Instead of just arguing over who the worst scofflaws – motorists or cyclists – the Danes have taken a novel approach and actually studied road traffic. The results? The bad behavior of […]
Bad drivers
Dew point
Johnson Pass Trail – Aside from the noisy crunch of fat tires on rough, white pavement and the Paris-Roubaix-like bouncing of the bike at speed, the riding here Saturday on one of […]
Helmets really?
Where and when the idea that safety gear in and of itself makes people safe entered the American mainstream is unclear, but it has now reached the point of a dangerous absurdity. […]
Peace at last
Once upon a time in Alaska, cross-country skiers and winter cyclists were at each other’s throats. Bikes, it was said, booby-trapped groomed skinny trails with narrow, snake-like ruts waiting to grab the […]
Real Alaska killer
UPDATE: Despite what a state website might say, a spokeswoman for the Division of Public Health says it no longer hands out safety reflectors for children. For those on foot or […]
Protect yourself
If you’re anywhere in Alaska bear country – and almost all of the 49th state is bear country – and you’re not carrying some sort of bear protection, you’re being foolish. So […]
Be afraid
A new study of cyclists riding the bike paths and streets of London found almost three out of four regularly worry motorists are out to kill them. One can […]
Idit-a-fable
Commentary This story has been updated The Washington Post used to a be a newspaper you could respect, or at least I could. My journalism career began in the Watergate era when […]
Two saved
This story has been updated When a trio of Iditarod Trail fat-tire cyclists fighting their way through a Seward Peninsula ground blizzard in the dark of the early moring Friday stumbled upon […]
A beautifully brutal race
FAIRBANKS — Is it possible a truly nice guy can win the human-powered Iditarod Trail Invitational — the hardest and one of the most potentially dangerous races in the triumvirate of beautifully […]
