Monday, August 27, 2007

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At this point try a relatively new concept in urban cycling, as is the folding bicycle. The bikes can be folded, vary greatly in brand folding system and wheel size. In the market there are lightweight, as the A-bike , weighing only 5.5 kg, but maintains a skateboard look pedal crank, to others with normal wheel size of a walk, but with considerable weight. There are folding bikes with or without changes, or folded in less than a minute or more other difficult to store.
We must bear in mind that these bikes are designed for the city to go flat areas without steep slopes (even with a 6-speed folding can climb almost anywhere), where the speed will never be excessive, as otherwise the development we fall short. Are obviously much weaker than a bike boom, and if you have a wheel 20 "or less, lowering curbs will notice it. As for stability, a foldable bicycle wheel 20 "(which is on I can talk to, and that is I have) goes perfectly, and can always be adjusted with varying tire inflation. This type a bike will find many advantages if one wants it for urban travel: 1) fold and unfold easily, in seconds. 2) You can take it in the trunk of your car or upload it to the bus without taking up space barely . 3) If you use it for work, you can take it with you, without having to park on the street, to me fits in the bottom of the closet. 4) If you no choice but to use the car (because you to take children to school because live far from the metropolitan area, ...) you can park in the exchanger or the suburbs and move into the urban area by bike, this is much appreciated, because both the roof system in the car, like the rear rack are made cumbersome. 5) You can take it on vacation.

It is definitely a new concept, which allows mobility to levels that traditional bike is hard to reach (and go by bus or take in the car) and allows further promote the use of this medium. If you want to go deeper and here here I leave a couple of good websites, specializing in the subject.

Monday, August 20, 2007

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To really move in our daily life serves any bicycle to work properly (a racing bike, a mountain, a trial, a walk, a folding ...), this depends very much on the tastes and personal choices. What is certain, is that having a specific bike to move around the city, with appropriate settings, makes us that much. Today, the best (and most difficult to achieve in the island) would be or a bike ride or a folding. Most often in our private streets usually mountain bikes with tires for tracks and T-shaped handle My own bike was a mountain bike that has been converting. One of the features that can make the city more comfortable bike, is that the back is straight on it (not lying on the handlebars, like racing bikes or mountain). This is achieved by raising the handlebar and the seat down, so that the former is above the saddle. If we put a handlebar ride, in the form of antlers, that approaches us, we lead a more comfortable and relaxed to ride through the streets. To go we will also erect better all around us more effectively and avoid potentially dangerous situations.

A second interesting feature is to have a basket or rack or carrier. When carrying the bag, a book, raincoat or an umbrella, purchase, etc, will be a perfect solution. The basket can be placed on the handlebar or on the transporter in the back, or the "Swedish way" on the side of the engaged. The rack, with springs or elastic bands allow us to load many objects.

Another element to consider is that the bike is equipped with fenders, this is very useful to avoid soiling the rainy days. The mountain does not usually have, but they can be installed easily.

The chain cover is an element which is excellent for city bike, keeps you manches with fat, but unfortunately, only the series bring the bike ride and some folding, and find one that you go to your bike, it is very difficult. In Tenerife I have been unable to get one to fit my mountain bike converted.

The Ring (not the speaker, which is distasteful and bizarre) is a very useful, to warn of our presence to pedestrians. In certain situations, sometimes the most effective is to take a cry, but this takes nothing of merit to the role of timbre.

A good lock is also an article that will allow us to stand by while we let the bike God knows where. Those who are in the form of U are the best, compared to flexible and more tenuous.

lights and reflectors, are essential to improve our security, if not we add comes standard.

If the box is lowered and has no central bar, it will be easier to get on and off in the city.

But the town bike is not a luxury, rather a humble transport, and in Europe people often choose to have a modest bike (with these elements more or less) but if we lose or we lose it not a tragedy and is easy to acquire another, so we should not pretend to make the city more bike than a means of efficient transportation, green and beautiful.

Thursday, August 16, 2007

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City Bike Citizens have the word

Citizens have the ability to change things, is why we must make known to the institutions of our needs and demand action. At the moment, and individually, I've sent two letters to the council's traffic and city councils of Santa Cruz La Laguna, go to becoming visible. You also have the word

A / A Mr. Alderman for Traffic. Dear
from the implementation of the tram I had the option of not having to take the car to move around from home to work and back, and for journeys that involve making small shop, enjoy entertainment, etc. All thanks to that so I could combine the use of intermodal bicycle and tram, and be able to navigate urban areas of La Laguna and Santa Cruz, cleanly, quietly, without stress, improve my health and collapsing under our city. In the acutalidad bicycle infrastructure are under minimal, the bike path that existed in parallel to the street and Grimon Nava is disabled so the cars and the Avenida de Anaga is more for the leisure real mobility in the city, unless the pedestrian streets, all who use the bike in the city for work, we must be brave to take risks from dangerous traffic city \u200b\u200b(to go from town to the neighborhood where I live, I have to play me my skin every day). I think from this council should make an effort to build infrastructure contributing to have a more human city, as is happening in Seville, Barcelona, \u200b\u200bLeón, Valladolid, Vitoria, Bilbao, San Sebastian, Cordoba, etc., Not we should lag behind in this area and be a reference point in the archipelago, in fact, the topography of the city invites it. What of the bicycle parking is easy, cheap and very useful. In front of my work there are approximately 150 car parking spaces, and not one for bikes, even a tube to tie off. In each car parking space bike fit 8 or more. From time to inform you that you have a car less in the city (mine) but I hope that council is sensitive to it. Thanks for your attention and response. Sincerely. Carlos González Hernández.

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

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The town bike and bike lanes

There are different ways to transport children bike around town. The best known is usually to take the child in a rear seat, provided cinturores and protective footwear. Among the many brands of strollers that there are basically two models: one who holds the chair of our bike box through of steel bars of inverted L-shaped or a similar model, but holding the chair back trasnportin our bike. In both cases the child will go in the direction of travel, at our backs and the rear wheel. The disadvantages are the difficulty to communicate with the child who receives less stimulation than others solutions that we fail so controlled, that the bike tends to become unstable, especially when climbing the curbs, and it is necessary that the child is as close as possible to the adult, to unify the mass and center of gravity on the bike. On the other hand is a system easy to install and very practical. It is worthwhile remember that children regardless of the system we use, should always wear helmets. These chairs tend to load up to 25 kg.



A second option, previously difficult to find in Spain, but increasingly popular is the seat located between the adult and the handlebars. There are models that are caught directly onto the handlebars, and others who are attached with using a part of the handle bar to our seat.

These models are all intended for children under 15 kg and allow the child to be encouraged with the landscape, go talk to him and have it available at all times. The bike will more balanced than with the child in the rear. Some models even in front headrests, allowing the child to hold or "take" a nap (my children slept more than once on the bike in the Avenida de Anaga).



A third option is the trailer, in Tenerife I have never seen, but in other places is very popular. Allows children to be seated perfectly, with their belts fastened and with great stability thanks to its wheels in parallel. I only recommend using it in pedestrian zones or bike lanes, because I seem too risky to use on the street, and more with the little bike culture between drivers.






Another option that one would really catches the eye especially when you visit Denmark, is called Christiana bike (after the famous hippie district of Copenhagen) adapted tricycle or bicycle. In this mode, the children go ahead, even with his toys and even 3 or 4 is very stable and fun. In Spain it is difficult to find. It is my favorite. The design is expensive even


also have other options such as child bike trailer child, with different systems on the market, facilitating the child with us while you get tired of pedaling or to help on steep slopes.
















In short, the options are varied and for all tastes and needs, everything is put on and enjoy family bike . A link of interest you have here.

Saturday, August 11, 2007

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The issue of bike lanes is a somewhat controversial among users of urban bike. There are supporters and detractors (who call them derogatory manner "Vias segregated"). Without going into the controversy that currently has no rationale, in my opinion, on the island, if it is true that they are practically nonexistent in our metropolitan area. The only bike path which deserves the name is the time between the Marine Park and Valleseco. Until recently there was a second track bike in La Laguna, which was between the Market and the Plaza del Cristo, parallel to and Grimon Nava Street (formerly Water Street) but has now been deprived of this function and invaded by motorized traffic. This practice stopped the specific infrastructures are devoted to cycling in the metropolitan area. These two bicycle lanes are intended more as ways to enjoy leisure cycling, to be true ways to get around the city. The bicycle parking is almost nonexistent, only in some parks, leisure together again displayed some.

all know that both Santa Cruz and La Laguna, has revamped its streets and the pedestrian streets returned to the city center, after decades taken by road traffic and where people have dealt with only the meager sidewalks, the city is recovering for people and goes humanizing. Last year, incomprehensible and contrary to what happens in all European cities, the City of La Laguna decided to prohibit travel on the new bike pedestrian streets with a penalty after the mobilization of many citizens, he relented and in March this year authorized distribution and regulated by bike (to read the excerpt from the new ordinance see here), this black period discs are still forbidden to travel on some streets. I do not know if the City of Santa Cruz has an ordinance so specific. At present it is possible to move through much of downtown SC and La Laguna through the pedestrian streets, but with the necessary care and always giving preference to pedestrians. It is also possible circular course on the road bike as stipulated and Traffic Law Rules of the road, because we must not forget that the bike is for all legal purposes a vehicle over, their rights and obligations, and the urban cyclist can travel "legally" by the Rambla Pulido or the Avenue Trinidad. In urban traffic is not mandatory for use or a reflective vest or helmet, as stated in the Nomatica force, and has to move around the center of the lane for safety, not the edge of the lane.
Among the little streets and pedestrian traffic can move in a manner acceptable to La Laguna and Santa Cruz, but with gaps in their own security, by the density of traffic we endure. The council announced last month June, the beginning of a change in this situation and draft-Tenerife Moveonbike (see news here.) At the moment we have also the tram to climb those slopes impossible for the urban cyclist, remember to always have to tie the bikes in the same belt enabled the wagons 2 and 4 and do not hesitate to call the space reserved for bicycles if it is occupied by people without disabled, since you are on your right and your obligation.

hope that everything is becoming simpler and although we do not reach the levels of Copenhagen, Stockholm and Amsterdam, we come to cities like Barcelona or Seville, regarding the national level.

Acknowledging Sympathy Cards

Hello everybody s

here inaugurate this blog with the intention of encouraging the use of urban bike on the island of Tenerife, especially in the metropolitan area and provide all blogs and websites on the theme of mobility urban bike that we have found and that we find interesting. About me, just indicate that I am a citizen, concerned about the environment and the search for alternatives in urban mobility on our island are still in "infancy" and that in other parts of Europe working for years.

Since the opening of the Tramway de Tenerife, early June 2007, my car is most of the time collecting dust on the front door and most of the urban travel modal performed with a combination of tram, bicycle, which allows me to navigate with all the comforts of home work, to make small purchases, leisure activities, etc.

The bicycle as a means of transportation is an unknown to most of the population of the island, which is accustomed to think of it as a toy for children or adolescents or a sport, but more and more citizens metropolitan area who have discovered this new "service" move by bike by La Laguna and Santa Cruz.