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Vehicular Cycling

Dec 25, 2011   //   by Bob Crook   //   Riding Tips, Uncategorized  //  No Comments

Vehicular Cycling (VC) is the cycling behavior advocated by John Forester in his book Effective Cycling. It was the basis for effective cycling training by the League of American Bicyclists. VC is summarized in this WikiPedia article.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicular_cycling#Basic_principles_of_traffic_cycling.

Tandem Riding

Sep 1, 1994   //   by scoulter   //   Riding Tips  //  No Comments

The popularity of tandems has increased in the last few years. My wife Jeanie and I have had one for about a year and a half now and we enjoy riding it very much. I guess we ride it about 80% of the time. We went to the ‘92 Gear in the Bluegrass ride in Lexington KY where many tandem riders were present. If you sat down across from a tandem couple at breakfast or dinner and asked how they like riding their tandem, you got a big grin and a half hour story. It is tough to take the plunge because you don’t get a chance at a meaningful trial run ( days) and the cost is significant, but if you do decide to buy one, we think you will be pleased. Read more >>