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Former UK Olympic cyclist Chris Boardman created what he envisions to be a bike of the future.

Built in solar cells overlaid on the carbon fiber frame power an electric assist motor and other electronics on the bike, including a fingerprint recognition anti-theft feature and built in cyclocomputer. Spokeless wheels reduce air drag, and puncture resistant tires are self inflating.

Boardman was known as “The Professor” for his meticulous attention to detail in training and for his technical know how. He’s applied his knowledge in the bikes he helps design for Boardman Bikes.

More about this bike at the Daily Mail. Via Fast Company and Pedalr. I would’ve sent this to James, but he’s having some Internet access problems in China.

It looks like somebody in San Francisco decided to take some revenge on furry creatures that jump in front of bikes.

Better than this, I suppose.

See more at Velo Vogue -> Homme Cro-Magnon à vélo.

I know I just posted a photo of Anna Paquin on a bicycle the other day, but I saw this one and had to do it again. I absolutely love that she’s not a gutter bunny.

More celebrities on bicycles photos here.

London Cyclist has a wonderful collection of bicycle posters you can use to dress up your living and working space.

See also: Chef on Bike.

The Leadville Trail 100 mountain bike race will offer live streaming video of race updates for the first time. They’re charging $5.95 to view the live webcasts of the race.

The Leadville Trail 100 mountain bike race is a 100 mile out and back race through the Colorado Rockies that begins in Leadville, Colorado at elevation 10,200 feet above sea level. Two out of three racers finish within the 12 hour time limit.

Local favorite David Weins of Gunnison won the LT100 last year, setting a new course record and beating first timer Lance Armstrong by under two minutes. Armstrong has reportedly been training hard for the 2009 race by participating in road bike races in the United States and Europe.

See also:

• Leadville 100 live webcast info.
• BI: Lance looking better for Leadville.
• BWN: Lance wins Colorado mountain bike championship.
• Biking Bis: Armstrong wins Blast the Mass.

A bicycle theft victim in Menlo Park, California saw her bike for sale on Craigslist. She notified the local police and, amazingly, the cops arranged a sting operation and arrested the alleged bike thief!

The police recovered another bike that was also reported as missing, so it really does help in some cities to report those bike thefts and save those serial numbers. I have photos of my bike bottom brackets where the serial numbers are inscribed in case I ever need to report a stolen bicycle.

Props to Ellen Fletcher, Dan, and others for the news.