A pretty bicycle picture
Posted April 30th, 2007
technorati tags: cycling, bicycles
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April, 2007
Date Based Archive
Indulging a space-impractical passion
Posted April 29th, 2007
I really enjoy living in a small apartment and the challenges that go along with it; every decorating decision is a balancing act of aesthetics, practicality, efficiency and budget concerns. Lots of my furniture is multi-purpose, and nothing is tempting for my cat to scratch up.
Also, my home demonstrates that you can indulge the most […]
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Contrasting cycling numbers
Posted April 29th, 2007
Interesting numbers in this BRaIN headline.
APRIL 27, 2007 — MT. PROSPECT, IL (BRAIN)–Out of all the major recreational activities in 2006, bicycling suffered the worst in declining participant numbers, according to the National Sporting Goods Association annual “Sports Participation Series I and II” reports.
Bicycling, in fact, slipped to the eighth position with 35.6 million participants—a […]
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Something positive about cycling in the Telegraph
Posted April 28th, 2007
Ok, it’s in the weekend section, not news or editorial, but given the checkered history of this sensationalist rag and cycling, you have to take what you can get.
Sydney’s best bike tracks.
Forget planes, trains and automobiles - if you want to get to know your city while having some fun, cycling is a fantastic way […]
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Job board: Executive Officer Australian Bicycle Council
Posted April 27th, 2007
Seek.com.
The Australian Bicycle Council (ABC) is the national body that oversees and coordinates the implementation of the Australian National Cycling Strategy (NCS). The vision for the NCS is:
More cycling, to enhance the well-being of all Australians.
The NCS aims to establish strategies for increasing cycling across portfolios including transport, planning, environment, health, sport and recreation and […]
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A different kind of toll
Posted April 26th, 2007
Tony Abbott instructs the National Health and Medical Research Council to investigate the air quality of road tunnels.
The NHMRC is understood to have obtained initial data on the problem, focusing on levels of nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, photochemical oxidants, sulphur dioxide, lead and particulate matter.
The NHMRC has gathered an expert panel to analyse the data […]
Posted in Roads, Urbanism by Philip | 5 Comments »
Basso stood down
Posted April 25th, 2007
With Ullrich’s DNA samples matching those of some Puerto blood bags it was pretty obvious that in Ivan Basso’s case the center couldn’t hold for much longer.
Italian cyclist Ivan Basso, who is set to face further investigations, including DNA testing, regarding his involvement in Operación Puerto, has been asked by his team to stop competition […]
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The Green lane
Posted April 24th, 2007
Via Gilbert Grace and Bike Sydney.
technorati tags: cycling, bicycles, bike, lanes,
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And in other news…..
Posted April 24th, 2007
………Boris Yeltsin is still dead. Yep, there will be the usual wailing about process by the Floyd Fairness Fanboys, riffs about another French conspiracy, there’s a third man on the grassy knoll, and it’s L’Equipe, yada, yada, yada. Well actually the L’Equipe bit is true but that’s another story and you know what I mean.
Cyclingnews.
The […]
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No impact bike rider
Posted April 23rd, 2007
Like many people around the world I’ve been following an interesting experiment being conducted by Colin Beavan aka No Impact Man as he chronicles his efforts to live a sustainable life in New York City. It’s a must add to the feed reader for anyone interested in figuring out how to live sustainably in a […]
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