This is one that escaped my attention until recently. Virgin Media created the world’s smallest cinema on a bicycle to promote their Virgin Media Shorts award ceremony. They call it a Flick-saw. The compact cinema can fit an amazingly small amount of people, just two! It comes with surround sound, popcorn and drinks. It is […]
David aka Fred, Mark aka “Thighs”, Tim aka Uncle Giant, Rich aka Mr Interbike, Chris aka Belgian Head Case, Scott aka Sleepy, and I talked about cycling on issue #45 of the Spokesmen. I think we talked about Interbike (more filling, tastes great!), Taiwan (food and fun in the tropical sun), the future of Team […]
My (mostly non cycling) buddy Michael in Denver asked what the point of this Speed Vest is. Why is it helpful for motorists to know how fast a cyclist is going? I think motorists see a bike and mostly think “slow.” And yes, we generally are slower than most traffic. But there have been occasions […]
Lance Armstrong responded to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s inquiry this morning on Twitter and confirmed he will race next May in the 2010 Amgen Tour of California. This was followed by responses from Levi Leipheimer, George Hincapie and David Zabriskie that they also plan to race in California next May, followed by a Twitter conversation […]
Well, the official announcement was supposed to be at 10 AM, but several people (including the Governator) pre-announced about a half hour ago. Here are the host cities. Stage 1, Sunday May 16: Amgen Tour of California will begin with a 78 mile race from Nevada City to Sacramento. Stage 2, Monday May 17: Davis […]
The first San Jose Bike to the Movie night is tonight, Thursday, October 22 at the Camera 12, on South Second between San Carlos and Paseo de San Antonio (that pedestrian mall type area). Tonight it’s “Quicksilver” with Kevin Bacon as a down on his luck stockbroker who discovers purpose as a bike messenger. The […]