Reinventing The Wheel

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How to Avoid the 7 Most Common Bike Commuter Injuries

Between shin bruises and dirt in our eyes, we commuters have a unique set of pains to deal with. Here’s our list of the 7 most common pains and how to avoid them.

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Bike Repairs and Maintenance: DIY or Outsource?

These are the essential repairs all cyclists need to know!

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11 Genius Tricks for Dealing with Bad Drivers

There are tons of great drivers out there. They keep their eyes on the road and their hands on the wheel and generally get from point A to B without endangering themselves or others.

Then there’s that other group of drivers. You know, the ones who fail to signal, text while driving and generally refuse to share the road with anyone not driving a Hummer.

So how should you deal with this latter group both to ensure your own safety and to keep yourself level-headed if they get up in your grill? We’ve got 11 tips for you to choose from!

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11 Hand Signals for Safe Biking

C’mon ride the bike, and hand-signal it.

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Another Tool to Help you Outsmart Bike Thieves

A heatmap detailing the most risky places to park your bike (h/t Hotpads)

At Fortfied, we regularly put all of our basic human needs on the backburner so we can focus on what matters most: creating new products that empower city cyclists own the road and ride without fear everyday. So it’s safe to assume that we get pretty excited when we discover tools that others have created that advance our mission.

That’s why we got pretty giddy when we saw this awesome new heat map put together by the good folks at Hot Pad that city cyclists can use to learn which areas of each city are particularly risky for bike theft.

Consider this one more tool in your toolbox for outwitting the bike crooks and other ne’er-do-wells who are lurking around your city.

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