TdF coverage, or lack thereof

I won’t be offering any coverage of the 2007 Tour de France in my blog. I figure everyone and their mother will be covering it, and besides, I find it to be something of a farce at this point. It will no longer be about who wins, but who wins and passes the drug test. … Read more

Who wants free stuff?

Paul, from Zogics, sent over this cool deal: Tell a dirty story…get a free sample! In 100 words or less, tell the folks at Zogics about a time you wish you had one of their nifty CitraWipe degreaser hand wipes to clean up a mess you got into. If they dig your story, they‘ll send … Read more

Around the world in about 3 minutes

I was trolling the internet for something interesting to write about, and it seemed like there was a really good mix of international news. In the US, there was the usual bunch of charity rides, fatal accidents involving cars, and a couple of shootings. I rarely even read about the shootings, since it’s usually a … Read more

Ride For Mobility, 2007

Someone recenlty sent me an email, and asked why I’m still running the Ride for Mobility banner, even though it ended 3 weeks ago. If you click the link, it will take you to the site where you can see that they raised over $500,000 for this very good cause. Thanks to the determination of … Read more

Living car free?

At the end of last month, one of the members on BikeForums.net started a thread  mentioning that the Living Car Free forum had a record number of viewers, 57 to be exact. While they were expressing their surprise at what was seen as an unusually large number, I was somewhat less surprised. Reducing our reliance … Read more

Crazy from the heat?

Rather than sit inside and write, I’ve been spending time in the scorching sun, working on all the landscaping projects around my house. Now that my readership is at an all-time low, and my lawn is nearly dead from this ridiculous heat, I am letting common sense prevail. I will take some time out each … Read more