Nicole Cook of the UK won the Gold Medal this morning in the women’s road race during the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Photo copied from Pez Cycling News, which has lots of photos of the women cycling through the rain during their road race. Nicole used to ride her bike to school. This stuff pays […]
Tourists on bikes delay ferry commutes. Tourists to San Francisco, many of them from overseas, rent bicycles from several locations in The City. They ride their bikes across the Golden Gate Bridge to Sausalito, then catch the ferry back to the city. Because of unprecented bike use, though, the offloading tourists with bikes are delaying […]
Fixed Gear Pete has a photo of a hot Olympic cyclist at his site! Since you landed here, you might be interested in the Cyclelicious Girls page, Cyclelicious Celebrities, or Paris Hilton’s energy policy video. Beijing 2008 Olympics.
The Spanish Armada: That’s how Ken Conley described the Spanish cycling team’s performance this morning with Spaniard Samuel Sanchez’s gold medal in the men’s road racing team. I watched the race live but finally had to throw the towel in at about 1 A.M., just like the field of 53 DNFs in the race that […]
Urban Costume Karaoke Bicycle Brigade: Tomorrow in Dolores Park. Santa Cruz rail line to be purchased. The Santa Cruz Regional Transportation Commission agreed yesterday to pay Union Pacific $14.2 million for the 32 mile stretch of railroad from Davenport to Watsonville. County residents already use the railroad right of way for bicycling and walking, and […]
Olympic broadcasters around the world have been sent into panic as Games organisers warned them there was a chance the men’s cycling road race may be postponed because of smog. Read more. I guess we’ll know for sure tomorrow morning. Related news: WIRED compares the air in Beijing with previous Olympic host cities. USA Today: […]