Posted March 24th, 2007
This in the Cyclingnews letters page.
Has anyone noticed Tyler’s dismal performance in the Tireno Adriatico? He is at least 40+ minutes down in the GC, almost last in the peloton. Anyone hear what is wrong? Or, is he just so badly out of shape after a two year layoff? Or, is it something else?
Phil Costic
Sunday, […]
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Posted March 24th, 2007
From today’s Sydney Morning Herald.
The City of Sydney has finally released its cycling plan, which proposes an extra 55 kilometres of separated bike lanes throughout the council area. The two-way lanes would be separated from cars by bollards or kerbs. The lanes are the part of the Cycle Strategy and Action Plan that seems […]
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Posted March 23rd, 2007
Opening this week’s stanza is Cycling the Yellow Brick Road with an interesting discourse on the sociology and politics of cycling. I think it’s a safe bet that not many of us have read the Slovenian philosophers but in reading this I now know who Slavoj Zizek is. You learn something new everyday.
Offering a comparative […]
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Posted March 23rd, 2007
I’m going to post on something off topic today. The starting point is the subject of clothes dryers in apartments, but it’s really about the Mayor of Marrickville, Morris (Mr. Choice) Hanna.
Residents living in unit blocks may soon have to resort to hanging out their laundry to dry over balconies if a Sydney council moves […]
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Posted March 21st, 2007
Two well known Sydney eastern suburbs racing identities discuss things rationally at Heffron Park. Who’s cranky and who’s wanky?
Link. The post race action was from March 6.
Cyclingnews race report. The short version? Frank Conceicao explaining the finer points of racing and handicapping to everyone. Funny how the handicapper’s team seems to do so well […]
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Posted March 21st, 2007
Just in time for polling day on Saturday, the NSW Labor Party has finally wriggled themselves free from the tender embrace of the developer and roads lobby for a few moments to produce a cycling policy paper. Better late than never.
BICYCLE FUNDING
Morris Iemma’s Government is committed to providing cycling facilities across NSW.
With more […]
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Posted March 20th, 2007
Meredith Jones, Marrickville resident and contributor to the Australian literary blog Sarsaparilla, has written a beautiful piece on roadside memorials.
Part of any roadtrip in Australia – and indeed, often just a drive through suburbia – is seeing roadside memorials. Simple white crosses with black writing, bunches of flowers taped around poles, teddies, plastic wreaths, handwritten […]
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Posted March 19th, 2007
SBS’s Cycling Central has been doing a series of segments on the state of cycling in various cities around Australia. Yesterday’s show featured Sydney. Receiving a bit of screen time was BNSW’s Alex Unwin who spun the party line on infrastructure, and Liberal Party candidate for Balmain in the upcoming state election Peter Shmigel who […]
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Posted March 18th, 2007
The Climate Change Coalition is producing a few virals prior to the NSW State election next Saturday, here is one of them. Vince Sorrenti sitting on a bike on an indoor trainer. Vince is a sometimes customer of Woolys Wheels and the trainer is one we use for some of our bike fits.
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Posted March 17th, 2007
Talentless radio hack and verbal abuser of other road users, Kyle Sandilands, has been on the receiving end of a bit of poetic justice over the past week.
Let’s go back in time for a taste of Sandilands thoughts on cyclists.
For some reason lately I’ve noticed that the cyclists think that they can actually ride […]
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