Posted October 25th, 2006
Gary Hughes writes a terrific crime, corruption and law enforcement blog in the Daily Telegraph called Gotcha with yesterdays effort looking at road rage. It’s worth a read if only for us to understand the mindset behind those little unreported incidents cyclists experience on a daily basis.
Offenders involved in violent road rage incidents differed little […]
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Posted October 24th, 2006
Via Damian M who’s apparently forgotten how to blog.
technorati tags: cycling, bicycle, manufacturing, video
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Posted October 24th, 2006
Time Sport International has announced the voluntary recall of the TIME® RXS and TIME® RXE automatic pedals for road cycles. These models have a potential safety issue, which concerns the detachment of the axle system from the body of the pedal.
As TIME® products should meet the highest quality standards, as a precautionary measure, and in […]
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Posted October 23rd, 2006
Timboy has posted a terrific first person and very personal view of the lead up to, and racing in, the Melbourne to Warnambool. Here’s a sample.
That race started pretty poorly after some bloke from Spoken gave me embrocation instead of arse cream. Needless to say I had smeared record amounts of the stuff over my […]
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Posted October 23rd, 2006
Floyd Landis:
“I’m going to do everything I can to bring the down the UCI,”
On this I’ll refer readers back to my previous post. Landis’ arrogant comment might fly in upstate PA or Lancaster but but not the rest of the world - ultimately he is at risk of becoming another caricature of just how much […]
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Posted October 22nd, 2006
What if they gave a trade show and nobody came?
Last year at this time I wrote these words about the 2005 Bicycling Australia Show:
But what of the retailers in this scenario? Well by the time the show rolls around they’ve all had a good look at the new seasons offerings by the wholesalers anyway via […]
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Posted October 21st, 2006
Newtown, Sydney, 2006.
technorati tags: cycling, bicycles, sydney
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Posted October 20th, 2006
Connect a light securely to a messenger bag.
Instructables has this really neat how to.
technorati tags: bicycles, lights, instructables
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Posted October 20th, 2006
In Pez Cycling News Greg Lemond gave a wide ranging answer in response to a question on the doping issue in the sport. It’s well worth a read. However these passages are the ones that caught my eye because it’s about something I’ve been mulling over for a while now in an attempt to formulate […]
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Posted October 19th, 2006
Site.
technorati tags: music, video, ollo, cycling
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