CBS Sunday Morning report on bicycles

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=4297826n

Sorry. I couldn’t manage to embed video. But check it out. I especially dig the part about the mayor of Portland, Oregon, the 2nd most bike friendly city in the world, behind Amerstadam, I think, won on a bicycle format.

Portland, Oregon – 2nd most bike-friendly city in the world!

Take that Copenhagen!

USA! USA! USA!

Exhibit A: Portland, Ore., just displaced Copenhagen as the No. 2 most bike-friendly city in the world. Exhibit B: In Davis, Calif., more people cycle to work than drive. Exhibit C: A growing number of Minneapolis residents continue to commute by bike through the winter.

It’s official — more and more Americans and Canadians are choosing to pedal around over pushing the pedal to the metal. And, considering that the sales of upright urban cruisers continue to outpace all other bikes, city biking is here to stay.

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