Ride a bike, or buy stock in Exxon

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Gas prices are up again, and Exxon is on track for another record year of profits. And here’s my beef with the situation: They’re not easing production due to environmental concerns. They’re not plowing that money back into exploration, or developing more efficient extraction, or anything of that nature. They’re buying back their stock. Lots … Read more

Sprockettes – have you seen them?

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A little over a week ago, I came across an entertaining video on BikeForums.net. It was brought to us by Dan, the guy that creates all the cool videos on CrankMyChain.com. This was a little clip featuring two of The Sprockettes as a crime-fighting duo, foiling a bike thief. These girls do more than just … Read more

Cyclist-friendly employers

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When I first joined the workforce, and rode my bike to work, facilities for cyclists usually consisted of a lightpost to lock your bike to, if you were lucky. Today I read in BusinessWeek about some companies that truly cater to their biking employees. This is the magazine that usually gives us all the gloomy … Read more

Let’s hear it for helmets

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So by now I’m sure everyone has read the story and seen the photo of Ryan Lipscomb, holding his smashed Giro helmet. Seems he managed to get his head under a truck, and it got run over. Normally, that’s not something you’d walk away from. But Ryan somehow managed to suffer only a concussion and … Read more

Secret spy stuff

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Man, those Trek guys can be so touchy. I had it on good word that they were working on some secret bike project. Now, it can’t be too secret if someone told me, but I wanted to find out more. So I put on my dark sunnies and a trenchcoat, and went to see what … Read more