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May, 2006

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HP cycling team and the Tour de Kids 2006

The event may be well over now, but it’s important to note that HP had a team involved in the Tour de Kids, they rode from Brisbane to Newcastle and blogged about it. This one ticked all of my corporate responsibility boxes. Community, cycling and blogging. Great stuff HP!
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Pretty in pink

One Plus One Equals Three likes pink as much as Ivan Basso.
In other cultures, pink for men seems somewhat stereotypically bound to gayness. Pink is a feminine colour. ‘Real’ men don’t wear pink, do they?
technorati tags: cycling, giroditalia, fashion

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Giro d’Italia: Jan

Catching up on my holiday interrupted Giro news, I’ve just got to pause for a moment to comment how stoked I am that Jan Ullrich won the stage 11 ITT. Suffice to say it’s a portent of things to come. Sure Basso has stamped his authority on this Giro and confirmed his obvious class, […]

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An unintentional parody

CO2: We call it life.

The propaganda video above, produced by an oil industry supported astroturf organisation called the Competitive Enterprise Institute is an absolute beauty by most standards. It’s a nice little window into the darky comedic soul of the oil industry.
technorati tags: environment, climate, cei, propaganda

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Jumping the refund barrier

I’m in full agreement with Ben Kay on this.
Lets stop putting barriers up and invite our customers into our stores not push them away. Walk into your local Kmart, Bunnings, Target, Woolworths or Borders and see how many barriers they have to you coming into there stores. None.
A refund is not a negative experience about […]

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Low hanging fruit

Queen West, Toronto, 2006
technorati tags: cycling, bicycles, toronto

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Post and ring

A Sydneysider can’t start posting observations on cycling in Toronto without a simple object uppermost in their minds - The city’s seemingly ubiquitious and iconic post and ring bike stands. If there is one piece of infrastructure I would love to see in Sydney it’s this.
All it takes is a request to the city’s […]

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Wheels of Justice reloads

Wheels of Justice has moved to a new location with a dedicated URL and Wordpress template. Nice.
technorati tags: cycling, bicycles, advocacy, australia

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Razor Jr Scuttlebug, an Australian design mark

The Razor Jr Scuttlebug has won an Australian design mark at the recently announced 2006 Australian Design Awards in the Sport and Leisure category. Looks like a fun and useful childrens trike.
technorati tags: cycling, australia, design, razorjr, scuttlebug

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Sunday ride

An easy paced morning ride on Sunday 21 May starts 830 am Moores cafe, Moore St, Leichhardt. Designed for beginners or people people coming back to cycling, or anyone who just wants a cruise around the Inner West, checking out some new routes and paths and finding a good coffee stop.
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