Other Fun Stuff

Pictures and commentary from Dee Railer, check out her blog here. “On the last Friday of every month, cyclists happen to gather about the same…

Here’s a fun project for the weekend we found on Threadbanger:

Somebody much smarter than us had the brilliant idea to counter-petition the Iowa farmers’ petition to get cyclists off the ‘Farm to Market’ roads.  Want…

The Adventure Cycling Association’s mission is to inspire people of all ages to travel by bicycle. Many of those cyclists – inspired to spend their…

Kim West, the personality behind the eponymous Radio Cycling Show on 1460 KXNO has invited  the man behind Iowa’s anti-cycling petition to appear on her…

Yep, the Tour’s over, but these are still entertaining to see the subtle differences in some of his stated goals and thoughts filmed before the…

As part of their progress toward becoming a “world class bicycling city,” Boston has implemented a Stolen Bike Alert program that makes it easy to…

It never gets old, say it with me:  George Hincapie is da man! After wrecking in Stage 17, Hincapie rode the remaining 70 miles of…

First it was country bumpkins in Colorado’s Jefferson County that want to ban cyclists from county roads (or at least have the right to select…

While we’re on the subject of other bicycle bloggers, most of whom have been around longer than us (we’re only one year old this month!),…

BikeSnobNYC, the anonymous critic of all things unfashionable in the cycling world, was featured in Sunday’s NY Times newspaper (the online article was actually published…

Seriously…I can’t figure this top bike out.  Click on the image to enlarge, leave a comment if you have any idea what happened to this…

This interview was conducted about three hours after the end of the tour…this is just the 45 second version.  CNN has the full 3:51 version…

A bike was reported stolen from Team Cycling and Fitness in Colerain, OH last Monday. The owner, Geoff Thielmeyer, sent an e-mail to bike shops…

Oregon Live just did a piece on Bob Maddox’s pulse jet bikes, which we’ve posted before.  What’s new is the mention at the end of…

The Stages09 exhibition by Nike / Livestrong opened this week in Paris at the Gallery Emmanual Perrotin, and will remain there through August 8th.  Since…

Lego, the ultimate toy in this guy’s opinion, is releasing a bike shop as part of their City Collection.  The kit itself is called City…

Web Urbanist posted a nice assortment / collection of bicycle hacks, mods and pimped rides, showing the wonderful variety of ridable art.  Here are just…

Todd Hasz was riding his Cannondale bicycle on Carolina Beach Road earlier this month when he was struck by an SUV.  The driver stopped and…

Only. Zoic has just released the new Men’s Opulent Short, a mountain bike short with integrated iPod controls. No more slogging through a bad playlist.…

A study being published in the August 5th edition of NeuroReport says that swearing in responcse to pain, increased tolerance for it. So when you’re…

Hanja, a London cyclist, created the Arm Against Harm. Her invention uses a card board “arm” holding a crayon to keep drivers a safe distance…

Press Release from our sisters at She Pedals Magazine: BOULDER, COLORADO- The second annual Venus de Miles, Colorado’s all-women’s bike ride is set for Sunday, August…

This vid is hosted on Break.com with this wonderful caption: “As Lincoln famously said, ‘A bike divided cannot ride. Also, slavery sucks.’” Well put.

Watch the Ginger Ninjas as they play off-grid, powered by bicycles! For more information see their website here. For a high res downloadable poster, see…

Via Advertising Age, shows the power of marketing in a simple experiment where some Aussies bought a crappy BMX bike on eBay, then relisted it…