Recreational shooting and other stuff
I’m really upset. A BikeForums member from Philadelphia just passed along this story. Tykeem Law just became Philadelphia’s 218th murder victim this year. He was only 14. He was out riding his bike with some friends, and apparently a motorist thought they weren’t moving fast enough, and started honking at them. The rest of his … Read more
It’s always nice to read that our tax dollars are actually going to a program that may do some good. In Alaska, diabetes has become a concern among Alaska natives. And the The Bristol Bay Area Health Corp. is using grant money to combat this issue. Kids up there are eating more junk food, and … Read more
In Omaha, Nebraska, a police chase ended with one of the suspects in the hospital after crashing into a parked car. Hardly anything that we don’t already hear about every day, or see on the news in California. But the catch is that the guy was on a bicycle. This elevates stupid criminal acts to … Read more
This was passed on to me by one of the moderators at BikeForums.net. She’s a regular reader here, and happens to live car-free in Oregon. A new shop with the catchy name of Clever Cycles opened in Portland recently. Get this, they actually sell bikes you can hop on and ride, even in a skirt … Read more
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