I’m pleased to announce that Pedal, Stretch, Breathe: The Yoga of Bicycling has been out for about a week. About 150 of them immediately were mailed off to the far corners of the world, and glowing praise for the small book has been returning at a steady stream to Taking the Lane Media HQ. The […]
Pedal, Stretch, Breathe — Book Events
Behind the scenes of BikeSexuality
Posted onWelcome, visitors from Nerve.com! I’ve moved this post up to the top of the stack to give you more background on the type of bike fun you’re looking for. Everyone else – you can now read three excellent and true tales from the BikeSexuality bookette over at Nerve. Enjoy! And then buy the zine to […]
A field guide to "bikewashing"
Posted onBikewashed snack crackers (and they’re natural!) What is “bikewashing”? The word conjures up an image of a bucket of sudsy water, sponges, and people raising money by washing bicycles. It’s a valid use of the term, but there’s a better one. Bikewashing is also the two-wheeled equivalent of greenwashing – the practice of marketing some […]
On Seattle's Neighborhood Greenways, cut...
Posted onFuture Greenway of Seattle? What brings more smiles than little kids on bicycles? How about a well-connected network of safe, quiet streets so they can ride those bikes freely in their neighborhoods, to parks, and to schools? Seattle’s Neighborhood Greenways initiative aims to provide just that – a network of residential streets, with sane, safe […]
A critique of Cycle Chic
Posted onA critique of the Cycle Chic (TM) concept (based on the blog founded in Copenhagen in 2006), in which its merits are appreciated, its sexism is not, and the topic of bicycle helmets is mostly ignored.
Call for submissions: Bikes and childhoo...
Posted onUpdate: This zine is currently being funded on Kickstarter now available! It’s official: Taking the Lane #7: BikeSexuality exists, and nearly every order has been mailed. If you haven’t gotten yours yet, drop me an email and I’ll check it out. If you also ordered Pedal, Stretch, Breathe, I may be waiting to mail them […]
Drinking and bicycling, the economic per...
Posted onPeople who go to the bar by bicycle spend more overall, but look like cheapskates. That and other economic lessons can be gleaned from the preliminary results of a research team at Portland State University (funded by the same folks who recently discovered that less driving doesn’t hurt the economy). The bulk of the paper […]
You can't be what you can't see: A call ...
Posted onThis is a guest post by the author of the wonderful new blog Feministic Fitness (who has chosen to keep her pointed commentary anonymous for the time being). You can read a longer version, containing further details of the author’s choice of academics over sports at her blog. Or if you’re inclined to take immediate […]
Bicycle helmets are hilarious (and why I...
Posted onHow exactly did this helmeted piece of postmodern architecture come to exist? I don’t remember precisely. Friend and fellow transpoblogger Gary Kavanagh stayed with us for a night on a recent visit to Portland, and there was a conversation over breakfast the next morning which involved a lot of laughing, and then suddenly Gary is […]
Bicycle progress report: Trails in Houst...
Posted onNew bike funding in Houston will soon provide a better transportation connection along this bayou. While on tour for the last three years, we’ve had the pleasure of visiting many communities that are in the middle of big changes for bicycling. It’s a heady time right now. A lot of the people we met in […]
Why don't women ride the Tour de France?
Posted onThis is a guest post by Lindsay Kandra, a Portland-based lawyer, bike racer, blogger, and contributor to Our Bodies, Our Bikes. She is one of my fellow Portland Society board members. At our last meeting, the Reve Team effort to ride the famously grueling Tour de France course came up, and someone asked the question […]
Yoga, testosterone, and taking the lane
Posted onUpdate: Pedal, Stretch, Breathe is becoming a full-on book. Fund it here to get your copy! I’m hard at work today laying out Pedal, Stretch, Breathe, Kelli Refer‘s zine about yoga and bicycling. At the beginning, Kelli has devised some suggestions for a quick three minute stretching routine you can do before you get on […]
Can you bike to the airport?
Posted onCan you bike to your local airport? In a few hours, Meghan Sinnott and I are leading our second annual bike ride to and from Portland’s international airport (PDX) as part of the Pedalpalooza bike fun festival. Last year’s ride was a blast, featuring a tour of the Port of Portland’s bike-friendly airport facilities, including […]
Everyday Bicycling
Posted onUpdate: Everyday Bicycling is out now! You can read more about it here and buy it here. For years I’ve been looking for a basic guide book to bicycle transportation that I can wholeheartedly recommend to people who want to start riding, but whose lives are more complicated than simply commuting to and from work. […]