by Karl Benedek
The other day, someone asked me about the “target” audience for Oregon Cycling. Hardcore cyclists? I thought about it for half a second and then thought, “of course not! Oregon Cycling is the voice of the everyday cyclist!” That is what I have strived for in editing Oregon Cycling since 2002. Sure, some [...]
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Filed under: News, Opinion, Personal Stories
by Tom Baldinger
I have worked as the ad rep and occasional writer for Oregon Cycling Magazine since 2005. It has been a long road these last few years and I learned an immeasurable amount. Although my articles sometimes would not make it to print because of space issues, I have loved the opportunity to write [...]
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Filed under: News, Opinion, Personal Stories
by Mark Lansing
Roberto Maranghi was riding his bike home from work on September 26, 2008, when a car nailed him.
Maranghi was approaching a busy road from a side street, preparing to turn right. Coming exactly the opposite direction, a car turned left onto the side street, cutting the corner. Into Maranghi’s lane. Front bumper met [...]
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Filed under: Advocacy, Opinion, Road Riding, Road Rules, Safety, Southern Oregon, You Heard It Here First
Unmassing and unpacking in Bike World
by Mark Lansing
Pretend they can’t see you. Best bicycle safety advice I ever got. Play the cards you’re dealt. Best advice ever about coping with injuries after a serious accident. Top tip about meddling in other people’s business (courtesy of Voltaire): tend your own garden.
My list goes on. But the [...]
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Filed under: Opinion, Personal Stories, Portland Area, You Heard It Here First
by Mark Lansing
Author’s note: This article was written before a well-publicized confrontation in Portland, where a motorist criticized a cyclist for running a stop light, and the cyclist responded by smashing the car with his bike. Needless to say, YHIHF would never endorse cyclists’ violence against anyone. While we stand by our comments at the [...]
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Filed under: Advice, Opinion, Personal Stories, Road Rules, Safety
by Mark Lansing
Dear YHIHF:
A couple of months ago (YHIHF May 2008) you suggested that blowing my nose was a cheap and simple substitute for a bicycle bell (to warn others of my approach), but I can’t seem to make much nasal noise. Any tips?
Dainty
Dear Dainty:
Slide your thumb and forefinger down the bridge of your nose [...]
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Filed under: Advice, Health, Opinion, Road Riding, You Heard It Here First
by Mark Lansing
It is long past time for a YHIHF tribute to Candi Murray. Her service to cycling, as head of the Oregon Bicycle Racing Association for 25 years, defies description—thus accounting for the delay.
Anyone who raced here between 1982 and 2007 remembers her. Fondly. Early on, the U.S. Cycling Federation monopolized the market on [...]
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Filed under: Interviews, Opinion, Racing, You Heard It Here First
by Mark Lansing
We have previously touted Portland, Eugene and Jacksonville as the best places in Oregon to ride. To that list, one must add Bend.
The volcanic-dirt and pine-needle trail south of town along the Deschutes River is breath-taking. The trail along the Deschutes in the north part of town is almost as nice, if not [...]
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Filed under: Advice, Eastern Oregon, Opinion, Safety, Travel, You Heard It Here First
On working to create a legal movement for non-motorized roadway users in Oregon
by Ray Thomas
It is time for us to band together with all user groups and pursue our common goals of making Oregon’s roads more safe. Significant progress has already been made in recent years by the activist bicyclist movement, efforts to increase the [...]
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Filed under: Bikes & The Law, Opinion, Road Rules, Safety
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
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