Bicycle Touring & More. Other outdoor activity

This really gets me into the festive spirit!

Specialized Holiday Greetings (http://www.specialized.com/bc/microsite/holiday/index.html)

Stuck for a last-minute gift for a fellow bicycling enthusiast? Socks are always nice, but you can only have so many pairs of gloves, rear blinkers and water bottles.

My recommendation is that people give memberships to national bicycling associations or local bicycle clubs this year. These are the folks who do all the heavy lifting when it comes to creating bike routes, building trails or advocating on our part in the halls of Congress or down at City Hall.

And since most have a nonprofit status, a portion of those memberships are tax deductible; always a consideration at the end of the year.

Here are what I’d consider the four best memberships you could give …

Police in Edmonton, Canada, aren’t giving up on a bicycle fatality, even though the case is 22 years old.

The mother of the 16-year-old hit-and-run victim and police are making another plea for information in the death of Robert Phillips. At a police department press conference, the boy’s mother, Donna Nelson, said:

“I’m hoping for a miracle. Maybe somebody’s carrying some guilt around that would like to deal with that. That’s the only thing that’s going to motivate a reaction.” …