This is sickening… Five teenagers were charged with aggravated battery yesterday for dousing a 15-year-old with rubbing alcohol and setting him on fire because he stopped someone from stealing his father’s bicycle, authorities said. Details –> AHN. Update courtesy my loyal readers – the article I link to has info that doesn’t quite fit the read more
But the tree did get the bike and trash the front wheel. This is Daniel. When this huge tree came down at Haight and Broderick in San Francisco, he almost ate it. More about Daniel and his adventure at SFist. Photo by expuestosiempre. H/T to Murph. I just took a walk around my apartment complex read more
From The Dallas Morning News: Sergio Portillo, 33, was stopped July 11, 2008, as he rode his bicycle while not wearing a helmet near downtown. He was then searched and charged with drug possession after police said they found that he was carrying crack cocaine. Abuse of power is one of [Attorney David] Pire’s concerns. read more
This is a guest post by Andreas who writes about cycling in London on his blog. You can follow him on Twitter here. We all know electric bikes are becoming more popular, they featured heavily at various cycle shows. In China they sell around 10 million every year. It is likely sales in other countries read more
Happy Tuesday the 13th. For those in the Bay Area, I hope you’re enjoying the wind and the rain. It’s kind of an open secret among cyclists in the San Francisco Bay Area that a “Bike There” mapping option is in internal testing at Google in Mountain View. We’re pretty excited about it, even if read more
From Business Pundit. The Finnish Valio milk brand added a helmet to their bicycling cow. Props to Edwin for this heads up.
