1 month ago
veen : AFP: 'Black Thursday' hits cycling in Germany - Professional cycling suffered a Black Thursday here when organisers announced the scrapping of the 2009 Tour of Germany the same day broadcasters pulled the plug on covering next year's Tour de France.
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3 month ago
veen : Bikeway or the Highway - March/April 2008 - Sierra Magazine - Sierra Club - "IN 1900, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANS CREATED a futuristic traffic structure catering to the mechanical marvel of the day--the bicycle. It opened along a corridor known as the Arroyo Seco, named for the seasonal stream that flows from the San Gabriel Mount
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3 month ago
philgyford : TheWashCycle: The Myth of the Scofflaw Cyclist - I think decriminalising cyclists jumping red lights could, possibly, work. But until that happens: don't. That simple. Enough of the moaning and self-justification. (via Blech)
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4 month ago
veen : Should Cyclists be Allowed to Blow Go Through Stop Signs? : TreeHugger - San Francisco is considering changing the law to permit cyclists to blow through stop signs.
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5 month ago
veen : The 21 Stages of the Tour de France - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com
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5 month ago
veen : Landis loses final appeal - cyclingnews.com - No surprise: "The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland announced today its decision regarding ex-Tour de France winner Floyd Landis vs. US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). The court ruled against Landis, ending his fight to clear his name a
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5 month ago
philgyford : Click opera - Fixated on the fixie - Momus on fixed gear bikes. (via blackbeltjones)
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veen : Mount Diablo Challenge - "A 10.8 mile timed bike ride, starting at Athenian School in Danville and climbing up Southgate Road 3,249 feet to the summit of Mount Diablo."
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6 month ago
nelson : Car hits a group of cyclists - It's horrifying, but the picture is amazing
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veen : Steve's Bicycle Touring Site - KMZ files for Adventure Cycling's route maps
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6 month ago
deusx : Radical Cyclists Take to L.A. Freeways to Say Bikes Are Better | Autopia from Wired.com - "For the second time in two months, a bunch of Los Angeles bike advocates calling themselves Crimanimalz took to one of the busiest freeways in the world to make the case that, when your freeways are gridlocked, bikes are better."
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7 month ago
veen : Boonen wins Paris-Roubaix - VeloNews - Tom wins his second. George Hincapie rolls in 9th after an ill-timed puncture.
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8 month ago
veen : The Crash - "When a mortal crashes, the race is almost always over. What it means to be PRO is to get back up and get on the bike. For a guy, there is nothing more PRO than dripping blood and being fast at the same time."
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veen : North American Handbuilt Bicycle Show 2008 - a photoset on Flickr - So beautiful.
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10 month ago
Richard Rutter : Bike stand with integrated track pump - Superb idea which wouldn’t last a Friday night in Brighton.
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12 month ago
plasticbag : Cal spotted this awesome "Bat for Lashes" video... - Atmospheric, funny, interesting and ingenious. Presumably accomplished by cutting the screen vertically and splicing in various elements with the lead singer hiding the gap in the middle.
jonhicks : Bat For Lashes - Whats a Girl To Do - Great video - there's something very malevolent about rabbits on bikes
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12 month ago
philgyford : Dashing Tweeds » Tailored Outfits - Cycle Suit - Splendid cycling tweed outfits with reflective thread and Teflon coating. Splendid. (via Haddock)
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philgyford : Demonstration at St Pancras International, 14 - 11- 2007 — Camden Cycling Campaign - One of the downsides of the new station: stupid little bike racks (obviously designed years ago by someone who never used a bike) a long way from anywhere useful.
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14 month ago
philgyford : Ops on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - Oops indeed. What kind of vehicle did that sort of damage? Somewhere near the Barbican apparently, Silk Street or Moor Lane?
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14 month ago
philgyford : Moving Target: Cyclist-killing lorry driver fined £300 - Yes, the lorry driver must feel awful, but he wasn't looking where he was going while steering an HGV round a corner. Only a 300 quid fine for killing someone!? Motorists get away with so much while driving dangerous machines.
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15 month ago
philgyford : 63xc.com--Reviews | Midge Bar - I have one of these (with a bike attached) on its way. Includes a guide to setting it up properly.
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16 month ago
veen : Tick Tock - Joe Lindsey on the recent Tour doping news - "If the Tour continues, what message does it send? That no matter what, the race goes on? What do we mean by 'no matter what?' We have to be really careful with that."
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17 month ago
Richard Rutter : David Millar’s Tour de France blog - And good it is too. Honest and heartfelt.
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17 month ago
veen : best of craigslist : I Puked at the MegaChurch - Lesson learned: don't eat pork during long bike rides.
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19 month ago
philgyford : All Discussions - London Fixed Gear & Single Speed - Bicycles. Mostly seem to know each other from real life. Uses Vanilla.
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