Jeff Moser | May 25, 2010
Bike to Work Week 2010 has come to an end. Here’s a look at all that went on last week. Freeway Multi-Use Path Cleanup On May 15th, Muscle Powered assisted the Chamber of Commerce and others with a cleanup of the multi-use path that connects College Parkway to Northridge Drive. The entrance was the worst, [...]
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Jeff Moser | May 11, 2010
In the first article of my Bike Month commuting series, I gave you Ten Reasons to Commute by Bike. Now that you’re ready to give bicycle commuting a shot, you’re going to need to choose a bike for the task. Thankfully for the shorter distances of urban commuting, just about any bike will work. If [...]
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Jeff Moser | May 10, 2010
Commuter Education Classes for Bike to Work Week! Just in the last week, I’ve seen several incidents of unsafe cycling around town. Most notably, I’ve had cyclists riding against traffic straight toward me on my narrow share of the road. I’ve also seen many examples of riding the sidewalks. These riders are just trying to [...]
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Jeff Moser | April 26, 2010
May’s Bike Month is just around the corner, so I thought I’d put together a series of bicycle commuting articles to help get people started. In this first article, I hope to answer the question, “Why would you want to ride a bike to work in the first place?” I asked myself this question, and [...]
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Jeff Moser | December 16, 2009
Back in May during Bike to Work Week, our message was for anyone and everyone to get out and ride their bikes. And they did! The weather was mild, and the days were long. It was the perfect weather for being outside. But now we’re in December, and Northern Nevada has received some of the [...]
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Jeff Moser | September 25, 2009
Rest up on Saturday, because there’s a lot going on this Sunday! Whether you’re into slow urban cruising around the streets of Reno and Sparks, or mountain biking the High Sierra, you’ll find plenty to do this weekend. Gonads-n-Strife Poker Run 2009 Reno’s famous cruiser ride is back again, the Gonads-n-Strife Fall Poker Run. From [...]
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Jeff Moser | September 21, 2009
Bike Rack at Home Depot Back in March, Muscle Powered’s Dan Allison created the Carson City Bicycle Rack Database. Dan has taken it a step further, and the bike rack database is now available as a Google Map. Clicking on a rack location brings up a picture of the rack, the address, and a quality [...]
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