Daily Archives: March 29, 2010

Cycling in Benin

Christoph Herby, former pro racer with the Snow Valley and Rite Aid teams turned photographer and Peace Corps Volunteer, has launched a CyclingNews.com blog, Cycling in Benin.

Liev Schreiber rides a bicycle

Photos of actor Liev Schrieber riding a Specialized Globe Vienna bicycle in New York City on March 25.

Cops shoot hatchet, shotgun-wielding bicyclist

That’s really the headline in this San Francisco Chronicle article. Via Erik who asks, “Just how do you ride a bike and wield a hatchet and a shotgun anyway?” and Wuss, who answers, “Obviously by riding hands free.” Maybe this guy was inspired by Spike Bike.

Eben Weiss

I’m filing this under “Celebrity,” because he kind of is.

Biking to school: Controversial

Free Range Kids blogs reports on the same old same old situation of a school banning bike riding and asks why biking to school became ‘controversial,’ this time in Arlington, MA (near Boston). And so it goes: Common sense — and the fact that this is one of the bikingest places in America — would read more »

SF Police Chief Gascon rides a bicycle

San Francisco Police Chief George Gascón (wearing tight and shiny athlete clothes) rides a bicycle with Andy Thornley of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (in the long spy jacket), SF Streetsblog Editor Bryan Goebbel (with the red Nutcase helmet), and Streetfilms director Clarance Eckerson Jr (behind the camera). According to Streetsblog and the SFBC, this read more »