Here is my month-by-month recap of bicycle stories that have caught my eye and yours through 2011. I’ll post a few quick quizes later today here at Cyclelicious; first to answer the questions correctly wins a free Kindle download of Keith Snyder’s new collection of bicycle short stories. Reading over this now after I post, […]
Notwithstanding my earlier post today on road rage and harassment, almost all of my bike rides are without incident. And so are yours.
Thanks for the all the great entries! Comments are now closed on this post. We’ll pick a winner this week so stay tuned! This photo of a smiling Andy Schleck and his friend deserves a caption. $20 Amazon Gift Certificate for whoever can write the best caption.
Today is a national holiday to honor military veterans in the UK Commonwealth Nations, the United States, and some European nations. The United States spends about as much on the military as the entire rest of the world combined and has been on a nearly constant state of war since the Korean War, so we […]
UltraRob took this photo of ProTonLocks Magnetic Bicycle Pedals during Outdoor Demo at Interbike 2009. He says they magnets are strong enough to hold the shoe in place. According to ProTonLocks, these pedal retention systems are used a lot for therapy for injuries or cerebral palsy. ProTonLocks seems to be marketed mostly toward BMX riders. […]
While reading the Wikipedia article about the Japanese language, I encountered this sentence about how Japanese pronounce the “R” sound: The ‘r’ of the Japanese language (technically a lateral apical postalveolar flap), is of particular interest, sounding to most English speakers to be something between an ‘l’ and a retroflex ‘r’ depending on its position […]