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Crowd of 20,000 hits Open Streets OKC

“We are super pleased with the turnout and couldn’t be happier,” said Kristin Culver, a supervisor with Wellness Now, which helped put on the Open Streets OKC event on March 30. Event organizers said initial estimates were that the crowd could top 20,000. Along the nearly one mile stretch of 23rd St. that was closed […]

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Premium Rush

Please note that doesn’t mean it’s the best of the lot — it’s just that its zippy pleasures arrive with no strings, messages or ulterior motives attached. This is a well-made action film, albeit a disposable one — no more, no less. In what may be the only film centered on the world of bike […]

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Pedal power

Frans van der Merwe is about 6 feet 4 inches tall, and traveled across the country in a nearly 9-by-3 pod on wheels. This makeshift tricycle is called a velomobile, meaning bicycle car. “The attention is great. I don’t think a Ferrari or any kind of sports car could get me that,” van der Merwe […]

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Two-wheel deal

In New York City, a nonprofit organization named Recycle-A-Bicycle provides educational and job-training programs while encouraging environmental stewardship and everyday bicycle use. Members salvage about 1,200 bicycles each year and last year worked with 1,000 young people through public schools and after-school programs. Recycle-A-Bicycle’s website, recycleabicycle.org, features a 72-page manual titled “Tools for Life” that […]

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