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Dead blog

Yep, this blog is well and truly dead, with all further blogging about cycling by me now done over at Sydney Cyclist, the social network built to serve cyclists in Sydney. Thanks for reading.

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Introducing the Sydney Cyclist

Follow the link to The Sydney Cyclist and sign up.
technorati tags: cycling, sydney, community

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Peak oil, not traffic congestion

Interesting piece in Online Opinion.
Australia is on a long list of oil producing countries that have already passed peak oil production. In our case, production peaked in the year 2000. While several new oil projects on the North West Shelf will see modest increases in domestic production for the next few years, by 2015 Australia […]

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Landis guilty

Cyclingnews.
The long awaited decision is in, and Floyd Landis has lost his appeal to the American Arbitration Association to overturn the sanction for his positive drug test from the 2006 Tour de France. The three member arbitration panel, led by president Patrice Brunet along with Christopher Campbell and Richard McLaren, was split 2-1 in […]

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Things are gonna change around here

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

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Cycling TV on Joost

Recently it was announced that Cycling TV had stitched up an agreement with Joost to broadcast highlights on that service and since than I’ve been waiting for the channel to launch, happily it’s now up and running with a nice selection of race highlights and doco style reports.
So far I’ve viewed an inside look […]

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GutterMonkey launches

GutterMonkey has launched.
guttermonkey.org lets people find riders they might like to ride with, and routes they can follow safely, using all the valuable knowledge thats trapped inside your head.
To do this, we’re hoping for your participation, because you’re the expert when it comes to your ride.
* Every back street you take […]

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Things you knew would happen Dept: Masi SoulVille

Two weeks ago Masi Guy Tim Jackson was kind enough to give me a sneak peak of the new line of urban bikes they have in the pipeline for 2008, with pride of place going to the Speciale SoulVille, of course I was busting to do a post on the bike but couldn’t tell a […]

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Blog break

Taking a blogging break. Back next week.
technorati tags: bicycle, blogging, holiday, woohoo,

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Aussie Pro Tour team closer to reality

Via the very web 1.0 Cyclingnews (third item).
Australian online tourism company, Roamfree.com, backed by former Australian Rules footballer turned businessmen Tony Smith, has announced that it will commit $20 million into setting up an Australian team, with the aim of obtaining a ProTour licence for 2009 in order to compete in the Tour de […]

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