What’s your view of selective enforcement of bike laws?

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Author David Herlihy is visiting California to promote his book The Lost Cyclist this week.

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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was riding his bike in the bike lane on Venice Boulevard last Saturday night when he was hooked cut off by by a cab driver.

The taxi driver passed Villaraigosa then pulled abruptly in front of the mayor, pulled out directly in front of Villaraigosa, causing the Mayor to lose control, tumble from the bike and break his elbow.

More:

• LA Green Living Examiner
• LA Times Blog.

H/T to Joe Anthony and Ross X in LA. Biking In LA hasn’t mentioned this yet, but I’m sure he will soon followed up on the story and got the details on what happened:

So while the driver did cause what the police term a no-contact collision, it was not a hit-and-run. And the only chargeable offense would be making an unsafe lane change or failure to yield.

Welcome to our world.

You’d be hard pressed to find anyone who’s spent much time riding the streets of this city who doesn’t have a similar tale to tell. Except drivers usually don’t stop for cyclists who don’t ride with a security detail.

And I have a feeling the police took the mayor’s call a little more seriously than they have the rest of us.

Bad luck for Andy Schleck: He’s powering up the hill at Port de Balès with Alberto Contador right on his tail when Schleck loses his chain and blurts a bad word. Contador takes advantage of the mechanical to pass and put 40 seconds between himself and Schleck.

(Spoiler below…)

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Good morning. I’m getting over a weird summer fever right now, but I managed to catch the start of the July 2010 San Jose Bike Party at Santa Clara University last Friday evening.

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Robin Moore — the Portland OR film maker who lampooned road and fixed gear cyclists with his brilliant “All About Performance” music video — has created a new “MC Spandex” parody video. This time, he targets mountain bikers with “Get Dirty.”

Enjoy this video by the “Dirty Crunk Freeride Thuggs.”

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