As the city presses forward with more ambitious bike transportation projects, some of the contradictions associated with the current crop of developments may be resolved.
If you're more ambitious, rent bikes at Golden Triangle Bike n Blade (600 First Avenue, 412-600-0675; $8 an hour, $30 a day) and get directions on how to connect with the completed sections of Great Allegheny Passage, a 150-mile biking-walking trail.
The more ambitious were out in force, hiking, biking, jogging, skating or just strolling about, taking in the sights.
A more ambitious plan, led by an American bike-maker, Craig Calfee, and a group of scientists at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in New York, aims to introduce and sell bamboo bikes in Africa.In this section Hold your breath On your bike It's good to be king Has the bubble burst?
Smith said the Sierra Club was willing to compromise on areas already used by mountain bikers, but he thinks the mountain biking association has a more ambitious agenda.
The more ambitious can try kayaking around La Jolla's Underwater Park and Ecological Reserve with Bike & Kayak Tours (001 858 454 1010; bikeandkayaktours.com), while the truly brave should take a running jump off a cliff and go paragliding at Torrey Pines Gilderport (001 858 452 9858; flytorrey.com).com
Among more ambitious proposals like a gondola above the East River, ideas currently under consideration include more protected bike lanes and shares; increased service on the already-crammed JMZ; an extended G train, which would lengthen the number of cars to pack more people in; and more ferries, which would deposit transit-stranded Brooklynites on Manhattan's East Side.
Others are more ambitious.
Other overhauls are more ambitious.
