Posted November 30th, 2006
In a bookend of editorials yesterday, The Daily Telegraph continued to fulminate about Friday’s Critical Mass. They issued a mea culpa of sorts plus engaging the issues in a somewhat reasoned manner in one, yet balanced that with a nonsense argument about the legality of CM’s actions in another.
Clearly media management is not CM’s strong […]
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Posted November 30th, 2006
I’ve just added a couple of new links of note to the Oz Blog section of the Spinopsys sidebar.
The first is a blog by Alex Simmons focusing largely on training for power, as he points out in his header:
A journal covering my cycling exploits, training, racing and learnings, with a focus on training and racing […]
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Posted November 29th, 2006
From the press release:
Australia’s leading cycling wholesaler, Netti Atom, today announced that the iconic cycling saddles of Brooks England will be available Australia wide from January 2007.
Netti Atom Brand Manager, Paul Feltis, said Netti had secured the exclusive Australian distribution rights for the entire Brooks range.
“Lovers of classic cycling equipment will now be […]
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Posted November 29th, 2006
Newtown, Sydney, 2006.
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Posted November 29th, 2006
Just a quick PSA about the Nunnery Bike Workshop. They really are going from strength to strength, anyone living in the local area should check them out. The blog is now looking good too.
technorati tags: cycling, sydney, nunnery, bike, workshop
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Posted November 28th, 2006
The latest edition of the always interesting Spokesmen Cycling Podcast with David Bernstein, Carlton Reid and Tim Jackson is ready for download - clicking through to the site gives you a range of listening options. This guy has apparently been listening to the podcast while taking his bike out for an easy roll around Centennial […]
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Posted November 28th, 2006
As expected by many in the cycling industry, Eurobike Portland, will not occur in the short term and has morphed into Eurobike Sea Otter.
Eurobike has canceled its proposed September trade show in Portland and is developing a new show format with Sea Otter organizer, Frank Yohannan.
Klaus Wellmann, Messe Friedrichshafen’s chief executive officer, said the German […]
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Posted November 27th, 2006
One of the sillier references seen in the latest round of media inspired heat generated by Anita Quigley’s commentary in Saturday’s Telegraph is the one made about lycra. In fact she used it in her piece.
What Critical Mass fails to realise is that we don’t want to spend our Friday night in gridlock while lycra-clad […]
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Posted November 26th, 2006
Newtown, Sydney, 2006
technorati tags: sydney, cycling, image
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Posted November 25th, 2006
Right on cue we have the obligatory beat up of Critical Mass’ annual Harbour Bridge ride in today’s Daily Telegraph.
Berks on bikes ruined last night for thousands of people - by causing maximum traffic gridlock in Sydney.
Peak-hour motorists were delayed by more than an hour as several hundred cycling activists -dubbed Critical Mass - blocked […]
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