Pacific Northwest - Vancouver (BC) starts their bike month, eh?

And, it comes complete with police stepping up enforcement of bicycle laws and handing out "Information tickets!" (http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Police+target+cyclists+with+information+tickets/1646803/story.html)

Is it really against the law in BC to ride standing up? That must be harsh, considering some of the hills up there.

The "Standing Up" fine is simply a "WTF!?".
There's no other way to express what I feel about it.
The Critical Mass will probably start getting "hit" as people break-away to go home.
Though the VPD does escort the ride as "back-up" in order to avoid possible confrontations...

At one point in the story it mentions that the rider must be 'astride' the seat.

Ride while not astride seat: $109

The definition of astride is on or over and a leg on each side of. It is not defined as butt attached to seat.

When I pedal my butt is over the seat and I have a leg on each side of the seat. Maybe the law is to prevent riders form sitting on the handlebars, etc.


a·stride (http://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/schwa.gif-strhttp://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/imacr.gifdhttp://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/prime.gif)adv.1. With a leg on each side: riding astride.
2. With the legs wide apart.

prep.1. On or over and with a leg on each side of.
2. Situated on both sides of.
3. Lying across or over; spanning.

At one point in the story it mentions that the rider must be 'astride' the seat.

Ride while not astride seat: $109

The definition of astride is on or over and a leg on each side of. It is not defined as butt attached to seat.

When I pedal my butt is over the seat and I have a leg on each side of the seat. Maybe the law is to prevent riders form sitting on the handlebars, etc.




Exactly! It's similar to Washington's law which states a bicycle may not be ridden by more people than it was originally designed for; i.e. No peg rides, handlebar rides, rack rides, etc. (I'm interested to know how that works for an Xtracycle with a snapdeck and footie platforms, though.)

(I'm interested to know how that works for an Xtracycle with a snapdeck and footie platforms, though.)
This concerns me as well: I have a good friend with an XtraCycle that this would affect.

Wow, what a misinformed article...typical newspaper sensationalizing the facts to get a rise.
For the truth read the comments of poster "Ladybugbicycle" to the news article. That poster speaks the truth.