Archive for the 'Safety' Category (Page 7)


  • Don't Be A Deer

    Don't Be A Deer

    From Guitar Ted comes this great reminder: Wear Orange- It’s That Time Of Year Again: Deer hunting season is in full swing once again and wearing orange on your woodsie rides is no joke! Think what you may about killing deer, I will only say that there are waaay too many …

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  • Light Up Your Rides

    Light Up Your Rides

    From Eric at KCBike.info comes a reminder that with rapidly-shortening days, you need to have proper lighting on your bike. Now is a good opportunity to go replace the batteries in your lights, or buy new lights if you haven’t done so yet. LED lights just keep getting better and better, and …

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  • A Reminder That Helmets Can Save Lives

    A Reminder That Helmets Can Save Lives

    A Waterloo, Iowa man died when he apparently suffered a head injury when he fell from his bicycle. Police say evidence at the scene indicates Todd Parsons Western Jr., 64, of Waterloo fell from his bike while riding along a street under construction and struck his head. The man left his …

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  • Teaching Bike Safety in Pratt

    Teaching Bike Safety in Pratt

    Each year about this time, DeWayne Bryan, executive director of the Pratt Health Foundation, teaches an after-school bicycle safety at Elementary schools in Pratt, a town of about 6500 people in south-central Kansas: With helmets on and properly adjusted, a review of hand signals and rules of the road, 13 …

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  • A Code of Conduct for Group Rides?

    A Code of Conduct for Group Rides?

    Many of the complaints cyclists hear from motorists seem to revolve around group rides — cyclists not stopping at stop signs, riding more than two abreast, or not showing consideration for motorists queued up behind a large peloton. And in truth, large groups often do seem to bring out …

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