Bike to Work Week starts today, May 27 – June 2, 2013
Bike to Work Week starts today, May 27 – June 2, 2013
It’s Bike to Work Week everyone! Yes, it’s that time of the year to leave the car keys at home and join your colleagues at work or school on a ride.
If you’re not familiar with the week, we’ve written a lot on it before. Just peruse the cycling category on the blog and you’ll find more than enough info.
You can also go to the source of the week and check out all the great info on the HUB Bike to Work website. From their website you can map your route(s) for the week, log your commutes each day, join a team and find out where the celebration stations are located. These stations are great places to stop during your commute and each one is different. Some stations offer free coffee, snacks, bike tune ups and prizes the whole week long!
Every year our friends at TravelSmart join in the fun and help out at celebration stations. Make sure you stop at one of these stations, chat with TravelSmart representatives and maybe get something fun and useful bike stuff to take home! Here are the locations where you’ll find TravelSmart staff:
Monday, May 27, 2013 – 22nd St Station, New Westminster – 4 – 6 pm
Location: Just west of 22nd St Station, along BC Parkway
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 – Civic Plaza, North Vancouver – 4 – 6 pm
Location: Lonsdale and 14th, North Vancouver, in new Civic Plaza
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 – Lion’s Gate Bridge southbound – 6:30 – 9 am
Location: Northwest end of Lions Gate Bridge, serving Vancouver-bound cyclists
Thursday – Coquitlam City Hall – 6:30 – 9 am
Location: Coquitlam City Hall, Pinetree and Guildford (Northeast corner)
We tip our bike helmets to all of you who participate in this great week of riding rain or shine! Have fun everyone!
Not to want to be too nasty,
But this bike could be illegal in most of the Western country street, by not meeting the minimum safety standard requirements.
It could violates at least 3 french laws: no reflector on wheels, no front reflector and no bell.
At the difference of the helmet law, which in BC trump everything else, other countries usually have laws which try to prevent accident:
I have counted at least 2 fatalities in less than a year due to a pedestrian/cyclist conflict: I assume in both case, the cyclist was wearing an helmet (otherwise media could have been quick to jump on the opposite), but does those cyclists had a bell?
Notice also, that this kind of bike are called by some “suicide bike”, and there is good reason for it: Normal riding position and operating of the bike prevent to keep eye on the street unless bending your neck (what the lady does by the way):
They are usually not recommended for city cycling.
…also the helmet, limit her vision, by limiting her head lateral movement (due to the strap), what decrease her safety, and should be not recommended in city (where it is by the way nearly useless)
You can also see that the lady is not prepared to brake…but she has an helmet, isn’it?
Also, If you want bike on Knight bridge, be aware of that:
http://voony.wordpress.com/2013/05/28/cycling-on-knight-bridge/