Posted on August 1 at 11:41 a.m.

90% of a bicycle's stopping power is in the front wheel during an emergency stop.

If folks want to be zen-like with brakes fine by me and no brakes and no helmets is against the law and a recipe for disaster.

On Fixed-Gear Bike Craze and Its Santa Barbara Acolytes

Posted on February 27 at 8:50 a.m.

Of course many bicyclist also have cars they use for longer trips and in this way bicyclists pay fuel tax and Measure D sales tax to support bicycle infrastructure improvements added to the roadways we all get to share.

Each pedestrian step taken and each bicyclist turn of a pedal for transportation increases heath and reduces traffic, greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on foreign oil.

I typically bicycle-commute over 8 miles one-way each day between my home and work. I often see some wildlife on the way and get to work enlivened and ready for the day.

Some motorists get the idea that we all share the road. These drivers are polite and show they know how to drive alongside bicyclists.

Other drivers need to wake up am smell the coffee and realize that a thoughtless fast right turn into a fast food restaurant or other driveway may permanently injure a fellow human riding a bicycle near the gutter.

Recently bicyclist Kendra Payne was crushed and killed by a large truck going up Gibraltar and bicyclist Jake Boysel was killed on his way to school by a speeding motorist. In both cases the drivers reported not seeing the bicyclist and neither was successfully convicted of any criminal act because neither intentionally killed the bicyclist.

Pedro Nava has endeavoured to shore up state laws to support police in enforcing adequate distance be provided between motorists and bicyclists and that the interaction between motor vehicles and bicyclist get more attention in the drivers manuals and tests given by the DMV.

On Anarchy on the Streets