February 2, 20111 Comment on Amgen Tour of California announces doping controls
AEG, Amgen and the US Anti Doping Agency (USADA) announced what they claim is “the most comprehensive anti-doping program in the history of the Amgen Tour of California.”
But first, there’s this news about Filippo Simeoni’s response to an interview Floyd Landis did with Paul Kimmage.
February 2, 20111 Comment on Sterilized bike lanes
Bike lanes blocked by double parkers, delivery trucks, and debris are a fact of life for many American cyclists. This week, many year round cyclists are dealing with bike lanes that are used as road side snow storage as snow plows push ice and snow into the bike lane.
February 1, 20115 Comments on Snow day reading
I lived in Wichita Falls, Texas for a while (before that monstrosity of an elevated freeway was constructed straight over downtown), and one distinct memory I have is that of a whole long line of police cars responding to an accident on the north side of town during an unusually wintry day. I watched from my bicycle on an access road as I watched several of them slide into the ditch.
February 1, 20112 Comments on Rahm Emanuel rides a bicycle
Some of you might not know that Barack Obama’s former Chief of Staff resigned his White House office last October to run for Mayor of Chicago. After a judicial kerfuffle about residency requirements, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled last week that Rahm is indeed a legal resident of Chicago and eligible to run for the mayor’s office.
Emanuel, who infamously created a hit list of political enemies he wished were emphatically “dead” (his word, not mine) back when Sarah Palin was a nobody in Wasilla, is an avid cyclist who’s as serious about biking as he is politics. He’s a triathlete who has difficulty playing well with others, and he’s known as an aggressive lycra-clad jerk who rides too fast on recreational trails. Expanding Chicago’s bicycling plan is a central part of his proposed transportation plan for chicago.
February 1, 20113 Comments on Kirsten Dunst rides a bicycle
That creature in the pink skirt and blue hair is Kirsten Dunst in a cosplay outfit riding a bicycle across the crosswalk in the Akihabara district of Tokyo.
January 31, 20111 Comment on Tim Robbins rides a bicycle
Actor Tim Robbins (“Bull Durham,” “Shawshank Redemption,” “Mystic River”) is seen riding his KHS Urban Xcape bicycle in Santa Monica, California last Tuesday, when the high temperature was 71°F.
Tim has a handy basket on his rear rack to tote his things. A Kryptonite NY Lock is mounted in its frame bracket.
See more photos of Tim Robbins on his bike at Hollyweirdo.