Posted March 30th, 2007
Today’s opening link is also the wildcard, Trek president John Burke talking to the bicycle industry about the future and leadership. Carlton Reid has an interesting take in the video title, asking if Burke is the industry’s Al Gore. Maybe.
The Hell riders got lashed and Timboy has a few stern words for the coroner. I […]
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Posted March 30th, 2007
PR guru Trevor cook.
Learning has to be a passion. It has to be part of your daily life. It needs constant fueling, the more you learn the more your passion for learning grows. Social media seems to me to be the best way we have yet invented to make that passion a life-long reality. Want […]
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Posted March 29th, 2007
Which of course is my way of saying I’m leaving bicycle retail. Yes, I’ve handed in my resignation and have but one working week left in front of me.
What am I gonna do? Dunno. Call me, e-mail me, Twitter me, IM me, send smoke signals or leave a comment saying, “Phil, you’re awesome, just […]
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Posted March 28th, 2007
An excellent piece on our auto dominated dystopia. Read it.
The Rats that Ate Mill Park.
Faced with this sequence of events, you have to wonder if Mill Park is being used as some kind of exurban laboratory. Perhaps you could even identify the stages in the chemical process: sell cars as indestructible and sexy (how many […]
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Posted March 27th, 2007
Trek president, John Burke.
“The industry should try and change the world.”
Amen to that.
For industry types in Australia, changing the world is possible via one simple step, the Cycling Promotion Fund.
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Posted March 26th, 2007
Industry Outsider calls it. It’s a great time to be a cyclist.
But what about the casual cyclist that wants something cool, fun, and comfortable? Something for commuting, or just transportation, that’s stylish and affordable? Well, Electra seems to know a thing or two about style and fun. My wife has the Rosie, and I […]
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Posted March 26th, 2007
I sell a lot of Topeak and Giant product so it was interesting to see this short video and report from Carlton Reid of Bike Biz on a Topeak Jango and Giant City Storm bike that integrates many accessories on to the bike.
Topeak’s Jango is a concept bike, aimed at displaying Topeak’s myriad of clever […]
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Posted March 25th, 2007
Attached at the bottom of a piece on compulsory voting, Michael Duffy, right wing commentator and serial apologist for all things involving motorways and suburbia surprises us with this bit of confusion.
Actually, I’m looking forward to voting today. Often there was no one I would have wanted to vote for anyway, but now there is. […]
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Posted March 25th, 2007
The horrific Burnley Tunnel accident claims the life of Damian McDonald.
Young father Damian McDonald, a decorated cycling star who won a Commonwealth Games gold medal in 1994, died instantly in Friday’s accident.
At the 1994 Commonwealth Games, Mr McDonald partnered Henk Vogels, Phil Anderson and Brett Dennis to win the road team time trial, taking out […]
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Posted March 24th, 2007
Centennial Park, Sydney, 2007
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