The preparation for our next Tweed Ride is in full force. Nan Eastep from BSpoke Tailor would be in Sacramento on February 21st to help you with your outfit. Come get measured and see what she has to offer.

Sac Cycle Chic, yes Me, will be in hand to give you tips and ideas. I will share with you where you can find what you're looking for to express your inner tweed, in Sac.

The date is February 21st. The location is one of the favorite hang out of all the tweeders in town Hot Italian. Need more details? Go to Sacramento Tweed's blogspot and get the scoop.

I like this idea created by the folks at refresheverything
Having a central location for you to route your ride and then have company along the way. So Clever!

Take a look at the website and participate. Ride with a buddy! There is strength in numbers!

After a year of Velorutionist and Sac Cycle Chic compiling bicycle culture events in Sacramento, We are very proud to present our first video.

Maybe you attended some of these events and would look back fondly or maybe, you didn't know about them, and can look forward to joining us this year. Either way we hope you enjoy it!

Let me Count the ways...

So I am reading in the Huffington Post about how New York Transportation Department removed bike lanes on a major street in Williamsburg, a neighborhood of the borough of Brooklyn, New York in what was officially a "minor readjustment of the bicycle network." The real reason, however was due to the complaints from the very traditional Hasidic community who had "asked the city to remove the bike lanes from the neighborhood, claiming the influx of bikers posed a 'safety and religious hazard.'"

"Last year the religious group complained to the community board that many of the young, female cyclists who rode through the neighborhood were 'hotties,' who 'ride in shorts and skirts,' both of which are against their dress code."

"According to the New York Post, 'a source close to Mayor Bloomberg said removing the lanes was an effort to appease the Hasidic community just before last month's election.'"

So the city removed the bike lane stripes, and presumably the streets would be rid of those objectionable fashions.

In defiance to the efforts to impose a dress code for the neighborhood, young hipsters have taken it upon themselves to re-paint the bike lanes, claiming that the removal of bike lanes on this particular street removed a key connection to the Williamsburg bridge. See the link below for the YouTube video of the actions of the pro-bicyclists who repainted the bike lanes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19oo7Ejq9WI

As seen this morning on the way to the California State Capitol. You can't argue with her style. She has my vote of confidence.

Go Sac Cycle Chic!

After many years of being against the law to ride on the K Street Mall, the Sacramento City Council voted unanimously to rescind the prohibition.

Near the beginning of the new year, the signs will change to indicate that bicycle traffic is allowable in the center part of K Street Mall (between the yellow tiles) from 13th and 7th Streets. The "tunnel" section between 4th and 2nd Streets will also be open.

Bicyclists will always be required to yield to pedestrians, and not ride on the sidewalks, which, in the case of K Street Mall, is the area between the the building walls and the row of trees.