But it's not their fault.
Bike DC coordinator Sheba Farrin asked ANC 6A tonight for their approval of the East Capitol Street section of the tour route. The commissioners were angry at the short notice about a plan that would cut the city in half for several hours, effectively trapping some people in their homes for [...]

TheWashCycle, which is really just the greatest thing, put questions to Council candidates about bike policy. Here are the people who responded (links when I could find them):

Jack Evans
Cary Silverman
Muriel Bowser
Baruti Jahi

And here are the lame-o's who didn't:

Patrick Mara
Carol Schwartz
Yvette Alexander
Marion Barry
Charles Wilson

And here is the candidate whose e-mail box was too full to receive [...]

This weekend's Post tackled one of my biggest pet peeves—when politicians use "Washington" as a disparaging euphemism for the national political scene, in which they willingly participate. The topic, covered by Dan Zak in the Sunday Source section, has been ripe for the plucking for years. But, I don't believe I've ever seen a story [...]

Everyone is gushing about the growing popularity of scooters. They get 65+ miles per gallon and are cheap to maintain and insure. Dealerships are selling out of popular models and buyers are acting like iPhone acolytes, making goofy plays to get what they want. My mechanic at Vespa Washington told me one guy recently got [...]

The mysterious practice of "air-locking" continues. Nikolas Schiller documents a case of a bike locked in a tree. It's a fixie, so I guess air-locking is getting hipper. Or, as Mike Licht supposed, perhaps this person just put hydrogen in their tires by mistake and only managed to attach the bike to the tree before [...]

OK, so there's more to the SmartBikes than the fact that Mayor Adrian M. Fenty knows how to ride one.
Here's what you need to know:

After numerous delays, the program is now live. However, to use it, you need to get a SmartBike card, which costs $40 per year but allows unlimited bike use. You need [...]

About a half-hour ago, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty rode one of the District's new SmartBikes without incident.
Fenty, some two weeks after a crash on his racing bicycle aggravated a prior foot injury and left him houseridden for days, checked out Bike No. 9 at the newly operational Frank D. Reeves Center rack and rode it [...]

A spot of news sure to please bike enthusiasts, lovers of art-rock, and managing editors alike: the New York Times reports that David Byrne, "cultural omnivore," has rolled out a new line of bike racks across NYC, with whimsical designs geared toward the peculiarities of each neighborhood. My personal favorite: "Mudflap Tammy," who racily [...]

• FIRST NO. 1: A SPEEDING TICKET
I have been driving for 23 years. I have never gotten a speeding ticket, a minor but not inconsiderable source of pride. I'm not a candyass on the road, but I'm not a maniac, either. What you get from me as a fellow driver is alertness, consideration, and sweet, [...]

But O the heavy change, now thou art gon,
Now thou art gon, and never must return! —John Milton, Lycidas
(Champlain and Euclid Streets NW, today)

Someone has cannibalized the artfully suspended bike on the corner of Champlain and Euclid Streets NW, removing its wheels. Hey, wheelsets are expensive. If this is your bike, you better come get it before its frame, cryptically locked in mid-air, is all that remains. And if you don't mind, please leave a note explaining your [...]

Some action in the comments section of David Montgomery's Saturday Post story about bicycle commuting. I thought the piece was fine, even if it's not the freshest idea out there. A lot of commenters are freaked about the lede (not about its florid style, mind you):
This is the summer of women on bicycles riding around [...]

I know we've been warned, but I am an impossible klutz. I was wearing flip-flops (I know, I know) last night when I clipped the edge of a step on the Rosslyn escalator with my big toe. I went home and self-medicated with peroxide and Spaced. My doctor told me today I needed stitches, but [...]