Posted December 31st, 2005
I’m not much for predictions or retrospectives. Like betting on the horses, futurism is a bit of a mugs game if you ask me, and of course looking back is just so much hindsight. But in keeping with the traditions of the season and in no particular order I’ll punch out a few short but […]
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Posted December 30th, 2005
Smithers in Minneapolis gives us a visual media critique that can be applied to far too many cycling magazines over the past couple of years. Via MasiGuy.
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Posted December 29th, 2005
Nice little story in The Globalist on life and the Beijing bicycle.
While I was waiting for him to replace the tire, a small crowd started to form, as so often happens when I am outside interacting with a Chinese person for any period of time.
Unfortunately for this young man, the Chinese phrase for “let’s just […]
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Posted December 29th, 2005
The Australian cycling presence in the Commonwealth Games is looking a bit light. From today’s Australian.
Australia risks losing its status as the top Commonwealth cycling nation with six riders from the men’s road and track teams now confirmed as unavailable to contest the Games in March.
In a similar situation to the club-versus-country showdown that […]
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Posted December 28th, 2005
Couchbike.
The Couchbike pokes fun at our sedentary culture but also exemplifies the broad scope of possibilities for human power.
Via Treehugger
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Posted December 28th, 2005
The Sydney Morning Herald.
Quick-thinking friends of a Melbourne cyclist, who was bitten by a snake when he came off his bike, wrapped their mate’s wound in an inner tube from his mountain bike.
The man, aged in his 20s, is recovering in hospital after his two friends treated the wound by wrapping it in the […]
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Posted December 28th, 2005
As part of a broader investigation into US government and local police surveilliance of community, peace and activist groups, Democracy Now has a video/MP3/transcript segment on the treatment of Critical Mass riders by the Gotham police.
Many cyclists here in Sydney are ambivalent about the CM movement, but if those sitting on the fence are looking […]
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Posted December 27th, 2005
Mags from Norway is fast becoming one of my favourite reads in the blogsphere, his blog Langkjøring chronicles the trials, tribulations and training regimen of a cyclist in his quest to qualify for the 2012 summer games.
Today’s post really should have been titled “because life isn’t fair’ but it’s a good summation of what modern […]
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Posted December 26th, 2005
We’ll be hearing a lot about the “best of” moments of 2005 from just about every sporting journalist around the world, and I’m sure we’ll also see most of them come to a similar conclusion.
Trevor Marshallsea in the SMH.
It’s been nearly impossible to pick a sporting moment of the year, but we have done it, […]
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Posted December 24th, 2005
Hurlstone Park, Sydney, 2005
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