Last year firefighter John Griffith awoke to find that Spokane had finally make bicycle lanes throughout the entire city. No, he wasn’t having another cyclist dream, for on this particular day, the snow was too deep for plows to create two lanes. In return, a full lane for vehicles and a half lane—perfect for bicycle […]
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RIDING YOUR BIKE in the winter can be a lot of fun. Like any other winter activity, fun starts turning to misery and suffering quickly when you get cold. If you go fast, you are generating a higher wind chill. When you climb or otherwise work hard you are heating up and likely sweating. If
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OTM reader and commuter Luke Bakken Luke Bakken noticed an omission in this month’s Guide to Buying Your first Adult Bike: “I just wanted to point out that the guide left out one entire category of bicycles that are appropriate for first-time buyers: recumbents. While not as familiar (or inexpensive) as their upright cousins, recumbents
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If you want to know what’s up with urban cycling you’ve got to talk to folks who put rubber to the road everyday. OTM recently sat down with four bike commuters who are all dedicated to the idea of bicycles as transportation. We got a great roundtable discussion-including some crash stories. Henry Seipp Shadle Park HS
Road Warriors: The State of Urban Cycling in Spokane Read More »
Our features on urban cycling and street trees brought a whole mess of reader mail we wanted to share. Unfortunately, we don’t have enough space to print it all. That’s why we’ve launched a new online discussion forum to house more dialogue about issues brought up in the magazine. Go to outtheremonthly.ziplinestaging.com and click the
