Lots and lots of bicycle news to catch up on, which should be (mostly) celebrity-free… Levi Leipheimer in Sports Illustrated. Okay, so he’s a celebrity. Bicyclist tackles bike thief. The bicyclist is the mayor of Ogden, Utah. Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (of which I’m a member) to provide free bike parking at Webcore King of […]
Be sure to visit the Sheldon Brown memorial for your comments. People are also leaving comments at Sheldon Brown’s MySpace page as well as his Facebook page. Harris Cyclery says a memorial service will be scheduled for March. I’m sure it will be huge. One of the best obituaries I read came from Sheldon’s friend […]
While she worked Off Broadway in New York City in the 80s, Jennifer Aniston supported herself by working as a bike messenger among other menial starving actress jobs. So says Wikipedia, this online biography, and this interview in Elle.
Wow, I wish Courtney Cox was my friend! Courtney bought her friend Jennifer Aniston a shiny new designer $12,000 one-of-a-kind Chanel bicycle after Aniston expressed an interest in hitting Los Angeles’ bike lanes. According to “a source,” “Jennifer said she wanted to start bike riding because it’s such good exercise. So Courteney sent her the […]
Dorel acquires Cannondale – Two distinct bicycle divisions to be created Possible move to Asian manufacturing? Dorel Industries Inc announced the acquisition of Cannondale Bicycle Corporation of Bethel, CT. Dorel — which owns the U.S. based Pacific Cycles which in turn markets Schwinn, GT Bicycle, Mongoose, Pacific, Dyno, Murray, RoadMaster, PowerLite and InSTEP brands of […]
Meet Carolyne’s puppy dog, Major Tom G. Warrior. Read more about Carolyne in issue 4 of Urban Velo Magazine. Photo by Jeff the publisher. And for goodness sake somebody buy Urban Jeff a pro account for his Flickr account. Remember all, I’m pandering to all pet lovers out there. If you post a cute photo […]