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It’s Time To Light Up!

Today is the first workday since Daylight Savings Time ended, so almost all of us will be riding home after dark tonight. You need to be seen! What’s that you say – you can see well enough by streetlight/moonlight/starlight to get home? Maybe so, but riding in the dark is about 25% seeing where you’re [...]

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Work For MassBike!

We are seeking some highly motivated instructors to teach our youth education programs, if you think you would find this interesting please see the job description below. Safe Routes to School Bicycle Safety Instructor The Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition (MassBike) is seeking part-time Instructors for our statewide Safe Routes to School (SRTS) children’s bicycle safety program. [...]

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You Like Us You Really Like Us!

It is always great when we get to help people, I got this in the email today and it really brightened my day. Hi Shane, I was at the Dana-Farber bike commuting workshop you did yesterday. Just wanted to let you know that I tried your trick of putting plastic bags over my socks for [...]

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Man Vs Trash Can: Man Loses

I saw the most improbable bicycle crash today on my way to the MassBike office. Don’t worry, no one got hurt. But it does present an opportunity to talk about the dangers of riding on the sidewalk. I was riding down the street, in a perfectly nice bike lane no less, when I saw another [...]

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