Cancel the Tour de Beverly Hills

This is just ugly. No way around it. There cannot really be that much ignorance in one place, can there be? A motorist yells at a cyclist to get out of their way, it escalates, then the Beverly Hills PD shows up and writes the cyclist a ticket after a good deal of verbal abuse. … Read more

Bike weddings

I found this article today, about bike weddings, and it reminded me of a couple that I know who are planning on tying the knot later this month. Now, I don’t think that they have any plans for a tandem, or that ridiculous round multi-passenger bike, at their wedding. But they are getting married at … Read more

BikeForums.net t-shirts coming soon!

Ok, maybe not big news for everyone, but it’s still a scoop. It’s such a scoop that Brad from Velotees doesn’t even know yet that he’s been given the green light to be the official supplier of BikeForums.net t-shirts. Here’s the good part. Not only are we planning on having the members help in the … Read more

Interbike and Bikes Belong Ink Long-Term Partnership

New 10-year pact will support key bicycling projects and increase industry involvement in the world’s leading bicycle trade show SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. and BOULDER, Colo. – August 28, 2007 – Nielsen Media, parent company of Interbike, and the Bikes Belong Coalition, the bike industry’s advocacy group for the United States, today announced a significant … Read more

Odds that really suck

Ok, no link to the original article, since I must have read it in at least 8 places today. But I can only offer sympathy to the family of Kevin Avalar, who was struck and killed by lightning yesterday while riding his bike. Out of the 62 people that get killed by lightning each year … Read more