Archive for January, 2010
Stop sign behavior — motorists v. bicyclists
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 [...]
Brooks, brakeless hipsters, and the tobacco industry
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 [...]
Lauren is coming back!
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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