Monthly Archives: July 2009

Why OracleCycling.com is not from Oracle Corporation

People keep tweeting about this Oracle Cycling website (and I’ve been one of the tweeters), which just has a “Coming Soon” placeholder on it. Here’s why I don’t believe the site has anything at all to do with tomorrow’s announcement about a sponsor for Armstrong’s new cycling team. 1. The site is registered to Los read more »

Zero Per Gallon for sale

The owner and Chief Banana at Zero Per Gallon is calling it quits to sail around the world, and his business is for sale. ZPG made about $25K in 2008, says Jonny Waldman, working only one day a week at it, and he’s letting the business for for $30K. ZPG prints and sells the popular read more »

Bicycle hip hop

Hugo from Melbourne, Australia created this music video tribute to the bicycle. Featuring a white guy with dreds, a pink haired girl with a bird cage over her head, a lanky dude in a mini skirt and a cast of hundreds of cyclists riding on the streets of Melbourne.

Lance Armstrong’s cycling team

Say what you will about the man, but Lance Armstrong energizes interest in cycling like nobody else, in the United States and around the world. Versus network broke even on their Tour de France coverage in 2008. For 2009, they say that viewership is up a solid 80% over last year. For Cyclelicious, traffic is read more »

Jens Voigt

There’s been a lot of talk of Jens Voigt’s crash today during Stage 16 of the Tour de France. He took a really nasty spill during a high speed descent and hit the ground at 40+ mph. I’m not posting some of the more gruesome photos that are available (you can find them elsewhere if read more »

2009 Santa Cruz Mountain Challenge Scotts Valley California

Who’s coming to visit my town for the Santa Cruz Mountain Challenge this weekend? Are you doing the 100 mile or the Metric? The last day to register is Wednesday, so do it quickly if you haven’t signed up yet.