Scott Schuman, aka the Sartorialist, featured men on bikes in his colummn in GQ magazine. He writes:

Followers of my blog know that I’m fond of shooting bicyclists in cities like Milan and Paris. Recently, I found out that three of the chicest New York men I know also ride their bikes to work, even in the winter. Each cited practical reasons, like the ease of getting around. But I think they also like that throwback feeling of being more physical in their work clothes. It’s not called a sport coat because it hangs on a hook in your office. I asked them how they create their own “cyclist chic.”

Click here to view Schuman’s slideshow, where he focuses on the men’s fashion, not the bikes.

Cyclelicious is your new bicycle. See, it’s so easy.

Mary rides her fixed gear Bianchi Pista in Crocs. Photo by me. More bicycle blog nonsense below.

Not really bicycle related, but interesting: “Two machete-wielding robbers, aged 20 and 16, attempted a heist at the Regents Park Sporting and Community Club in Sydney, Australia. Unfortunately for them, they picked the night that the tough Souther Cross Cruiser motorcycle club was having its monthly meeting.” Ooops.

Some good finds by Fixed Gear Cycling: Probation officers bike to their “clients”, and his quaintly scandalous photo collection of bicycle riding tobacco card girls.

Carectomy’s photo essay of interesting bike facilities.

Bisbee: 5 reasons this was a great Tour of California.

Commuter Page: London’s Two Wheel Transformation, and Escape from the Suburban Fringe:

“… much of the future decline is likely to occur on the fringes, in towns far away from the central city, not served by rail transit, and lacking any real core. In other words, some of the worst problems are likely to be seen in some of the country’s more recently developed areas — and not only those inhabited by subprime-mortgage borrowers. Many of these areas will become magnets for poverty, crime, and social dysfunction.” If you live there now, escape while you still have time.

Shimano reports their net income has jumped 44 percent over the previous year as they make record profits, mostly on sales of bicycle stuff.

Road safety is a shared responsibility.

Pacific Islanders on hand carved bikes.

I posted the Lucas Brunelle video last night. I guess you might say I admire his riding after a fashion, but there’s no way I’d ever ride like that. I obey the traffic signals and mostly ride legally, at least as legally as most people drive, anyway, and probably more so — I’m one of those ninnies who comes to a complete stop at stop signs, even when I’m driving, and I usually like to be the good example. I always watch for traffic and take the right of way only when it belongs to me.

We see the coolness of alleycat races as shown in Brunelle’s video, but sometimes they result in tragedy. 29 year old cyclist Matthew Manger-Lynch followed the field through a red light and was struck by an SUV. From the article, it sounds like Manger-Lynch was generally a responsible cyclist but got caught up in the heat of the moment as he approached the finish in the alleycat.

Via fixed gear and mentioned in several other blogs.