Presidential candidates who support bike advocacy

Published June 17, 2008 / by Richard Masoner / 10 Comments on Presidential candidates who support bike advocacy

Barack Obama met at the Chicago home of SRAM vice president F. K. Day with Bikes Belong executive director Tim Blumenthal and other board members of the Bikes Belong Coalition last week. Obama pledged support for increased funding of bicycle and pedestrian projects, including the Safe Routes to School program, if he’s elected president. They […]

Tour of California through the Santa Cruz Mountains?

Published June 17, 2008 / by Richard Masoner / 8 Comments on Tour of California through the Santa Cruz Mountains?

Ken scooped me on this: Palo Alto is angling to host a stage finish of the 2009 Tour of California. A proposed stage would start “north of San Francisco” (in Marin County, probably?), wind across San Francisco into the coast range then drop out of the Santa Cruz Mountains into downtown Palo Alto. Just for […]

Santa Cruz Wildcat 2008 photos

Published June 16, 2008 / by Richard Masoner / 8 Comments on Santa Cruz Wildcat 2008 photos

Josh Muir, owner of Frances Cycles in Santa Cruz, organized the Santa Cruz Wildcat alleycat race that took place last weekend. The Wildcat featured all of the traditional alleycat things — checkpoints, spoke cards, scavenger hunt, a total disregard for traffic laws and personal property, etc. — as well as some uniquely Santa Cruz features: […]

Collaborative marketing: USA + France

Published June 16, 2008 / by Richard Masoner / Leave a Comment

Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) and AEG announced a marketing partnership to cross promote each other’s events. ASO owns the Tour de France and other European races, while AEG is the US based sports presenter that owns the Tour of California. Beginning with the upcoming 2008 Tour de France and 2009 Amgen Tour of California, the […]

Frazz

Published June 16, 2008 / by Richard Masoner / 6 Comments on Frazz

Read and discuss. I saw $4.75 at the 76 gas station in Menlo Park on my way to work this morning. I brought my daughter to work so we rode the employee shuttle. For the first time I ever saw every seat in the shuttle was taken.

Britain’s bike tribes

Published June 15, 2008 / by Richard Masoner / Leave a Comment

Recumbent riders, folder fantatics, fixed nuts, manic messengers, sit-up-and-beg brigade, weekend warrior, speed bandit, workaday wheelers, tandem tourers, and BMX dads are all described in this guide to Britain’s new bike tribes. We mustn’t forget about the anarchists, too!

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