The local bicycling community was shocked last week to learn of the death of Randy Inglis, a leader in Delaware’s cycling community. Randy was the general manager of The Bike Boutique (TBB) in Wilmington, which is where I first met him. When TBB was in its original location in downtown Wilmington I asked Randy if Bike…
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Many bicycle rides cross states that are measured in hundreds of miles and many days. On Sunday, July 6, the White Clay Bicycle Club offers an alternative that is modest in time, effort and stamina (a bicycle ride nearly anyone can do) that crosses and “doublecrosses” an entire state in only 31 total miles over…
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On Wednesday evening, May 21, bicyclists around the world will ride in silence, in memory of those cyclists who have been injured or killed on roadways. Three rides are scheduled in Delaware: Wilmington (White Clay Bicycle Club) Newark (White Clay Bicycle Club) Lewes-Rehoboth Beach (Sussex Cyclists ) As stated at the Ride of Silence website, the…
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By Jennifer Barnes This April 25-27 the State of Delaware will be well represented at the 2014 Face of America ride by the Blue Hen Veterans and Friends Cycling Team. The ride is a 2-day, 110 mile, cycling event organized by World Team Sports to honor disabled military veterans and first responders. It is an…
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Saturday! The snow and ice will be gone, temperatures are on a warming trend, spring is bursting out on all fronts, and it’s time for the White Clay Bicycle Club’s annual Icicle Metric Century ride. White Clay Bicycle Club is, and always has been, Bike Delaware’s biggest sponsor. So you can enjoy the first…
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The annual Icicle Metric ride sponsored by the White Clay Bicycle Club is planned for Saturday, March 29 leaving from Newark, DE. Stretch your legs on a 35, 50 or 100 K route (22, 31 or 62 mile) covering moderately hilly terrain west and north of Newark. Snacks will be available at the start and…
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Video/Thermal Detection of Bicycles. An Exclusive Bicycle Left-Turn Signal Phase. An Exclusive Bicycle Signal Head. Creative, innovative and bicycle-friendly traffic engineering. In Delaware. Yes, it’s geeky technology! That makes engineers swoon! But even non-engineer cyclists can understand this much: DelDOT is pushing the envelope of traffic control devices to make Delaware more bicycle-friendly. DelDOT recently…
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I arrived in Boulder to visit my daughter’s family at the peak of the record breaking rainfall that has caused flooding of historic proportions across the entire county and beyond. I had hoped to do some bicycling while in Colorado, enjoying some of the many wonderful bike paths and bikeways. Instead I’ve been watching the…
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State Representative Deborah Hudson (R-Fairthorne) recently sent out an update on a project on Valley Road in Hockessin to her constituents: The pedestrian path will connect Swift Park and Hockessin Village to Lantana Square Shopping Center and Tweeds Park. The 0.7 mile-long connector will consist of a paved ribbon, six feet wide, separated from…
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For quite a few people in America, talking about what Americans can learn from the cheese-eating surrender monkeys of the Old World is about as popular as replacing the Super Bowl by the World Cup would be. If you are one of those people, STOP READING RIGHT NOW. Still there? OK, here are the…
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