August 31, 20084 Comments on Royal Carriage
Crown Prince Willem Alexander of the Netherlands carries his daughters, Princess Alexia and Princess Catharina, in his box bike while his wife Princess Maxima totes Princess Ariane on the back of her bicycle.
August 30, 200812 Comments on Vigilante mob beats bicycle thief
A youth who tried to steal a bicycle was severely beaten up by a mob on Friday. The policemen who had rescued the youth left him and fled after being targeted by the mob.
The incident occurred around 3 pm at Bally in Howrah. Aparesh Mukherjee, who owns a medicine shop at Bally market, had kept his bicycle near the gate of the shop. The 24-year-old youth, who was loitering around, tried to steal it. Seeing him do so, locals started thrashing him mercilessly.
The policemen rushed to the spot and rescued the youth, who had became unconscious by then. The policemen also arrested two persons from the mob.
However, soon the other locals blocked the policemen’s way and demanded that the two be released. With the situation almost out of control, the policemen fled the spot, leaving the youth at the mercy of the mob.
The youth lay unconscious on the road for nearly an hour after which some other locals took him to Jaiswal Hospital. He was not in a condition to speak and is yet to be identified.
Story from the Times of India. Via Doc Logan.
August 30, 200812 Comments on Miley Cyrus rides a bicycle
The gossip blogs have all published photos of teen Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus riding her bike around. Like any normal 15 year old kid, she’s been seen riding her bike with her friends, with her family and sticking her tongue out at the camera.
Riding Pretty writes: “The way I see it, when pop culture icons ride bicycles they are helping the planet, proving there is some thing you can do (besides saving money on gas) and Yes, looking oh so pretty riding on a bicycle… The influence can be so positive on kids who will be asking their parents if they can get a cruiser like Miley has.” Right on, Miley.
August 29, 20086 Comments on Labor Day
By the time this is posted I’ll be away from the computer, probably for the entire weekend. In the United States we have a three day weekend with our Labor Day holiday, but I have a couple of celebrity bike goodies planned for automatic posting over the weekend. If you haven’t noticed the little teaser at the top of the site, I have a nice giveaway planned for September — a Monkey Electric bike light. Watch for it!
Politics (sort of). Bicycling is listed as one of Governor Sarah Palin’s hobbies; I’ve hunted around the web for a photo of her on a bike but came up empty. Perhaps Jill up in Alaska can help us out in the department.
Heather on her Rans bicycle. I’ve tried this bike — it’s pretty nice. Photo by Vik Banerjee.
Here’s some weekend bicycling goodies to read about, mixed in with other nonsense. We’ll begin with the doping front, in which we learn that video game players take performance enhancing substances!
Lindsay and Hannah paddle bike down the Mississippi River.
A college professor asks might Rob Anderson be right? What is the cost and benefit of adding bike lanes in San Francisco?
Boing Boing: Scofflaw cyclists to be “shamed” by posting photos of them in the act. Oh, brother.
MAKE: Convert your roof bike rack into a trailer hitch rack.
Yehuda Moon: Most of my rides are like this.
Bike & Chain a novel that’s not a novel that’s the “ultimate guide to bicycle culture.”
Pedicabs do brisk business in Denver.
Inspirational: The Power of One.
Rivendell: Bike prices are going up.
I should start a new “Bike Rants” blog. Here’s a candidate from Ukiah, California: Bicyclists are arrogant, narcissistic and useless.
A nice, steel frame road bike from Fuji!
Trek: Interview with bike designer Michael Leighton on the “District 96” fixed gear bike from Trek.
Ride Charlotte used one of my bike photos.
Velo Vogue: Bangladesh rickshaw photos. Truck bikes / cargo bikes and other work bikes too.
Have a great weekend, all!
August 29, 20084 Comments on LeMond bicycles used to train Iranian troops!
From BR&IN, regarding the lawsuit between LeMond and Trek:
In an odd twist, an inmate at a federal prison in Williamsburg, South Carolina filed a motion to intervene in the lawsuit in July, alleging that he and other inmates produce bikes for LeMond under the Federal Prison Industry Unicor Program for 12 cents an hour, a violation of minimum wage laws. The inmate also claimed LeMond bicycle are shipped to Iranian troops for training purposes, violating the “Training with Enemy” Act.
Via Interbike Times.
August 28, 20084 Comments on Yehuda Fritz?
I think VeliPete might have me confused with somebody else 🙂
Just a note that I periodically like to give a shout out to everybody who links to me when they do it, but I’ve noticed that, lately, Technorati seems to miss a lot of these backlinks. Blogger.com doesn’t really handle trackbacks that well, either, and I have way too much invested in using Blogger.com to change blogging platforms now. If you link to a post in Cyclelicious, please don’t be shy about leaving a comment here so I know about the link love and I’ll send it back your way.
Recent links that I know about have come from
There are others, but I’ve already mentioned them in other posts. 🙂 And let’s hope I didn’t mess up all of those links too badly 🙂
Now lets hope this bicycle blog doesn’t get marked as a link farm!