Cafécletos: Bike activism south of the border

From the November, 2007 issue

by Ellee Thalheimer
Shame, shame on me and my narcissism to assume that a bike culture—similar the one I’m so proud of in my Portland community—would not be found in Veracruz, Mexico. Like tortillas to an egg and bean lunch, the bicycle is an inseparable part of the day to day Mexican life. The bici is [...]

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Dead right hook

From the November, 2007 issue

by Mark Lansing
Rising at light speed into bicyclist lexicon, the “right hook” has become well known for all the wrong reasons. Two well publicized accidents in Portland this October took two lives. Both resulted when motor vehicles made right turns in front of bikers riding in the same direction, hence the term, right hook.
Jeff Mapes [...]

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Filed under: Opinion, Safety, You Heard It Here First

The “Right Hook” hazard from right-turning vehicles

From the November, 2007 issue

by Ray Thomas
The two recent fatalities in October of 2007 resulting from large trucks being driven over bicyclists in a marked bicycle lane illustrates that we have a long way to go before bicyclists are safe to ride on the street, even in bicycle lanes. The “right hook,” caused by a right-turning motorist who fails [...]

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What shall we do now?

From the November, 2007 issue

by Ray Thomas
Oregon’s bicycle community mourns every time we hear about a seriously injured rider. We share our vulnerability on the roadway so when one of us gets hurt we take it personally. We know like few others how much heart it takes to go out on the roadway and try to share it with [...]

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Filed under: Bikes & The Law, Safety