$12.5 million verdict in cyclist death

I followed this story a bit, as I lived in Thousand Oaks for many years. Glenn Garvin was not just a dentist and cyclist. He was very active in promoting bicycle safety for the City of Thousand Oaks. So it’s horribly ironic that he was struck and killed by a motorist while riding his bike … Read more

Detour Bars

The folks that do the marketing for Detour Bars were nice enough to send me a variety for review. They have different bars, based on the principle that we have varying nutritional needs according to the activity we’re engaged in. I tried their 50g Biker, Runner bars, and Core Strength bars. The first two each … Read more

Identiti Bikes has a new website

I didn’t mind checking out the Identiti stuff on their myspace page, but now they have a new website. If anyone wants to get me their P60 for Christmas, (the one I mentioned here not too long ago) please write to me for my shipping address. 😉

Thank you, kind spammers

I’ve been way too busy to write anything meaningful lately, but I’ve still gotten plenty of traffic. So I’d like to thank all the spammers that have visited in the last week. I got 44 spam comments in one day. Enough already.

Halloween is over

Tearing out my rose garden to put in a cemetery really cut into my free time. What with the zombies, skeletons, and electric chair, not to mention wiring fog machines and strobe lights, I haven’t had time to read much, let alone write. So I guess I better come up with something interesting. I was … Read more

The Cage Rocket – Nifty Storage Unit

Did I really use the word “nifty”? Yeah, I guess I did. But lacking a thesaurus, that was the best word I could come up with to describe the Cage Rocket. I ran into Will Stiles at the Cage Rocket booth at this year’s Interbike. I’d seen his product online, and was curious to check … Read more