The Tour of Missouri professional cycling race begins tomorrow with an 85 mile circuit of Kansas City, Missouri. Cycling.TV will carry live streaming video coverage each day of the Tour of Missouri. Video updates can also be viewed at the Tour of Missouri official website. I don’t plan to cover the Tour of Missouri, but […]
Update 9/10/2007: Kudos to Frank for the additional details. According to this earlier news article, skateboards, roller blades, roller skates and bicycles will be prohibited in the entire city of New Llano except on private property. This is so stunningly anti-American I don’t know what to say. The phone number at New Llano city hall […]
Paddling a boat another form of human power transportation. I’ve thought about doing this, commuting to work by kayak, that is. I work right on San Francisco Bay, but kayaking is a slow way to go. The BBC article calls it a canoe, but the watercraft pictured is actually a kayak though this might be […]
For those who dislike Team Slipstream’s distinctive argyle jersey design, here’s your chance to change the design: a jersey design contest for a professional cycling team! Entries must be received September 15. A panel of judges will select the top five designs, and then these selections will be moved to the web where the public […]
I feel like ranting today. What’s wrong with this picture? The 16th Street Pedestrian Mall is a 16-block long pedestrian mall running through downtown Denver. 16th Street is closed to absolutely all vehicular traffic — including bicycles — EXCEPT for the free mall shuttle buses that circulate regularly up and down 16th Street. I didn’t […]
After Caltrain demonstrated wireless Internet access in a proof of concept last year, Caltrain received two proposals for providing WiFi. Unfortunately, Caltrain’s Joint Powers Board has had to reject those proposals as too expensive and too restrictive. Bummer.