CSI NY investigators Stella Bonasera and Danny Messer interview (get this) “Gavin Skidmore,” a member of the “Brooklyn Bruisers” bike polo team during their investigations in the episode “Prey.”

See also more snarky commentary at Urban Velo.

Have a Happy Your Tax Return Is Due Day!

Charikichi in Japan has been linking to Cyclelicious for a while, usually from the Tumblelog which was recently renamed to “Girls on Bicycles” because it often features photos of cute Japanese chicks on colorful fixed gear bicycles.

Charikichi, with its tagline “For Girl By Girl,” roughly means “bike crazed” which might be expanded to something like mad joyous love for bicycles. I like to think of it as a Japanese translation of Cyclelicious 🙂

Thank you to my buddy Naoto-san for the Japanese translation help. And domo arigato to Charikichi bike blog for the link love.

Yale University’s Street Smarts website features a animations highlighting simple traffic situations and how pedestrians, cyclists and motorists should deal with them.

Hat tip to Design New Haven, which discusses the site and issues in more detail.

30 mph tailwind gusting to 50 mph = passing traffic on El Camino Real. It also means a big tree limb crashing down near me, eucalyptus junk littering the roadway, and a strength sapping chill that kept me from sprinting off the line after red lights. We’re supposed to have winds almost as strong on Wednesday in the Bay Area. These strong winds will supposedly subside before the Sea Otter Classic begins this Thursday in Monterey.

A magical pixie dust shout out to Murph, who I ran into in Mountain View.

Strong northerly winds will continue this evening across most of
the San Francisco and Monterey Bay region. Wind gusts between 45
and 50 mph -- and locally to 60 mph -- have been reported along the
Sonoma and Marin coastline with similar gusts along the San Mateo
coast. At San Francisco Airport wind gusts to 60 mph were reported
this evening.

Northerly wind gusts to 45 mph will occur across the advisory area
but the strongest winds are expected to be near the coast and in
the hills above 1000 feet. These wind gusts are strong enough
to bring down power lines, small branches and weak trees.

I watched this video and wondered to myself, “Self, where can I get a radar gun?”

And whaddya know: You can get relatively cheap ones through Amazon: Bushnell Velocity Speed Gun

Russ Roca visited the San Diego Handmade Bike Show and talked with Richard Bryne from Speedplay about their Museum of Pedal History. For more bike-y goodness, go to Epicurean Cyclist.