Want to Feel Like You Live in the Dark Ages?

Check out the European Cycling Federation’s Newsletter:

ECF, its members, its networks and its supporters took the lead to put cycling into every agenda, from local to international. And we finished the year on a really high note because our collective efforts have secured two major successes at the EU level which show that our ambitions are possible.

Cycling and EuroVelo has been included in a crucial EU infrastructure vote on funding rules, opening the door to billions of euros of investment.

Want Smart Kids? Bring them to School by Bike.

“Danish scientists who set out to measure the benefits of breakfast and lunch among children found diet helped but that the way pupils travelled to school was far more significant. Those who cycled or walked performed better in tests than those who had travelled by car or public transport.”

“I thought of it while riding my bicycle.” – Einstein on his Theory of Relativity

Google Maps Gives Bicycling Directions in Saskatoon

This is still in Beta. They’re missing some bike paths and you can’t drag the route into a path they don’t know about. But you can easily tell them about deficiencies. They offer distances and times (though the times don’t seem to reflect snowdepths

Battery Powered Gloves

From the “wouldn’t it be easier just to buy mittens?” department! These gloves are pack’n heat (battery powered that is).