Archive for January, 2010

Stop sign behavior — motorists v. bicyclists

Posted by Erik on January 7th, 2010 filed in safety, theory

Video found at Bob Mionske’s Road Rights column.
Any article in the local paper about bicyclists will be sure to attract many on-line comments about scofflaw cyclists who never stop at stop signs. And it’s been debated in this website, too, with several of my readers wondering why cyclists don’t always come to a complete [...]

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Brooks, brakeless hipsters, and the tobacco industry

Posted by Erik on January 5th, 2010 filed in safety

Brooks has been aggressively marketing their $500.00 and $1,000.00 bike messenger bags lately and it is getting on my nerves. I’m sure they’re great bags and everything but the appropriation of the messenger culture to do the selling of such pricey accessories is, uh, gross.
They have a full-page ad out now in Momentum that [...]

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Lauren is coming back!

Posted by Erik on January 5th, 2010 filed in Joie de vivre, Yay!

But only for a visit. She’ll be here February 2 and she’s going to ride in, or at least attend the 24-hour race. Lauren used to work here at TBL but she took off last year on permanent bike tour. She’s currently wintering in Chicago, which she rode her bike to via [...]

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