Bike Commute Tips Blog

Helpful suggestions & encouragement for commuting by bicycle

Monday, September 26, 2011

Equipment suggestions for bicycle commuting

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This July I was contacted by a writer for Outside Magazine , regarding bicycle commuting equipment recommendations. I sent several paragr...
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Monday, August 03, 2009

Cash for Clunkers: More auto-centric nonsense

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From Yahoo News, 07.31.09 : House approves $2B more for 'cash for clunkers' The House has voted to rush an additional $2 billion int...
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Saturday, May 30, 2009

Baby on Board: Pregnancy and bicycle commuting

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The following was edited out of the manuscript of my book, The Bike to Work Guide: What You Need to Know to Save Gas, Go Green, Get Fit . T...
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Out of excuses: You—yes, you—can ride your bike to work

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From GreenRightNow.com, 05.13.09 : Paul Dorn knows that getting Americans to ride a bike to work instead of driving a car is quite the uphil...
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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Sacramento Bee profile of multimodal bike commuter

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From the Sacramento Bee, 04.30.09 : Commuter: A 'multi-modal' journey In 1992, Paul Dorn sold his car, which wouldn't be such a ...
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Friday, April 10, 2009

Velorution coming to Boston?

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From the Boston Globe, 04.10.09 : Is Boston Ready For a Revolution? Can Boston really go from being the worst city for bicycling to the best...
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Friday, March 06, 2009

Bike commuting and economic downturn

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The economic situation is bleak , and getting bleaker. In some sense the current economic crisis is primarily an energy crisis. The American...
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Sunday, February 22, 2009

Protect your bike from theft

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From the Sacramento Bee, 02.20.09 : Bike theft is a common crime--no happy ending in most cases Hey, what about my bike? That's what lot...
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Sacramento Meetup: bicycle bloggers, others

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Coming to Sacramento for Valentines Day--and also the prologue of the Amgen Tour of California ? Finish the day at the AToC Social Media Mee...
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Monday, February 09, 2009

Davis shows the way for bike commuting

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In anticipation of the Amgen Tour of California 's start in Sacramento and Davis, I was asked by the Yolo County Visitors Bureau to wri...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

George Hincapie, bike commuter

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From the Los Angeles Times, 01.21.09 : Traffic can't stop George Hincapie After finishing 45th in Stage 2 of the Tour Down Under , Lance...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Winter biking, easier than you think

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From the Daily Camera (Boulder, CO), 01.18.09 : Winter Biking: It's easier than you think For most of us who ride our bikes to commute, ...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Uncle Sam pays bicycle commuters in 2009

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From U.S. News & World Report, 12.30.08 : Uncle Sam's Bike-to-Work Allowance Remember that big $700 billion bailout package that Co...
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Alabama: Bicycle commute starts with a drive

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From CBS42.com (Birmingham, AL) : Two wheels, no motor, no problem for local commuter! Everything Elisa Munoz brings to work must fit in a s...
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Sunday, January 11, 2009

Republicans oppose stimulus for bicycling

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From The Hill, 01.11.09 : House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Sunday indicated that Congress may not be able to pass a massive st...
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Improve Your Life: Bike to Work

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From U.S. News & World Report, 01.10.09 : Ride Your Bike to Work You can save money on gas and get some extra exercise On a freezing Nov...
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Paul Dorn
Sacramento, California
Paul Dorn is a writer, activist, creator of a popular bike commuting site, and co-author (with Roni Sarig) of The Bike to Work Guide: What You Need to Know to Save Gas, Go Green, Get Fit (Adams Media, 2009). He is the former editor of the Tube Times, newsletter of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC), and served on the SFBC board of directors. He is the former executive director of the California Bicycle Coalition. Dorn is certified by the League of American Bicyclists as a League Cycling Instructor (#1237).
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