CBS says the local police plan a sting operation to catch bike thieves. They’ll equip random bikes with tracking devices to try to track down organized groups of bike thieves. Via < a href=”http://www.twitter.com/jymdyerJym.
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Contest: What’s wrong with this picture?
June 28, 2010 – 12:23 pm
Update: We have a winner! The answer I was looking for is backwards fork (or headset). The others were good answers too, but ‘scnottin’ is the winner. I’ve sent an email asking for his address. Respond either here in a comment or as a reply to me on Twitter. Be the first to tell me read more
Distractions
June 28, 2010 – 10:07 am
Watch later today for a chance to win a copy of David Byrne’s Bicycle Diaries. It’ll be a quiz question, and the first to answer correctly either as a comment here or as a response to me on Twitter wins the book.
Toronto Bike Cops
June 26, 2010 – 3:00 pm
Bikes as transportation and shields during the G20 Summit Meeting in Toronto yesterday. Hover over the photos for captions and attribution.
Reed Bates jailed again
June 26, 2010 – 12:13 pm
(UPDATE: Reed Bates’ bail was reduced from $5000 to $300 earlier today. Yes, that’s $5000 for a bicycling offense.) (UPDATE, SUNDAY MORNING: Bates was released at 4:15PM yesterday. Trial date on July 29 in Waxahachie. Possibly on all pending charges.) The story of Reed Bates and his struggles with the legal system in Ennis, Texas, read more
Tallbikes and the law
June 26, 2010 – 8:54 am
Apparently a good time was had by all last night when the Los Angeles police joined LA Critical Mass.
