Politicians and cycling advocates in Los Angeles want to extend a bike path along the Los Angeles River to provide a relatively flat, straight, low traffic bike route from the San Gabriel Valley into downtown Los Angeles. Jennifer Klausner, executive director of the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, said the bike path potentially offers the […]
Cyclelicious is your new bicycle. See, it’s so easy. Mary rides her fixed gear Bianchi Pista in Crocs. Photo by me. More bicycle blog nonsense below. Not really bicycle related, but interesting: “Two machete-wielding robbers, aged 20 and 16, attempted a heist at the Regents Park Sporting and Community Club in Sydney, Australia. Unfortunately for […]
I posted the Lucas Brunelle video last night. I guess you might say I admire his riding after a fashion, but there’s no way I’d ever ride like that. I obey the traffic signals and mostly ride legally, at least as legally as most people drive, anyway, and probably more so — I’m one of […]
The Big Dummy is Surly’s recently introduced long tail bicycle. What differentiates the Big Dummy from other long tails is that it’s designed for use with Xtracycle’s modular components for the Free Radical system. WCCO in Minneapolis featured the Surly Big Dummy in a recent newscast. You can watch the archived video here. According to […]
I’m a fan of Lucas Brunelle’s alleycat cycling videos. Here he is in Stockholm, Sweden. I found this at Pierre Requiroule’s blog, where he writes: “Complètement malade et ça ressemble à une compilation de ce qu’on peut faire de pire à vélo.” That’s French for “These guys are freakin’ maniacs on bikes!” Those Swedes sure […]
Bicycle stuff first of all. One of my co-workers, Jeff, bought a brand new bike — a carbon fiber Giant TCR Advanced. We chatted for a while, and then he pulled ahead and I managed to hang on to his wheel for approximately six inches and then he zoomed away from me like Superman off […]