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The Spokesmen.
The Fredcast.
technorati tags: cycling, bicycles, spokesmen, fredcast

Posted in The Desk, Meta by Philip | 18 Comments »

Facebook iBike Cycling Community

Like just about everyone else on the planet I’m on Facebook, and it’s proven to be a good way to keep in touch with a small circle of friends, join some amusing and interesting groups like America Deserves Kyle Sandilands and We Want Funky Little Pubs in Sydney, and play around with some interesting applications. […]

Posted in Culture, Meta by Philip | 5 Comments »

Happy birthday to blogging

Just a little bit of navel gazing in this post, the blogosphere is apparently a decade old according to this mixed piece in the WSJ.
We are approaching a decade since the first blogger — regarded by many to be Jorn Barger — began his business of hunting and gathering links to items that tickled his […]

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New results blog

Cyclingresults.wordpress.com is Australia’s newest cycling site! The website, which focuses on the Australian domestic racing scene, will provide users with up-to-date news and results from around Australia.
The new website includes results, reports, tech, rider profiles and interviews and Australia’s #1 Cycling Forum, which is used as an area where anyone can talk about all things […]

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Another Australian cycling blog

Through comments I’ve just been introduced to another Australian blog. Not exactly new, GT Veloce has been going since 2006 and obviously still has a bit to learn about introductions. But hey, he did get my attention. Here is what he had to say on a long dead post. You can check it out in […]

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Easter Friday roundup

Richard England’s girlfriend is a World Champion, he’s not a bad bike rider himself, still, it’s all about the girl and what follows is a cycling love letter of sorts.
If my maths is correct, there are only 17 people who can say that they are the partner of a current world track champion and […]

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Friday roundup

Today’s opening link is also the wildcard, Trek president John Burke talking to the bicycle industry about the future and leadership. Carlton Reid has an interesting take in the video title, asking if Burke is the industry’s Al Gore. Maybe.
The Hell riders got lashed and Timboy has a few stern words for the coroner. I […]

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Quote of the day

PR guru Trevor cook.
Learning has to be a passion. It has to be part of your daily life. It needs constant fueling, the more you learn the more your passion for learning grows. Social media seems to me to be the best way we have yet invented to make that passion a life-long reality. Want […]

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Friday roundup

Opening this week’s stanza is Cycling the Yellow Brick Road with an interesting discourse on the sociology and politics of cycling. I think it’s a safe bet that not many of us have read the Slovenian philosophers but in reading this I now know who Slavoj Zizek is. You learn something new everyday.
Offering a comparative […]

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Friday roundup

Just to get you all in the right mood, DamianM posted on the ‘toon above. A lot more great stuff where that one came from.
Lelak had a problem. She’s found a solution. But there is a fear that facial hair may come with the territory and no doubt lots of mirrors are involved.
A combination of […]

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