Self-Propelled Summer: Best of 'Momentum'

The Tyee is please to share with its readers every Friday in July and August of 2011 the best of Momentum Magazine. Headquartered in Vancouver, Momentum is an independent media company that promotes, encourages and inspires smart living by bike. Published six times a year, Momentum Magazine focuses on transportation cycling and bike culture in North America.

In This Series

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Trailblazers on Two Wheels

How bicycle advocates defined North American cycling culture since 1970.

By Jeff Mapes, 8 Jul 2011

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Riding Vancouver's Streets into the Future

Getting a city right means many ways of getting around, and truly public space.

By Jessica Linzey, 15 Jul 2011

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In Search of the Bike Lifestyle

Cycling: it's transportation, it's exercise, it's recreation. But is it an identity?

By Elizabeth O. Hurst, 22 Jul 2011

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The Way of the Inner Tube

Or, zen and the art of bicycle maintenance. (Including how to fix a flat with bubblegum.)

By Dan Goldwater, 29 Jul 2011

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Going Head-to-Head on Helmet Laws

Looking at both sides of the never-ending debate on cycling headgear.

By Elly Blue, 5 Aug 2011

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Biking to the BEAT

How a grant program promoting innovative city design helped build wheel-friendly communities in BC.

By Amy Chow, 12 Aug 2011

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Talking Bikes with Talking Head David Byrne

Why Byrne loves cycling and thinks you should too.

By Bryna Hallam, 19 Aug 2011

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Soggy Cycling Ahead

Tell us how you roll in the rain. Last in our self-propelled summer series featuring the best of Momentum.

By Karen Johanson, 26 Aug 2011

The Gem of Canadian Science that Harper Killed

Experimental Lakes Area was world famous; its findings might have saved Canada billions.

By Andrew Nikiforuk