By Bud Wilkinson There probably isn’t a rider alive, and probably quite a few who are dead, who hasn’t had a near-miss with a distracted driver. The U.S. Department of Transportation reports that 16 percent of all fatalities on the road in 2009 – 5,474 deaths in all – were …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Winter sometimes ends abruptly, which is a good thing for both riders and RIDE-CT. While the proprietor of RIDE-CT yearns to ride during the cold, snowy months like all others who own bikes, what’s sometimes really frustrating is the lack of fresh column ideas. Bikes …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com When New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation wanted to raise the rent that Americade pays for using state-owned land alongside Lake George from $52,000 to more than $90,000, the event’s founder threatened to move the annual June rally elsewhere. Coolers heads have prevailed and a …