The popular Capitol Corridor train route — Amtrak’s 3rd busiest with 1.7 million riders last year — has added more bike racks to the older 1995 cab cars, increasing bike capacity by 34% with seven bike racks now in the older cars. The Capitol Corridor Joints Powers Authority plans to retrofit the newer 2002 cab read more
I haven’t posted bicycle jobs lately. Here’s what’s on Craigslist these days: SF Bay Area — Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition Community Outreach Organizer. Fixed gear prejudice: There’s a randomly snarky requirement for a Grants Associate — “your bicycle has gears and brakes“. Specialized Bicycles in Morgan Hill seeks Event Planner and Web Programmer. Boston Area read more
We all know the Tour of Missouri had some touch and go moments last summer when Missouri Governor Jay Nixon threatened to cut funding for the Tour of Missouri. Even now, with this world class cycling event creating new fans in the nation’s heartland, stoking interest, and drawing $30 million in spectator spending, the future read more
Over the past couple of years the various brands of LVMH have integrated bikes into their marketing. This last spring, for example, LVMH sponsored the “Bikes In Style” challenge, in which student designers from the Fashion Institute of Technology created stylish, practical and affordable bike gear. There was also DKNY’s unforgettable but perhaps regrettable orange read more
Universal has their stage 3 video here, in which Paul Sherwen and Frankie “Andrew” (snark) recap Stage 3 from . Supposedly I could embed the video but I couldn’t find the embed code. Oh well. I normally use PicApp for editorial photos but they’re slow on the uptake with Tour of Missouri photos, so I’ll read more
Patrick Dempsey enjoyed a Monday bicycle ride on the coast of Malibu, California over the Labor Day holiday. Dr. McDreamy has been busy filming the new season of “Grey’s Anatomy” the past couple weeks so the Labor Day weekend was a nice break and the weather was nice enough for an end of the summer read more
