Steve Vance put together a web page about Nishiki bicycle history and information on several specific Japanese made bike models.

The Register reports on an alarming assault on a cyclist in Sweden.

Swedish cops are on the look-out for a quintet of tattooed girls who dragged a 50-year-old man off his bicycle, pulled down his trousers and smalls and “sexually molested” the poor bloke.

Having had their evil way, the five assailants made good their escape. The man was “not otherwise beaten or physically assaulted”.

More in The Register with its sensationalist headline.

The article the comments include several offers to act as “bait” to catch these criminals, etc.

Original article in Aftonbladet, which appears to be a Swedish gossip / rumor sheet.

What’s wrong with this picture?

Yes, this really is a guy on a mountain bike in the middle of a criterium, and he indeed had a number pinned on. Predictably, bad things happened. It’s all fun and games until somebody gets hurt.

Read the details here.

Do you remember Reardon Sullivan? He’s the guy who famously declared that “one of the major hazards on our roadways in Montgomery County right now [are] bicyclists.”

The San Francisco Chronicle apparently agrees, printing several anti cycling screeds in the Letters To The Editor section while ignoring a hit and run involving a 4 year kid on a bike. The SFPD also apparently agrees, because they’ve completely ignored tracking down driver in spite of a personalized plate and car description (and an update on that: a private citizen apparently has tracked down the hit and run driver).

Here’s a very quick sampling of some recent traffic carnage around the United States.

Man drives his Jaguar through the front window of a toy store in Palo Alto. Vrooom!

Big crash Tuesday morning on Highway 17 across the Santa Cruz Mountains tied traffic up for hours. Two helicopters landed on the highway to transport the victims, and CHP, firefighters and tow operators had to clean up the mess.

Warrensburg, Missouri hit and run kills 1, sends two to the hospital. [Photos]

Elderly driver in Medford, MA runs over children. Elsewhere in Masschussetts, this driver runs down a child in a crosswalk.

Fort Myers Florida: Pedestrian hit by passing car.

And FTW! Out of control driver smashes a non-insured Ford Bronco through the front door of a bike shop. Bike shop now doing a “Door Buster Sale” and offering discounts to everybody with a proof of insurance card. What about car free folks who don’t need to carry auto insurance?

One Street is an international non profit working worldwide to help cycling advocates achieve their goals to increase bicycling.

One Street has a number of resources on their website for bicycling and motorist education, bikes and transit, city planning and design, Ciclovia type events, school programs and more.

One Street is founded by Sue Knaup, former Director of the Thunderhead Alliance.

More -> OneStreet.org.

Here’s a video of a cyclist running a red light. Naughty naughty, cyclist! Shame on you!

Now watch video of a pickup truck running a red light.

I don’t run red lights as a cyclist and don’t condone it at all, but tell me: Where should law enforcement focus its safety efforts? And where do motorists get off on telling cyclists to clean up our act and obey the rules of the road? Motorists have a huge beam to dig out of their eyes before they can even begin to whine about the mote in the cyclist’s eye.

See also:

• No one at the wheel.
• Why do they do that? Traffic lights and stop signs.
• Scofflaw motorists.
• Myth of the Scofflaw Cyclist.