I don’t know about your area, but where I ride the vast majority of cyclists ride cheap flea market bikes and speak Spanish. The areas around Home Depot are littered with their bikes chained to trees and fences. These cyclists hug the gutter, go the wrong way, often ride without lights or any other safety […]
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 […]
Hometown hero Levi Leipheimer welcomed by record crowdsTibco’s Brooke Miller wins first Tour of California Women’s Criterium Record crowds were on-hand for Stage 1 of the Amgen Tour of California to watch the world’s best cyclists travel over some of California’s most scenic highways, from Sausalito to Santa Rosa, culminating with a climactic finish […]
Tready calls it Speedlinking, so here we go… WIRED: Rent bikes via cellphone in Germany. Photo by Bruce Turner in Austin. MAKE: Conductive paint LED bike helmet. Photo: One legged track cyclist at the Thinking Blog. I see a one legged bike commuter during my commute on some mornings. Gizmodo doesn’t like the bicycle food […]
I hate it when that happens. Watch the track cyclists go. And not go. Via.
Maybe I’m out of touch, but I picture creepy desperate stalkers in this article about hooking up with random women on bikes using the wildly popular Velib bike rental service in Paris, France. Two-wheeled séducteurs prefer to hang around the Velib rental stations offering aid to neophyte women. “Always smile and be helpful when la […]