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• I’m Supporting the Fight Against Cancer, and I Need Your Help

  Next summer I’ll be participating in the LIVESTRONG Challenge Philly as a member of Team Fatty. If you’re not aware, LIVESTRONG seeks to inspire and empower people affected by cancer and through the LIVESTRONG Challenge I’m picking a fight with cancer and uniting with others who are interested in [...]

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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 11:04am EST
  by VeloLoser

• Kisscross Gets Dirty

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  After a season of relatively warm and dry races, temperatures dropped, rain fell, and the Kisscross series finale in Holland, MI buried racers in thick wet mud. Now this is cyclocross.

  Race report soon.

  In the meantime, here's a few photo galleries of the fun:

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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 9:18am EST
  by VeloLoser

• @DarbyRides Thanks man – I def…

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  @DarbyRides Thanks man - I def. see it that way, but sux when you know you could have done better. Still happy with performance, though.

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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 6:45pm EST
  by VeloLoser

• Three is a Magic Number

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  My third go at racing marked the first time I actually managed to show up with enough time to properly warm up and prepare.I went to sleep at a reasonable hour on Saturday night, with my race bag packed and ready to and the coffee maker [...]

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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 9:09am EST
  by VeloLoser

• Cyclocross Dressing

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  Kisscross - Richmond Park - November 1, 2009 (fotoman311)

  He also raced in the dress.

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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 10:30am EST
  by VeloLoser

• The Tunnel and the Wall of Grass

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  Two weeks after my first attempt at racing, I set out for Detroit's historic Fort Wayne to give it another go. I wasn't going to be able to make Kisscross this time around, and the unique setting of Mad Anthony CX made it hard to pass up - and [...]

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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 8:29pm EDT
  by VeloLoser

• Embrocation Cycling Journal: ‘Cross ABC’s

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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 3:12pm EDT
  by VeloLoser

• Lungbuster CX Sunday at Old Maybury Sanatorium

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  Note: I wasn't able to make it to Lungbuster, but it looks like I missed a good race. From the photos I've seen it looks like it was pretty amazing. If you were there and would be willing to post a race report please contact me. I'm especially' [...]

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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 12:43pm EDT
  by VeloLoser

• Mad Anthony CX Video

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  Had a blast at Mad Anthony on Saturday. It was a tough course in a very unique setting. I'll have a race report soon, but in the meantime, here's a great video made by MattMtb1.

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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 10:29am EDT
  by VeloLoser

• What’s Your Fuel?

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  My main goal for tomorrow's race is to perform as well as I can. That doesn't necessarily mean I want to place better than last time. I'm more interested in coming to the race better prepared, sufficiently warmed up, and well-fueled so that I can be in control' [...]

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  Posted: October 16, 2009, 9:31am EDT
  by VeloLoser

• Race #2 Approaches

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  Over the last week, I've spent a lot of time looking back on my first race, but with only one week to my second event, I'm trying what I've learned and apply it to Saturday's laps.

  In some ways, I feel more ready for the next race than the previous [...]

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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 9:13am EDT
  by VeloLoser

• A First, But Not Last

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  On Saturday I entered and finished my first bicycle race. Ever. In my entire life. Okay, you get it.

  I've been a cyclist for years, but I’ve never really had the urge to race until recently.

  Since the end of July was a bit late to begin road' [...]

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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 2:18pm EDT
  by VeloLoser

• Quote of the Day

  "Cycling's enemy is not the car; it is the idiot. And idiots travel by foot, car, and bicycle." - BikeSnobNYC Share This

  
  

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  Posted: September 29, 2009, 9:39am EDT
  by VeloLoser

• Detroit Cyclocross!

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  I just got word of the Mad Anthony Cyclocross Race, October 17 at historic Fort Wayne in Detroit. "Get ready to mix history and racing with the Mad Anthony Cyclocross race at historic Fort Wayne in SE Detroit. The fort was built in 1845 and is a treasure trove of history." [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2009, 2:07pm EDT
  by VeloLoser

• I’m Getting Nervous

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  I'm starting to get somewhat worried about how I'll do at my first race, which is now about two weeks away. I've been running and riding as much as I can, and I've even been trying to practice dismounts whenever I am able - even during my commutes - but I'm' [...]
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  Posted: September 18, 2009, 10:27am EDT
  by VeloLoser

• LoserCross

  The October 3 date of my first cyclocross race - my first race, period - is fast approaching, so I'm quickly slapping a bike together out of some parts I have available. Next year I'll probably build a "real" 'cross bike, but currently I am not in the position to buy' [...]
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  Posted: September 16, 2009, 7:05pm EDT
  by VeloLoser

• Kisscross 2009 #1: Cannonsburg

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  Here's a great video capturing various moments from the first race in the 2009 Kisscross cyclocross series - a night race, under the lights at Cannonsburg Ski Area. My six-year-old son and I went out to watch this one - I plan to race in October and wanted to see a [...]
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  Posted: September 13, 2009, 10:57pm EDT
  by VeloLoser

• State News Columnist Threatens to “Run Over” Cyclists

  From the State News:

  Black 2001 Saturn SC2. That’s the car I drive — and if you’re a bicyclist on the road but not in a bike path and you see my car, I hope you’re wearing a helmet, because I might run you over.

  That’s right, Michigan State University’s student [...]

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  Posted: April 09, 2009, 11:47am EDT
  by Michael B

• Cyclists’ Special

  

  A short film about a day out cycling in 1955, made by the British Rail film board.

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  Posted: March 24, 2009, 1:56pm EDT
  by Michael B

• tiffany from memory

  
  
  
  tiffany from memory
  
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  Posted: March 04, 2009, 8:14am EST
  by Michael B

• Please Join Me for Bike MS

  

  Every hour of every day, someone is diagnosed with MS. That’s why I registered for Bike MS and that’s why I’m asking your to support my fundraising efforts with a tax-deductible donation.

  The National Multiple Sclerosis Society is dedicated to creating a world free of [...]

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  Posted: February 24, 2009, 10:04pm EST
  by Michael B

• Browser Parts Search

  Since I frequently search across several sites for bicycle components I’m working on making browser plug-ins for Firefox that will search some of my most commonly hit bike parts sites from the browser toolbar.

  The first one is for Jenson USA, and can be installed to Firefox (and some other [...]

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  Posted: February 24, 2009, 11:02am EST
  by Michael B

• Hopes & Wishes

  

  Today’s Yehuda Moon:

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  Posted: February 20, 2009, 8:24am EST
  by Michael B

• 70 miles on a Fixie?

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  From BikeRadar.com:

  This Fixie is not a fixie!

  Riding 70, undulating miles on a fixed wheel bike could be a sign of manliness. Or masochism. So to boast of a 70-mile ‘jaunt’ on a fixie would surely be a sign that I’m a) extremely butch, b) kinky or [...]

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  Posted: January 29, 2009, 9:54am EST
  by Michael B

• Bikelophone System

  

  bikelophone system

  Originally constructed in June 1995 as a side instrument for The Lyle and Sparkleface Band, the bikelophone has evolved into a palette of sonic exploration.With magnetic pickups attached to amplify the sound, anything connected to the bike becomes amplified. The current configuration includes - [...]

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  Posted: January 28, 2009, 9:49am EST
  by Michael B

• Bright Bike!

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  From MAKE:

  Mandiberg covered a bicycle in retroreflective vinyl. The above pic combines two shots of the same bike - left side taken with flash, right side without. Wow!

  We used Scotchlight 680 vinyl. When the bicycle is in the beam of a light (like a car’s [...]

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  Posted: January 28, 2009, 8:32am EST
  by Michael B

• A Bicycle Evangelist With the Wind Now at His Back

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  From the New York Times:

  PORTLAND, Ore. — For years, Earl Blumenauer has been on a mission, and now his work is paying off. He can tell by the way some things are deteriorating around here.

  “People are flying through stop signs on bikes,” Mr. Blumenauer said. “We are seeing in [...]

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  Posted: January 14, 2009, 9:16am EST
  by Michael B

• Officer Is Indicted in Toppling of Cyclist

  From the New York Times:

  A police officer who was caught knocking a man off his bicycle in Times Square over the summer in a video that was distributed widely on YouTube has been indicted by a grand jury, according to lawyers involved in the case.

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  Posted: December 16, 2008, 5:07pm EST
  by Michael B

• U.S. Bicycle Route System In The Works

  From CBS News:

  At first glance, everything seems out of place on the map of a new interstate road system taking shape across the nation.

  Interstate 95 runs down the stunning sweep of the Pacific Coast, not the congested blandness of the Eastern Seaboard. Route 1 meanders along country roads, not [...]

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  Posted: December 12, 2008, 4:09pm EST
  by Michael B

• Missing

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  Missing
  
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  I haven’t seen it. Have you?
  
  

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  Posted: October 24, 2008, 10:45am EDT
  by Michael B

• Rails-to-Trails Conservancy to receive national press coverage TODAY

  From Rails to Trails:

  Rails-to-Trails Conservancy to receive national  press coverage TODAY,

  Monday, October 20 at 1:30 p.m. ET
  

  for the release of our

  “Active Transportation for America” Report to Congress
  with Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minn.)

  This event will be covered by the cable news network, C-SPAN.
  Please check your local listings for further [...]

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  Posted: October 20, 2008, 11:25am EDT
  by Michael B

• I’m no fan of this bailout, but ...

  I’m no fan of this bailout, but I’ve got to hand it to Blumenauer.

  From Bicycle Retailer and Industry News:

  Employers of people who bike to work stand to gain a $20 per month tax credit per cycling employee, according to the final version of the Wall Street bailout bill, H.R. [...]

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  Posted: October 07, 2008, 8:55am EDT
  by Michael B

• Raritan May Ban Older Teens from Sidewalk Biking

  From WCBS 880:

  Raritan might ban teenagers older than 14 from riding their bicycles on downtown sidewalks.

  Mayor Jo-Ann Liptak says she and some other residents have felt threatened as older cyclists whiz past them.

  Children younger than 14 would be permitted to ride their bikes on the pedestrian thoroughfares in the [...]

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  Posted: October 02, 2008, 11:25am EDT
  by Michael B

• Mom had no choice but to bike at night

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  From the Detroit Free Press:

  Who rides a bike along Woodward Avenue near 12 Mile at 1:30 a.m.?

  That question arose on blogs, message boards and e-mails in the past several days since the Free Press reported Friday on the ghost bike memorial that someone anonymously placed at Linwood and Woodward in [...]

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  Posted: September 30, 2008, 9:44am EDT
  by Michael B

• “Obama Has My Back”

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  “Obama Has My Back” messenger bag, by Chrome.

  Photo by AdamJackson1984 (via Flicker)

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  Posted: September 26, 2008, 8:33am EDT
  by Michael B

• Man on bike killed in S.F.’s Richmond District

  From the SFGate:

  Jordan McKay was just trying to get back home in San Francisco after a long day at work in Berkeley and an evening seeing off a friend traveling to Asia.

  He almost made it but came up two blocks short.

  The 23-year-old went from his job at a film [...]

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  Posted: September 25, 2008, 2:20pm EDT
  by Michael B

• The Know Your Rights Manual for NYC Bike Messengers

  
  

  The Know Your Rights Manual for New York City Messengers is a guide to the laws that regulate cycling and messenger work, your rights as a worker, what to do in case of an accident, and first aid. It’s an invaluable document for any city [...]

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  Posted: September 24, 2008, 11:47am EDT
  by Michael B

• Yesterday’s Ride

  Yesterday’s 100K ride began at around 7am, and was foggy and about 50 degrees for most of it. It’s really starting to feel like fall, my favorite time of the year for long rides. I’ll just need to remember to start bringing arm and leg warmers along.

  Here’s the route, more [...]

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  Posted: September 22, 2008, 9:36am EDT
  by Michael B

• ‘Helmet hair’ puts women off cycling (but not as much as safety)

  

  If Barbie can do it, so can you!

  First, I need to point out safety concerns, confidence, arriving at work sweaty, and getting caught in the rain all ranked above messy hair as reasons not to ride, yet the Independent [...]

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  Posted: September 19, 2008, 2:21pm EDT
  by Michael B

• One Messenger’s Story

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  From The Story:

  Chris Darby saw an ad for a bike messenger job and decided to give it a try. He began in March. In Chicago. Once he learned to navigate through snow, slush and wind, he learned to face down drivers. He narrowly avoided both injuries and fights. Chris [...]

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  Posted: September 17, 2008, 8:56pm EDT
  by Michael B

• Injured Cyclist Update

  Last month, a cyclist was struck by a car while riding on a road just outside of the East Lansing area. The cyclist was 22 year old Mason Barker, a member of the Michigan State University triathlon team. As I write this post, Mason remains in a coma, having [...]

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  Posted: September 15, 2008, 4:39pm EDT
  by Michael B

• Everybody PANIC!!!

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  A friend called me a few minutes ago asking “what end of the world scenario” was causing people to line up at every gas station he passed. He said the intersections were clogged, and traffic was backing up.

  Since my ride home cuts through the university campus and then through residential [...]

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  Posted: September 12, 2008, 5:56pm EDT
  by Michael B

• to the fools who keep stealing my bike

  From Craigslist:

  Reply to: sale-838048539@craigslist.org ^[?]
  Date: 2008-09-12, 1:51PM EDT

  it’s a death trap, and clearly each person who steals it realizes this after riding… when these fools first take it, they neglect to notice that (1) the rear brakes are disconnected, (2) shifting gears [...]

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  Posted: September 12, 2008, 4:25pm EDT
  by Michael B

• Here’s one more reason to wear your bike helmet

  From NPR.com:

  Here’s one more reason to wear your bike helmet: You might need protection from a bear.

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  Posted: September 11, 2008, 8:17pm EDT
  by Michael B

• Bike crash kills helper to troubled young men

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  This is yet another story which reinforces my position that all bicyclists should properly educate themselves as to the rights and responsibilities of bicyclists on the roadways in their area, and should never believe that stop signs and red lights do not apply to us.

  In most places, bicyclists have the [...]

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  Posted: September 11, 2008, 12:19pm EDT
  by Michael B

• New York City Welcomes First-Ever Bicycle for a Day

  From MarketWatch:

  New York City today welcomed the first-ever Bike for a Day (BFAD) on Saturday, September 20 at South Street Seaport. The event, hosted by actor and Bicycle for a Day founder Matthew Modine and supported by green advocates and businesses, cyclists and alternative transportation organizations throughout the City, [...]

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  Posted: September 10, 2008, 2:49pm EDT
  by Michael B

• Tour De Mouches

  
  
  
  Tour De Mouches
  
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  It seems everyone’s getting into cycling lately…
  
  

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  Posted: September 05, 2008, 4:52pm EDT
  by Michael B

• Charges dropped for Critical Mass cyclist assaulted by police

  Considering that the charges were a complete fabrication, it was only a matter of time before the victim, Christopher Long, would be cleared. No word yet on the fate of the arresting officer, Patrick Pogan, who was stripped of his badge and gun after the incident. Long’s attorney says that [...]

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  Posted: September 05, 2008, 11:48am EDT
  by Michael B

• Bike Messengers on NPR

  From NPR’s Morning Edition, September 4, 2008

  The bike messenger business is changing. Electronic document transfer — especially for legal documents — has cut into the business. But now, high gas prices and new bikes that can carry bigger loads mean that bike messengers are branching into bigger deliveries.

  Listen [...]

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  Posted: September 04, 2008, 11:59am EDT
  by Michael B

• Keep Your Bike Running on Vegetable Oil

  A discussion of eco-friendly bike lubricants, from National Geographic’s Green Guide, June 21, 2005:

  A Reader Writes The Green Guide:

  I am an avid triathlete, and as such spend a good deal of time on bicycle maintenance. I am concerned about the impact of the products I use, such as [...]

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  Posted: September 04, 2008, 10:41am EDT
  by Michael B

• Cyclists for Obama

  A website called DemocraticStuff.com is selling what they call “Special Interest” buttons, allowing for Obama supporters to express their individuality and their support for Obama with a single $1 pin.

  There are buttons for scuba divers, trekkies, chefs, banjo players, mathematicians, DJs, and almost anything else you can think of [...]

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  Posted: September 03, 2008, 2:06pm EDT
  by Michael B

• Ever notice?

  “Ever notice that anyone going slower than you is an idiot, but anyone going faster is a maniac?”

  - George Carlin

  Since I’m often going slower than everyone else, I’ve really had more opportunity to observe the maniacs. And yes, at a pace that is slower than the [...]

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  Posted: September 02, 2008, 12:22pm EDT
  by Michael B

• Unburdened by Gas Costs, Bike Couriers See a Chance

  As many communities experience an increase in the amount of bicycle traffic on the roadways, it makes me curious - will bicycles begin to make the leap to working vehicles in smaller communities? Here in East Lansing, Michigan - a university town - there would seem to be many opportunities [...]

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  Posted: September 02, 2008, 8:43am EDT
  by Michael B

• Bike program to donate money to Gustav relief

  From the Star-Tribune:

  ST. PAUL, Minn. - A program aimed at boosting bicycle use in the Twin Cities during the Republican National Convention will now also serve as a fundraiser for Hurricane Gustav relief.

  The Louisville, Kentucky-based Humana Foundation is bringing its Freewheelin program to Minneapolis and St. Paul this [...]

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  Posted: September 01, 2008, 12:48am EDT
  by Michael B

• Olympic cyclist Victoria Pendleton: Car drivers put my life at risk

  
  Olympic medalist Victoria Pendleton is no stranger to the dangers we face cycling on the roadways. As sad as it is to hear that someone of her professional stature could be putting her livelihood, and even her life, at risk while anonymously riding on the public roadways, it’s good [...]

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  Posted: August 28, 2008, 11:05am EDT
  by Michael B

• NYC expands bicycle parking to encourage bike commuting among city employees

  I am always pleased to hear about programs that both encourage commuting by bicycle and discourage driving, but in New York, a city with a wide-reaching public transportation system, is “how else are civil servants supposed to get to work” other than driving a reasonable question?

  From the New York [...]

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  Posted: August 28, 2008, 10:45am EDT
  by Michael B

• Why?

  From Craigslist:

  bike with speakers and amplifier - $100 Reply to: sale-814649818@craigslist.org ^[?]
  Date: 2008-08-26, 9:54PM EDT

  an older mountain bike with a 6 1/2″ subwoofer, a 320 watt four channel amplifier, a 12 volt battery, and a 3×4″ speaker. please call 734 799 3879 or [...]

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  Posted: August 27, 2008, 3:14pm EDT
  by Michael B

• Learning to Ride

  My five year old son, Ethan, recently decided that he would like to learn to ride his bike without training wheels. Having read a suggestion from Mel Alwood in her book, The Complete Do-It-Yourself Bike Book, I removed not only the training wheels, but also the pedals.

  After lowering the [...]

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  Posted: August 27, 2008, 1:04pm EDT
  by Michael B

• (Temporary) Bike Rack Art

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  David Byrne has been doing a lot to raise the profile of transportation by bicycle in the past few years, and this is great stuff, but I’m wondering, will it be made clear that these are bike racks, and not just public sculpture, so that cyclists will know that they [...]

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  Posted: August 27, 2008, 9:28am EDT
  by Michael B

• Beware of Bicycles… and maps… and bricks… and…

  Also be on the lookout for people wearing shoes, as terrorists often use them to protect their feet during an attack.

  From the Denver Post:

  Denver Police have issued an internal bulletin for all officers to be on the lookout for anyone stockpiling potential weapons that may be deployed during next [...]

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  Posted: August 26, 2008, 2:31pm EDT
  by Michael B

• Wheeling while dealing at political conventions

  From the LA Times:

  In rare bipartisan agreement, both Democrats and Republicans will have free bikes available for temporary use during their conventions, the Democrats in Denver from Aug. 25-28, and the Republicans in Minneapolis-St. Paul from Sept. 1-4. And you don’t have to be a [...]

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  Posted: August 26, 2008, 2:00pm EDT
  by Michael B

• Wearable Speedometer

  From Wired:

  The claimed purpose of the Speed Vest is safety: It gives a glowing, live readout of your speed to increase “motorists’ awareness of both cyclists and speed limits.”

  What it’s really for, though, is showing off. The six inch high digits are made from electroluminescent wire which will glow [...]

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  Posted: August 26, 2008, 9:08am EDT
  by Michael B

• What exactly was he planning to do with 2,865 bicycles?

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  From the New York Times:

  What exactly was he planning to do with 2,865 bicycles?

  That is just one of many questions the police and others have been puzzling over since the arrest last month of Igor Kenk, the owner of a used-bike shop here.

  Mr. Kenk’s legacy [...]

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  Posted: August 25, 2008, 11:52am EDT
  by Michael B

• Bike path named in honour of cycling activist

  From the Montreal Gazette:

  The cycling route running along de Maisonneuve Blvd. was officially named the Claire Morissette bike path yesterday afternoon amid fanfare and promises to make Montreal more bike-friendly.

  Just after cutting the official red ribbon on a section of the bike path near the [...]

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  Posted: August 25, 2008, 10:58am EDT
  by Michael B

• Racing on Bamboo?

  From the LA Times:

  

  The mantra was “Comfort = Performance,” and the product was radical in 2005: A high-performance endurance road bike for aging baby boomers who rode a lot but didn’t want to lean over so much anymore — such as Specialized President Mike Sinyard, [...]

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  Posted: August 22, 2008, 4:32pm EDT
  by Michael B

• Bicycle Zombie Slayer

  A new Post-Carbon Comic by Ken Avidor…

  

  After a day of dodging zombies, you might enjoy a beer…

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  Posted: August 22, 2008, 8:42am EDT
  by Michael B

• Write a Letter, Get a Free T-shirt

  From Rails To Trails Conservancy:

  Write a Letter, Make a Difference, Get a Free T-shirt:
  
  During the last week of August, congressional representatives will be in their home districts campaigning for the upcoming election—an important opportunity for you to communicate the need for more trails, walking and biking to [...]

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  Posted: August 21, 2008, 4:51pm EDT
  by Michael B

• Bikes Belong to provide 2000 bikes for Democratic and Republican conventions

  Number of comments: 1
  

  From Bikes Belong:

  Bikes Belong and Humana will bring 1,000 bicycles to the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, August 25-28. We’ll also bring another 1,000 bicycles to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 1-4.

  Our goal is to get convention attendees to ride bikes during [...]

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  Posted: August 21, 2008, 11:56am EDT
  by Michael B

• Wall Street Journal on Critical Mass

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  Posted: August 20, 2008, 4:40pm EDT
  by Michael B

• Cyclist injured in Monday traffic crash

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  Round Lake and Babcock

  I’m not going to get into the habit of posting every article relating to an accident involving a bicycle and a vehicle, but this one is of unique interest to me personally, as it happened on a road - Round Lake - [...]

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  Posted: August 20, 2008, 10:54am EDT
  by Michael B

• I Keep My Tires Inflated

  Much has been made of Barack Obama’s suggestion that American’s can save gas by properly inflating their tires. While I think that there is merit to the claim, at the end of the day, it’s still a gas burning engine, no matter how much air is in the tires.

  This comic [...]

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  Posted: August 19, 2008, 4:58pm EDT
  by Michael B

• Watch for Bikes

  I appreciate the message, but should I really be required to ride around it?

  

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  Posted: August 19, 2008, 3:40pm EDT
  by Michael B

• A transportation revolution

  Historical museum highlights history of bicycles

  From the Muskegon Chronicle:

  Imagine cruising around town on a velocipede, an all-wooden bicycle known affectionately as a “bone-shaker.” Not exactly cushy for your tushy. But for folks in the late 1860s, the breakthrough technology that became known as a bicycle was more than an [...]

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  Posted: August 19, 2008, 2:02pm EDT
  by Michael B

• MSU Biking Goes Global and Green

  MSU Bikes, run by my friend Tim Potter here on the campus of Michigan State University, has been getting a bit of local press attention lately: first a feature in Capital Gains web magazine, followed by a live interview on radio station WILS.

  From Capital Gains:

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  Posted: August 18, 2008, 11:25am EDT
  by Michael B

• Brainwear helmets for the style conscious cyclist

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  Yakkay Brainwear is a helmet designed to fit with four styles of helmet covers, meant to make them look less like a bicycle helmet, and more like a regular hat.

  The helmet it self is fairly low-profile, and looks much more like a skateboard helmet than a [...]

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  Posted: August 16, 2008, 2:18pm EDT
  by Michael B

• Indecent Cyclist

  Was it the Lycra shorts?

  From the Ottawa Citizen:

  Ottawa police are investigating after a man on a bicycle was observed committing what was described as “indecent acts” in an Orléans neighbourhood.

  Police said witnesses reported seeing the man committing the acts on two occasions over a one-hour period on Aug. 9 [...]

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  Posted: August 14, 2008, 4:51pm EDT
  by Michael B

• College Offers Free Bicycles

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  From College Finder:

  This is a great idea for several reasons, reducing congestion and pollution on campus, increasing safety, and helping students save some money and maybe even keep off the “freshman 20″ or whatever they call it. But why mountain bikes? I have nothing against mountain bikes, when used [...]

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  Posted: August 13, 2008, 8:37am EDT
  by Michael B

• 100,000 new bike spaces needed to cope with cycle boom

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  The Evening Standard reports that 100,000 new bicycle parking spaces are needed in London to cope with the rise in bicycle transportation over the past several years - a 91% increase since 2000.

  I’ve noticed a significant increase in transportation cyclists in my area in the past few years, especially at [...]

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  Posted: August 11, 2008, 5:02pm EDT
  by Michael B

• Google Honors Cycling

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  Today’s Google “Doodle” image on the home page honors cycling as part of it’s Olympic doodle series.

  

  For iGoogle homepage users, there’s an Olympic gadget that allows you to follow any sport, including cycling.

  Now, if only they’d truly honor cycling, by adding a “Bike [...]

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  Posted: August 09, 2008, 6:53pm EDT
  by Michael B

• The Return of the 27-inch Tire

  From the New York Times:
  

  A recent surge in sales of 27-inch tires suggests that the lowly
  steeds of yore are gaining new life as commuter bikes and weekend
  cruisers.

  This time around, bike owners have more high-tech
  tires to choose from. The latest models feature increased thread [...]

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  Posted: August 07, 2008, 2:00pm EDT
  by Michael B

• Cop who assaulted Critical Mass cyclist named “Worst Person in the World” on MSNBC’s Countdown

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  Keith Olbermann honors NYPD officer Patrick Pogan with a “Worst Person” award for the assault of Christopher Long on July 27. The relevant portion begins at about 37 seconds.

  Olbermann also notes that “the NYPD has been beating up the Critical Mass folks off and on since the 2004 Republican convention.”

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  Posted: August 07, 2008, 12:44pm EDT
  by Michael B

• The Dude Abides

  
  
  
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  Posted: August 07, 2008, 9:33am EDT
  by Michael B

• Rescue the Orphan Gears!

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  A funny scene from A Scanner Darkly in which a bunch of crackheads discuss the gearing on a recently acquired mountain bike.

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  Posted: August 06, 2008, 4:01pm EDT
  by Michael B

• Ever bike? Now that’s something that makes life worth living!

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  Ever bike? Now that’s something that makes life worth living! I take exercise every afternoon that way. Oh, to just grip your handlebars and lay down to it, and go ripping and tearing through streets and road, over railroad tracks and bridges, threading crowds, avoiding collisions, [...]

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  Posted: August 05, 2008, 9:24pm EDT
  by Michael B

• Burning man bicycle arch

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  Posted: August 05, 2008, 6:42pm EDT
  by Michael B

• Until its activists mobilize, the cycle revolution is just spinning in place

  From the Toronto Globe and Mail:
  

  If you are a cyclist and you are peeved at the lack of bicycle lanes, or the pesky way some of them stop and start again, who do you blame?

  Chances are, if you live in a downtown ward, your city councillor likes to [...]

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  Posted: August 05, 2008, 2:38pm EDT
  by Michael B

• Pond Cycling - something I’d never heard of before today

  From REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz:

  A competitor falls from an obstacle bridge during the 56th annual ‘Teichfahren’ (pond-cycling) event in the former eastern German village of Bischdorf, some 60 kilometres (37 miles) east of Berlin, August 3, 2008. Around 40 people took part in the traditional Bischdorf fun race on Sunday, which was [...]

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  Posted: August 04, 2008, 4:44pm EDT
  by Michael B

• Sign the Google Maps Bike There Petition

  A petition begun by the Google Maps Bike There project has been gaining momentum, now boasting over 40,000 signatures. Add your name to the petition and help support the growth of alternative transportation!

  To: Google, and the Google Maps team

  We would like a ‘Bike There’ feature added to [...]

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  Posted: August 04, 2008, 3:11pm EDT
  by Michael B

• ‘Freedom Machines’ on CBS news

  CBS News

  “Learn to ride a bicycle,” Mark Twain once wrote. “You will not regret it if you live.”

  On a cool Summer morning, a dozen bicyclists are living the good life on two wheels. Their backroads tour out of Sonoma, Calif., takes them through wine country.

  “There’s really no better way [...]

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  Posted: August 04, 2008, 1:19pm EDT
  by Michael B

• Totally over the top - Mayor Bloomberg on the Critical Mass assault

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  Assuming he’s not favorably comparing the assault of Christopher Long by NYPD Officer Patrick Pogan to a 1987 Sylvester Stallone film about arm wrestling, it’s good to hear that Mayor Bloomberg is appropriately disturbed by the incident.

  From the New York Times:

  The [...]

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  Posted: August 04, 2008, 8:48am EDT
  by Michael B

• Critical Manners

  From bicycleprayermeetings.blogspot.com:

  This is something I plan to find out more about later (like, when I’m not on my break at work). I think this is a San Francisco ride. The idea is, everyone bikes in traffic and follows all the bike laws, and conducts themselves as if their grandmothers [...]

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  Posted: August 02, 2008, 8:21am EDT
  by Michael B

• Sydney’s drivers ‘worst’ for bike rage

  Sydney Morning Herald
  

  SYDNEY drivers are more hostile towards cyclists than motorists of any other country, says a world authority on transport.

  Christian Wolmar, a Briton who was invited by the State Government to promote bicycle use in NSW, said Sydney’s cycling infrastructure is 10 years behind that of London.

  “And [...]

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  Posted: August 01, 2008, 4:16pm EDT
  by Michael B

• Ticket makes park shortcut a costly decision for cyclist

  From the Lansing State Journal:

  Tired and hungry, 56-year-old Diane Demers, who can’t afford a car, was pedaling her bike home from work on the night of July 21.
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  It was about 11 p.m., and Demers, who lives in an apartment near Lansing’s Potter Park, was in the home stretch [...]

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  Posted: August 01, 2008, 1:26pm EDT
  by Michael B

• Risking Life and Limb, Riding a Bike to Work in L.A.

  From the Wall Street Journal:
  

  LOS ANGELES — Paula Rodriguez, who lives in the San Fernando Valley, got so disgusted with soaring fuel prices last spring that she stopped driving, sold her SUV and bought a bike.

  But pedaling the 15 miles home from her job, the [...]

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  Posted: August 01, 2008, 11:13am EDT
  by Michael B

• Cyclists and drivers struggle for harmony

  From Reuters:
  

  As high gas prices force U.S. drivers to share city streets with a growing legion of cyclists, tensions are mounting between the two groups who blame each other for failing to find a peaceful balance.

  A number of violent confrontations in recent weeks between cyclists and [...]

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  Posted: August 01, 2008, 11:01am EDT
  by Michael B

• Trucking firm to pay $1 million for bike safety education after cyclist’s death

  From the Oregonian:
  

  The Ireland Trucking Co. has agreed to donate more than $1 million to promote bicycle safety.

  The money will go into the Jane Higdon Memorial Fund, named after a Eugene woman killed when her bicycle slipped under an Ireland logging truck in May 2006.

  Higdon, 47, was a [...]

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  Posted: July 31, 2008, 3:54pm EDT
  by Michael B

• Police report from cop who slammed Critical Mass bicyclist posted online

  From the Smoking Gun:

  You’ve probably seen that YouTube video of the New York cop viciously knocking down a bicyclist in Times Square last week. Officer Patrick Pogan’s blindside hit on Christopher Long led NYPD brass yesterday to strip the rookie cop of his gun and [...]

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  Posted: July 31, 2008, 8:30am EDT
  by Michael B

• Cyclist decked by cop back to work with no ‘grudge’

  From the NY Daily News:
  

  The cyclist violently knocked off his bike by a rookie cop was back at work on Wednesday - and friends said he’s not the type to “hold a grudge.”

  “I’m really sorry, but I’m not talking to the press,” Christopher Long, 29, [...]

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  Posted: July 31, 2008, 8:22am EDT
  by Michael B

• Hoboken cyclist in NYPD/Critical Mass uproar is back on job

  From NJ.com:

  The 29-year-old Hoboken cyclist who gained YouTube notoriety after a video showed him being shoved off his bike by one of New York’s Finest during a demonstration last Friday went back to his day job yesterday selling vegetables, his lawyer said.

  The “avid cyclist” and environmentalist - who suffered [...]

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  Posted: July 31, 2008, 8:15am EDT
  by Michael B

• Kerry To Ride Part Of Pan Mass. For Kennedy

  From wbztv.com:
  

  Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry said he will ride this year’s Pan Mass. Challenge to raise money for cancer research in honor of Sen. Ted Kennedy, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor in May.

  Kerry, who has been riding in the in the 190-mile bike [...]

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  Posted: July 30, 2008, 7:44pm EDT
  by Michael B