“People are Handsome, We make their Bicycles.” That’s the slogan of the new “Handome Cycles” people in Minneapolis, founded by Jesse Erickson and Ben Morrison. Jesse’s dad owns The Alt, the iconic bike and skate shop in Minneapolis; both Jesse and Ben work at The Alt. “After years or fixing and selling bikes, we knew […]

Like Steephill mentioned in a recent comment here, there’s a big bike race going on right now in the United States — the 2008 Tour of Missouri started today in St. Joseph, MO. After the 90 mile race to Kansas City, Mark Cavendish of Team Columbia took Stage 1 after surging past the peloton for […]

That’s what Velonews says, citing “sources familiar with the developing situation.” According to Velonews, Armstrong plans to race for Astana in the Amgen Tour of California, Paris-Nice, Tour de Georgia, Dauphine-Libere and the Tour de France. Commentary elsewhere shows interest in Armstrong’s return is widespread, with mention in A celebrity blog, a sports doping blog, […]

Cyclelicious Monkey Electric Alleycat update: Detour has been removed — proceed through Columbus and San Diego normally if you haven’t gone through yet. Jamie in Columbus was detained momentarily on his way to the checkpoint for riding without brakes and lights, but we got him bailed out now. There was some confusion at Doc Logan’s […]

Win a Monkey Electric Bicycle Wheel light I’m giving away a Monkey Electric Bicycle Wheel light. Here’s how you win. Sometime between Sunday and next Saturday, fill out the contest entry form. You find the contest entry form by participating in a virtual “alleycat” race. You go from checkpoint to checkpoint, perform (for fun) various […]