Monthly Archives: January 2010

I see people as traffic obstructions

It’s hard to have compassion on people if you don’t see them clearly. They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put his read more »

Outerbike?

Western Spirit Cycling Tours has organized a consumer outdoor bike demo that they’ve dubbed “Outerbike.” According to Bike Radar, several bicycle brands have already signed up for the Moab demo days over the weekend of September 30 to October 4. Because this comes right on the heels of Interbike, the vendors just send their trailers read more »

Japan: Handmade Bicycle Fair

There’s something called the “Handmade Bicycle Fair” going on this weekend at the the Tokyo Science Museum. Interesting (to me) is that they actually pronounce something like “Handmade Bicycle Fair,” approximating the English pronunciation with the katakana characters [ ハンドメイドバイシクルフェア ]. This comes out in the Japanese something like “hando medo baisikuru fe,” or, if read more »

Women Of Dirt

Mountain bike film features women athletesCalifornia premier in Santa Cruz The official trailer for Awesome Land: Women of Dirt recently came out. Women of Dirt showcases women in mountain biking, featuring Tammy Donahugh, Stephanie Nychka, Cierra Smith, Emily Johnston, Lisa Myklak, Jill Kintner, Leana Gerrard, Dawn Cashen, Katrina Strand, Kathy Pruitt, and Darcy Turenne. The read more »

Construction Obstruction

Santa Cruz is reasonably bike friendly. Take, for example, this bike path alongside East Cliff Drive. It’s a bidirectional bike path adjacent to the one way (east bound) East Cliff Drive between 41st Avenue and 32nd Avenue. There’s currently construction underway to rebuild portions of the roadway and bikeway that have been lost to bluff read more »

Roadies and Wafels?

Pedaling.TV, the New York culinary cycling series, continues this week with “Roadies and Wafels.” Cyclocross racer Meredith Miller gets a high tech bike fit then takes the lane in New York City with Joan Hanscom on their quest for the perfect Belgian Waffle served from a truck.