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Ride Description

We arrived in time to see many of the 100 mile riders take off for parts unknown. After getting our cue sheets and arm bands we took off along the route for the 25-mile riders. Here are samples of the cue sheets:

map_25 (PDF)

map50_62 (PDF)

map100 (PDF)

For those of you interested in actually riding the route using your GPS units here are sample .GPX files:

100_2014_v1.gpx.xml (ZIP)

62 and 50 2014 v3.gpx.xml (ZIP)

25_2014_v1.gpx.xml (ZIP)

NSC 2014 Image Gallery

Art In Your Eye 2014

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Cyclometer Information

Distance: 25.9 miles Time: 2h 51m 11s Speed: 9.0 mph

How Climate Friendly is Bike Sharing? It’s Complicated

By Bobby Magill Published: August 18th, 2014

Source: Climate Central

In Oklahoma, where modern bike sharing began, they’re called Tulsa Townies. In New York, they’re CitiBikes. In Denver, bike sharing is called B-Cycle. In Washington, D.C., the program is Capital Bikeshare.

These brightly colored bikes and their riders, often seen braving a gauntlet of impatient taxis, city buses and delivery…

You might think bikeshares cut down on CO2, but the truth is complicated

By Madeleine Thomas 20 Aug 2014 8:19 PM

Source: Grist

Tom Simpson | Daniel Fuller | Derek Bruff

Nearly 40 bikeshares have popped up across the U.S. since the first program launched in Tulsa in 2007. Yet even after the 23 million rides taken on bikeshares so far — not one fatality has ever been recorded, by the way — no one really knows how much carbon dioxide all these bicyclists have kept out…

Spate of collisions across state, region highlight passing dangers

Posted by Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor) on August 20th, 2014 at 9:47 am

Source: Bike Portland

The aftermath of a collision in eastern Oregon.(Photo: OSP)

There have been four (officially recorded) rear-end collisions involving a bicycle rider in the past week. One of them resulted in a fatality and the other three resulted in serious injuries. The incidents have occurred throughout Oregon…

San Diego Bike Coalition board member in critical condition after rear-end collision

Posted by Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor) on September 20th, 2014 at 3:46 pm

Source: Bike Portland

Kerry Kunsman.(Photo: San Diego Bike Coalition)

Kerry Kunsman, a 67-year old bicycle safety instructor and board member of the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition is in critical condition after being hit from behind by a pickup driver while riding near Tillamook yesterday.

According to the Oregon…

‘Slow Roll’ cyclists aim to revive neighborhoods

By Tony Briscoe Sept 19, 2014 7:51 PM

Source and View Video: Chicago Tribune

As Oboi Reed and Jamal Julien weaved their bikes around parked cars and potholes Thursday in Chatham, a woman on the sidewalk called out, “Y’all are riding in the street?”

Julien chuckled.

With no place to lock up a bike on that stretch of 79th Street — much less bike lanes or a Divvy station — he could see why the woman…

Even-Handedness : The Nemesis Of Urban Cyclists Everywhere

Background Reading

Irving Schachter Killed By Cyclist in Central Park Earlier This Month (BeezodogsPlace)

Teen Cyclist Kills Elderly Jogger In Central Park (BeezodogsPlace)

Nancy Gruskin, Pedestrian and Cycling Safety Advocate (BeezodogsPlace)

Study Finds Higher Number of Pedestrians Hurt by Bikes (BeezodogsPlace)

More Injured by Bicyclists (BeezodogsPlace)

Study looks at pedestrians hospitalized…

Woman In Critical Condition After Getting Run Over By Cyclist In Central Park

John Del Signore on Sep 19, 2014 8:58 am

Source: Gothamist

Cyclist In Central Park (Silva / Flickr)

A cyclist on a racing bike plowed into a pedestrian on the west side of Central Park yesterday afternoon, sending the woman to the hospital in critical condition. An NYPD spokesperson says the cyclist was riding south in the bike lane on West Drive near the intersection of 63rd Street when he…

E-Bike Sales Are Surging in Europe

By DANNY HAKIMAUG. 18, 2014

Source: NYTimes

Iris Marossek of Deutsche Post, the German mail service, delivers mail to 1,500 people a day with the assistance of an e-bike. Credit Gordon Welters for The New York Times

BERLIN — With a faint electric whir, Iris Marossek pedals her bicycle through concrete apartment blocks in the heart of old East Berlin, delivering mail to 1,500 people a day.

Painted…

Pedestrian and Bicyclist Crash Statistics

Source: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center

In 2012, 4,743 pedestrians and 726 bicyclists were killed in crashes with motor vehicles (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts). Here are more facts and figues on pedestrian and bicycle crashes:

Pedestrians

Click here to jump to Bicycle Crash figures

In 2012, 4,743 people were killed in pedestrian/motor vehicle…

Dressing Ourselves As The ‘Victim’

Background Reading

Nice Piece from NYT on Dangers of Bike Riding… Posted by jolondon30 on September 19, 2014 at 5:45am

She was doing all the right things in the morning commute, traveling in the bike lane, wearing a helmet, following the rules of the road. In an instant, Sher Kung — new mother, brilliant attorney, avid cyclist — was struck and killed by a vehicle making a turn in downtown Seattle…

Death on a Bike

Timothy Egan Sept 18, 2014

Source: NYTimes

SF Bicycle Coalition Right Turn Diagram

She was doing all the right things in the morning commute, traveling in the bike lane, wearing a helmet, following the rules of the road. In an instant, Sher Kung — new mother, brilliant attorney, avid cyclist — was struck and killed by a vehicle making a turn in downtown Seattle last month.

At the scene, the truck…

Seeking Proof For Why We Feel Terrible After Too Many Drinks

August 18, 2014 3:35 PM ET

Source: NPR

http://www.npr.org/v2/?i=341360729&m=341407638&t=audio

The Science of Booze by Adam Rogers Hardcover, 264 pages

It can be nice to relax with a glass of wine, a beer or a shot of whiskey. But one drink too many, and you may be paying the price.

To understand why drinking can make us feel so good and so bad, you have to know a little about science, says…

Elephant Slaughter, African Slavery And America’s Pianos

by CHRISTOPHER JOYCE August 18, 2014 1:11 PM ET

Source: NPR

http://www.npr.org/v2/?i=338989248&m=341542638&t=audio

Louis E. Pratt, master ivory cutter for Pratt, Read & Co., shows off eight ivory tusks, April 1, 1955. Courtesy of Deep River Historical Society

The illegal trade in ivory from African elephants has tripled in the past 15 years, to the extent that biologists fear for the creatures’…

Why new Barack Obama Chicago public high school is unjust

Background Reading

Keeping the ‘Fringe Things’ Front and Center (BeezodogsPlace)

Summary

By Ray Salazar, April 24, 2014 at 8:09 pm

Source: ChicagoNow

Today, Chicago Public Schools and Mayor Emanuel announced a new selective-enrollment high school on the near North side of Chicago.  The new school—which will only accept students based on high test scores—will be built on Chicago Park District…

Remember The ‘Three Stooges’?

Moderators Should Use A Light Handed Approach, IMO Posted by Tristan Jackson on September 18, 2014 at 1:48pm

Before the recent rule update, I was worried that the calls for more action from moderators was going to make it harder for people to speak their minds liberally on chainlink, and in my mind, this private message from Duppie confirms that my fear was justified:

Tristan,

I saw your posts in…