes are slated to be available to Parisians and tourists by the end of the year. Organizers hope […]

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