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Interbike 2012 Roundup

September 20, 2012 – 9:36 am

One of my colleagues passed away last weekend. He was an ornery cuss but lovable all the same. I’m headed to his funeral now so this will be a real quickie roundup.

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Politics as usual

November 9, 2011 – 3:21 pm
Carry girlfriend in messenger bag

Thank you to all who contacted your Senator regarding the mandatory sidepath law in S.1813. In case you missed the earlier update, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee unamimously approved S.1813, the MAP-21 highway authorization bill. The bill goes to the Senate floor. Details about the process and further opportunities for your involvement read more »

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June Gloom

June 6, 2011 – 11:36 am

While those of you in the U.S. Midwest and South swelter with record heat, La Niña cold water conditions in the Pacific Ocean coupled with a crazy jet stream delivering arctic air straight to the California coast has resulted in cold and rain for us in California. The radio weather forecaster began laughing like a read more »

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Follow Friday

October 23, 2009 – 3:03 pm

Happy Friday, all! Curtis responded to a Speedvest discussion on BikeForums.net with his own photoshopped Speedvest. He tells me he met the Speed Vest people at Maker Faire and they loved his version. Steephill has all the latest on the 2010 Tour of California. Speaking of which, a lot of people (including myself) liked how read more »

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Bicycles and balloons

October 15, 2009 – 4:00 pm

Gee, wasn’t that fun following the adventures of “Balloon Boy” Falcon Heene today, and it turns out he’s safe and sound at home the whole time. My buddy Brian wonders if this was a publicity stunt. What else happened today? US headed for massive decline in carbon emissions. A San Francisco cyclist hit and run read more »

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LED Headlights for your bicycle

July 11, 2008 – 2:23 pm

NOTE: Watch for a contest this next week. The prize will be one of these leather toe clip sewing kits from “Swamp” in Tokyo. Jim G writes about his next LED bike light project. There’s a ton of LED lighting technology available now and Jim writes his thoughts on what he’ll with some of the read more »

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