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Bike Through A Tunnel Of Fall Color On This Historic Virginia Rail Trail
Bike Through A Tunnel Of Fall Color On This Historic Virginia Rail Trail By: Hillary Louise Johnson Jun 20, 2026 cyclists on the Virginia Creeper Trail – Welshman20/Shutterstock Editor’s Note: Parts of the Virginia Creeper Trail are temporarily closed due to the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene. Please check local reports and forecasts before making travel ... Read more
Could Bread Be Making You Gain Weight, Even If You’re Not Eating More Calories?
By: Jiri Kaloc Bread has been a dietary staple for centuries, but as obesity rates rise, researchers are questioning whether our reliance on carbohydrate-rich foods like bread, rice, and pasta might be playing a role. A new study from Osaka Metropolitan University shows how carbohydrates may influence weight gain and metabolism in unexpected ways, even ... Read more
Study Shows that Riding a Bike can Reverse Heart Damage
Exercise can reverse damage to sedentary, aging hearts and help prevent risk of future heart failure, according to a new study by UT Southwestern and Texas Health Resources The study, published in the journal Circulation, analysed the hearts of 53 adults aged 45-64 who were healthy but had no history of exercising regularly. The study’s participants ... Read more
Do You Think Motorists Hate Cyclists? Well, Bill Bee of “The Daily Bee” Takes Hate To A Whole New Level
By: Gary Robinson / July 7, 2026 Over the past several years, I have written about and covered terrible motor vehicle/cyclist crashes, many ending in deaths. I have also witnessed and written articles the horrific social media outrage that comes out after a man or woman riding a bike has his or her life take ... Read more
The Rolling Stop: Why “Stop as Yield” Laws Are Making Roads Safer for Cyclists Nationwide
If you have ever been behind the wheel and watched a cyclist slow down at a stop sign, look both ways, and roll through without coming to a complete stop, your first instinct may have been frustration. They ran that stop sign. But here is the truth: in 14 states and Washington, D.C., that cyclist ... Read more
NYC Mayor Mamdani Faces Lawsuit For Relaxing E-Vehicle Law Enforcement – Putting Cyclists At Higher Risk
By: Avid Cyclist Staff – June 30, 2026 NEW YORK – City Councilman Frank Morano, alongside several local residents, has filed a lawsuit against Mayor Zohran Mamdani regarding his decision to overturn a criminal enforcement policy for e-vehicle violations earlier this year. Morano, who serves the 51st Council District, is pursuing the lawsuit in a ... Read more
The Language of Dehumanization: How the Media Fails Cyclists in Fatal Crashes
By Gary Robinson / staging.avidcyclist.com Every time a cyclist is killed on American roads, a tragic script plays out in the local news. The headlines almost universally follow a rigid, passive formula: “Cyclist dies after being struck by vehicle.” The victim is reduced to a role, the driver is vanished from the sentence, and the ... Read more
Younger adults are car-dependent, but more likely to switch to active travel, new study finds
By: Megan Huws, Roadcc Younger adults in rapidly growing cities are more car-dependent than older generations, but could be quicker to move to active travel if conditions improve, new research suggests. The study, Generational differences in active travel: Estimation, decomposition, and policy implications, explores how age, environmental and socioeconomic factors shape commuting habits in an urban ... Read more
Tour of the Moon: Where Cycling History, Hollywood, and the American West Converge
Tour of the Moon: Where Cycling History, Hollywood, and the American West Converge Gary Robinson | Avid Cyclist There are bike rides, and then there are experiences that transcend the act of pedaling. The Tour of the Moon, held on Saturday, September 12, 2026, in Grand Junction, Colorado, belongs firmly in the second category. Set ... Read more
Ojo Caliente and El Rito, NM: Across the Border
Borders tend to be arbitrarily drawn by far-away bureaucrats, meaning that the differences from one side to the other are typically indiscernible. But make the drive over Raton Pass from Colorado into New Mexico and you can’t help but experience real change. Thick forests of pine and juniper on the Colorado side give way to ... Read more
