The expensive helmets came from a bike store, an Ebay seller and an Internet retailer. The advertised prices were $149.99, $174.99 and $206.99. ...
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Bike Helmets Given to Students
Over the last several weeks, there have been two separate accidents with students getting hit while biking to and from the school. The school is now going on the defensive with a new approach to ensuring student's safety. "I just hope we can prevent ...
Why Do Bike-Share Riders Skip Helmets?
Bartender Matt Carucci says he rarely feels safe biking in the city but often rides without a helmet anyway. "There are a lot of other ways to hurt yourself," he says. If you've ever shaken your head over urban bicyclists' apparent unanimous decision ...
Book holder for your bike is a cheap way to kill yourself
If you thought texting while driving was dangerous, I submit to you a whole 'nother kind of hazard: reading while biking. It reminds me of this dude I saw ...
Cheap bike, priceless lessons in Peru
And roadside biking is not particularly appealing in a city where cars drive down my 30-kilometer-per-hour neighborhood street at 90 kilometers per hour, ...
DOT grant to pay for bike route study
... it needs to be accompanied by a comprehensive bicycle circulation plan that provides safer routes for various levels of biking enthusiasts," she said. ...
SF releases draft study on city's bike plan
The long-awaited document, if approved, will uncork implementation of a far-reaching proposal to make biking in the city safer and more convenient. ...
Helmets key to safe biking, officials say
Campers and central Wisconsin residents Amanda Tryba, 7, left, and Hannah Hallas, 10, get ready to go for a bike ride with their dogs, Pearl, a poodle mix, and Zuca, a teddy bear dog, in May 2011 at the campgrounds on the southern shore of Lake ...
Feds offer new bike commuting tax break
COM If you use your bike to get to and from work, there's a new tax benefit for that could save you up to $240 a year. Basically, employers can now ...
Study: Leaner nations bike, walk, use mass transit
(AP) - Jim Richards is no kid, but he loves to ride his bike. At 51, he has become a cycling commuter, pedaling 11 miles from his home in the suburbs to his ...
Helmets Save Lives, but Discourage Biking
For one, the cost of a helmet, which can be as high as $40, might discourage some kids from becoming bike riders - particularly if they can ride a ...