Front and rear view on-bike video by Steve Woo of his crash at the Wente Criterium shot using a pair of GoPro wide angle HERO cams. Visit SWoo’s Flickr page for the gory details of this crash and please re-tweet if you like.
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Pink hair, pink shades, pink jersey, pink socks, pink shoes, pink bike
April 26, 2009 – 9:00 am
Say hello to Gnat, the pink-haired sensation who can tie her own shoelaces and tends to bounce when excited. Gnat is participating in the Dirt Series mountain bike skills clinic this weekend in Santa Cruz, California. Read more about this skills clinic at Karen Kefauver’s Spin City blog.
Watsonville Bike Shack
April 25, 2009 – 7:00 am
I was going to look for the Watsonville Brown Berets “Bike Shack” when I rode through town on my bicycle the other week but go distracted by the strawberries. The Brown Berets have historically been known for their political activism, but about a year ago they decided to promote bicycle use as a means of read more
Menlo Park bike commuters
April 24, 2009 – 10:49 pm
These are some bicyclist photos from last Friday evening in Menlo Park, California. Julia is a regular on the evening train I often catch in Menlo Park, California. There are about eight cyclists waiting on the platform for the train. Daniel was at Menlo Park on his way to San Francisco Critical Mass, which occurs read more
$11,000 reward for Ashleigh Jackson’s assailant
April 24, 2009 – 1:31 pm
From Alto Velo: Ashleigh Jackson, 24, is a member of the Alto Velo cycling team. She was riding around 5:30 p.m. Sunday April 19, 2009 when a late-model silver BMW drove up from behind and struck her on Hwy 9 and Fruitvale Avenue in Saratoga. Jackson’s boyfriend, David Nelson said the car’s mirror clipped Jackson read more
Tased and beaten for riding a bicycle
April 24, 2009 – 9:17 am
Bike lawyer Bob Mionske’s latest column on the rights of cyclists has been making the rounds. It’s a long article but worth reading: Tony and Ryan were heading home from a long road ride when Lawrence County, Ohio Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife reportedly began harassing the cyclists and got all rambo on the cyclists. When read more
