Somebody has apparently stolen credit card information through Nashbar’s website:

I found that NASHBAR has finally acknowledged the problem and is sending out some sort of correspondence to its customers after receiving months of complaints. A little too late, if you ask me. In other forums I found that NASHBAR is allegedly allowing third parties to access their customer’s information in an unsecured environment.

More at Inside the Outside.

More:

* Nashbar Complaints

* Bike Nashbar hacked.

* People still post to Wreck.Bikes? Nashbar security problems (That’s a different “Fritz”, not me).

* Bike Scene: Ripoff.

Look for a contest at Cyclelicious tomorrow (Thursday) sponsored by Makai Bikes. They’ll have bicycle bells for five lucky recipients!

Makai Bikes is a southern California based Internet retailer for inexpensive cruiser bikes.

Tour de France: No Stage 5 report today

I didn’t follow Stage 5 today (shocking! but had a late night and I needed an early start at work…) but Petit Blanc won today in a solo breakaway. Here are some links out:

* CN: Stage 5 Report.

* VN: Break succeeds.

* Bicycle.NET: Voeckler defies.

* Bike Rumor: Breaking away.

After watching cyclists choking in chalk dust during the Tour of California, does anybody really think the chalkbot is a good idea?

I noticed an uptick in searches for Christopher Long today. Long is the guy who was bodyslammed by NYPD officer Patrick Pogan during a Critical Mass bicycle ride.

It turns out Chris Long is in the news — he’s suing the New York Police Department for $1.5 million for trying to cover up Pogan’s unprovoked attack on Long.

A video later appeared on YouTube showing that Pogan was unprovoked when he threw his shoulder into Long’s body.

“Nobody would have cried foul if it wasn’t for that video,” said Long’s lawyer, Jonathan Moore.

Read more.

Other bikey news…

My bike and my car hate each other.

Martin Krieg had to bail on his cross country high wheel bike adventure.

San Francisco Bicycle Film Festival next week.

San Mateo Sheriff says inattentive drivers are dangerous to cyclists. Their solution? An enforcement action against cyclists. The logic is flawless.

Influence peddling (pedaling? har har!) and the powerful pedestrian / bicycling lobby!

Footprints coaches.