David Zabriskie returned to his home in Salt Lake City after the Amgen Tour of California to find his home burglarized and empty. “My house was broken into while at TOC. They took everything, a lot of bikes, cars, and you name it they got it,” wrote Zabriskie to his Twitter account.

“If anyone out there sees anything you think might be mine, let me know,” he continues.

Zabriskie races for the U.S. Garmin-Chipotle professional cycling team. He took second place overall in the Amgen Tour of California that completed last Sunday.

Update: The Salt Lake Tribune reports two cars, 12 bikes and Olympic memorabilia were stolen from DZ’s home. David Zabriskie is well known to be a fan of comic characters with his time trial skinsuit patterned after the Marvel Captain America costume, so this list of stolen Marvel comics statues was fascinating:

Thieves also took seven statues of Marvel comics characters from Zabriskie’s home. Zabriskie owned two- to three-foot statues of figurines including “Hellboy” pistol; “Ash” Army of Darkness; “Tomb Raider” Lara Croft; “The Punisher; “Alien”; “Ironman” and a “Gears of War” character. The statues are valued at $11,000, Snyder said.

Read more: “Utah cyclist Zabriskie’s home burglarized.”

Velonews has a list of DZ’s stolen items.

Mountain View’s Bike Shelter

Pretty full inside!

Proving that I don’t always wear lycra

Mountain View has secure bike parking at the Caltrain station, within easy striking distance of Castro Street shopping or the Sunday Farmer’s Market. On the rare occasion when I don’t actually need my bike at my destination, the Bike Shelter is convenient for storage while I’m gone.

Inside the shelter, front wheels are to be lifted over racks that hang the bicycles vertically. The concept is a great space-saver and all, except that I can’t lift the front wheel of my heavy commute bike that high, and the scheme isn’t all that compatible with fenders. I locked to the side of the rack (middle photo above).

The Bike Shelter is accessible via a numeric keypad. Users get a code by visiting City Hall during business hours and paying a $25 deposit. As an MV resident, the convenience is well worth the fee.

What other cities have similar bike shelters near Farmer’s Markets or transit?

Markus Neuert of CycleFilm asked Tour of California podium girls Kristen and Joanna about their important jobs on the stage race podium.

“My main job is to make sure they get on stage and that they get kissed by the podium girls.“

Does anybody know how the whole “podium girls” tradition began?

This is Cold Iron of Alameda in the East Bay. He tried strapping his Planet Bike Super Flash bike light to his left ankle; I think it works pretty well. His bike is a Waterford; he also owns a Surly Big Dummy.

What are your unusual bike light mounting options?

When I visited Sacramento the weekend before last, I met Loreno — aka the Sac Cycle Chic — and her husband David.

Lorena publishes the Sac Cycle Chic blog from Sacramento, where she encourages riding a bike for everyday travel in regular and even stylish clothing. Lorena’s the kind of gal who’s the life of the party. Drop by and say hello.

Lorena is also one of the co-founders of Bikeramento. Bikeramento’s mission is to propel Sacramento into the most bikeable city and region in the world.

As the capital of the most populous state in the United States, Bikeramento is in a strategic location to show lawmakers what a truly bike friendly city can look like. Bikeramento has some good people on board to push for good changes and I wish them luck in their mission.