In the aftermath of the Cupertino bicycle fatalities, in which law abiding cyclists were struck and killed by an apparently dozing driver, the San Francisco Chronicle published this article about law breaking scofflaw cyclists. Besides the whole disconnect from the media (law abiding cyclists die, so lets talk about those law breaking cyclists we always […]
Zakkalicious posts about Fear Mongering among some American cyclists. I think it was Bike Lane Hottie who wrote that cycling advocates continually gripe about how dangerous cycling is, and then wonder why nobody wants to ride a bike. Cycle Dog and I occasionally discuss this topic of ineffective advocacy over email. Enjoy the ride and […]
A cyclist was killed Tuesday morning after he was passed and struck by a cement truck in Santa Cruz. According to this news report, the truck driver overtook the cyclist where there isn’t room to pass, and the truck driver never apparently didn’t know he hit somebody until authorities found the truck several blocks away. […]
That’s the price per gallon of regular unleaded gasoline at this Shell gas station in Palo Alto this evening. It shot up a nickel from this morning when it was priced at $3.969. At other stations in Palo Alto a more typical price is around $3.88 per gallon. What’s gasoline running for in your area?
It’s time to clear out my backlog of old bicycle news and study up on my GRE vocabulary. This photo depicts a Mad Cat rider at the 8 hour Boggs Mountain Bike event. Photo by Ken Conley, who’s posted 300+ photos from the event to his website, including some fun Crimes Against Photography. What pulchritudinously […]
At an employee meeting this morning, Trek president John Burke announced that Trek filed a lawsuit to sever the company’s ongoing relationship with three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond. This suit comes on a heels of commentary from LeMond, in which LeMond recently disclosed that Trek pressured him to issue a public apology to […]