January 13, 2009Leave a Comment
TODAY January 13 at 11:45 AM! Sorry for the late notice on this
As part of it’s Small Business Survival Series, the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce presents “Maximizing the AMGEN Tour – Tips to boost sales for downtown merchants”
When: January 13, 2009, 11:45 am – 1:00 pm
Where: Bring your own bag lunch to the Central Library Meeting Room, 224 Church Street, Santa Cruz
No reservation needed for this event.
January 13, 2009Leave a Comment
The 2009 Tour Down Under in Australia begins next week on Tuesday, January 20. Hmmm, there’s something else important about that day, but I can’t think what it is at the moment….
The Tour Down Under marks Lance Armstrong’s return to professional racing. Team Astana are camped out at the Hilton in Adelaide, from where Lance and his team do their training rides.
Other teams participating in the Tour Down Under are Team Columbia (USA), Ag2R La Mondiale (France), Silence-Lotto (Belgium), Team Katusha (Russia), Team Saxo Bank (Denmark), BBox Bouyges Telecom (France), Cofidis (France), Francais des Jeux (France), Caisse D’Epargne (Spain), Quick Step (Belgium), Euskatel-Euskadi (Spain), Milram (Germany), Lambre-NGC (Italy), Rabobank (Netherland), Liquigas (Italy), Garmin-Slipstream (USA), Fuji-Servetto (Spain), Unisa-Australia (Australia).
January 13, 2009Leave a Comment
A Bicycle Evangelist With the Wind Now at His Back
With an eye on the potential stimulus package, cycling advocates “have compiled a list of $2 billion of projects that can be under construction in 90 days,” Mr. Oberstar said, adding that prospects are “bright.”
January 12, 200928 Comments on Giveaways: Like or disklike?
I still have a couple more items of bike schwag to give away this week, but before I continue:
1. What do you think of the giveaways? I like doing these giveaways because (a) It gives me a chance to mention this stuff I’ve been collecting (b) It gives you a chance to try some of this stuff risk free and (c) It drives traffic to Cyclelicious. Do you like the opportunity to win stuff, or is it too random and distracting?
2. I’ve posted winners by tweeting them and modifying the “giveaway” post by noting the winner. Is this adequate notification for you?
3. First to ‘tweet’ has been the winner, which works out very well for me personally. What about for you? Would you prefer a random drawing of entrants? Any other suggestions?
January 12, 20092 Comments on Monday bike news
The Bike Commuter Benefits that began January hit the mainstream media over the weekend and became kind of big news.
Kadisco on sports websites redesigns. See also this interesting bit about cycling team sponsorship budgets: while global sports team sponsorships rose 425% between 1989 and 2007, cycling sponsorship increased only 74% between 1989 and 2008.
Boehner says no bike paths in stimulus; EcoVelo writes “it’s downright patriotic to invest in infrastructure that would help ease our dependence on foreign oil.”
Juror doodles collection includes this nice bicycle doodle.
Bah! Choke cough.
Better late than never: Battery powered Christmas lights HOWTO. Via.
Gadget: Neuro Active Bike.
Silicon Valley: Tamien Train Station bike access improvements.
Nerds take a look at Strida folding bike at CES.
For those of you who hate to shave your legs, maybe this robotic hair remover will do the trick. I’d love to see a video of this in action. (yeah yeah, I know it’s not really supposed to remove hair…)
January 12, 20092 Comments on Giveaway: CycleAware ViewPoint lens mirror
Today’s giveaway is the CycleAware ViewPoint adjustable mini spy mirror.
The ViewPoint mirror is a tiny 3/8 inch mirror that you stick inside of your cycling glasses. If you put them inside your reflective lenses, this little mirror is almost invisible, allowing you to spy people behind you without their knowledge. These mini mirrors are way less dorky than other cycling mirrors that stick out like weird appendages from the side of your forehead. The mini mirror attached near the bottom of the lens interferes only minimally with your vision and works quite well.
The winner is Thomas Brock in North Carolina. Congratulations. To win: Be the first person to click this link with the text “CycleAware Mirror Giveaway http://www.cyclelicio.us/ #cycleaware” to Twitter.
