Daily Archives: September 3, 2010

Friday bike stuff

Laurent Fignon’s funeral was today in Paris. RIP, Professor.

Hello hurricane

A man rides his bicycle on the beach as Hurricane Earl moves over Virginia Beach, Virginia on September 3, 2010. Hurricane Earl, a category 2 hurricane, will continue north along the eastern coast of the United States

Bikes. Worse than Heroin.

I posted before about a proposed new multiuse path through Santa Cruz’s Pogonip park. The city parks department held a meeting about this plan Wednesday night. The gist of it: There’s a serious problem with heroin use along the eastern edge of Pogonip. The proposed trail for hikers, bikers and equestrians will bring more people read more »

Eurobike 2010 wrapup

Eurobike is the big international bike trade show that takes place every year in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. The show is naturally Eurocentric, but you’ll see product announcements and other news that will filter to the American hemisphere later this month at Interbike. An estimated 35,000 people will visit the 1,100 exhibitors by the time the show read more »

Safety & helmets in Australia

Maybe this is a good reason to wear a bike helmet. From Tom Vanderbilt, who’s visiting Australia. About that magpie. It turns out they can be rather fierce enemies of those on bikes, swooping down from trees to land on their helmets and peck at their ears. As a countermeasure, riders will strap plastic twist-tie-like read more »