Maryland Local takes biking to the extreme

Anapolis Capital has a story about Mr. Sweeney, 70, of Bay Ridge, who has just completed a trip from Montana through Canada and up to Alaska ending in Anchorage with a group of about a dozen other cyclists. He trained for the trip on the Baltimore & Annapolis Trail by lugging 50 pounds of sand with him

Read more at <a href="http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2006/08_13-53/LIF">http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2006/08_13-53/LIF</a>;
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Wearing a helmet puts cyclists at risk, suggests research

<img width="134" height="120" align="left" src="http://www.baltimorespokes.org/images/articles/20060912075316388_1.jpg" alt="">Drivers pass closer when overtaking cyclists wearing helmets than when overtaking bare-headed cyclists, increasing the risk of a collision, the research has found.

Dr Ian Walker, a traffic psychologist from the University of Bath in the UK, used a bicycle fitted with a computer and an ultrasonic distance sensor to record data from over 2,500 overtaking motorists in Salisbury and Bristol.

Dr Walker, who was struck by a bus and a truck in the course of the experiment, spent half the time wearing a cycle helmet and half the time bare-headed. He was wearing the helmet both times he was struck.

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Share the road

London is stepping up a campaign to eductate cyclists that they should share the road. Here is a commentry on the Issue

Do you think we need something similar in baltimore?

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Hyattsville to Host "Bicycle Friendly Community" Workshop

<img width="160" height="71" align="left" src="http://www.baltimorespokes.org/images/articles/2006090216134596_1.gif" alt="">&quot;The City of Hyattsville will host a &quot;Bicycle Friendly Community&quot;workshop from 7 PM to 9 PM on September 21st at the Hyattsville municipal building (4310 Gallatin Street). Mark Plotz and Anne Villacres from the National Center for Bicycling and Walking (<a href="http://www.bikewalk.org">www.bikewalk.org</a>;) will be the workshop facilitators.

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Considering a Hybrid?

The amount of tax credit available for hybrid cars varies by the make and model of the car. Tax credit information can be found at <a href="http://www.irs.gov">www.irs.gov</a>;. If you plan on buying a Toyota Prius, a popular hybrid car model, you should consider that if you want the full $3,150 tax credit available, you need to purchase it by the end of September. After this month, the tax credit will be reduced by half.

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E85 Fueling Station Opens in Baltimore

<img width="92" height="120" align="left" src="http://www.baltimorespokes.org/images/articles/20060901171513534_1.jpg" alt="">The first state-owned E85 ethanol fueling facility in Maryland opened in August. The facility is at the State Office Center in Baltimore. The goal is to have more of the state

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