Posted August 31st, 2007
GutterMonkey has launched.
guttermonkey.org lets people find riders they might like to ride with, and routes they can follow safely, using all the valuable knowledge thats trapped inside your head.
To do this, we’re hoping for your participation, because you’re the expert when it comes to your ride.
* Every back street you take […]
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Posted August 30th, 2007
Le Tour naturelle finally ends.
It’s rather a shame that the Tour’s ‘clean’ riders, or ‘lanternes naturelles’ as the fans call them, receive so little attention, for their monumental achievement,” said cycling commentator Phil Liggett, reporting on the non-doping riders’ finish for Versus-2, the little-sister network to Versus, who carried the main Tour de France coverage. […]
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Posted August 30th, 2007
No worlds for you!
UCI.
During the meticulous studying of the 6,000-page Puerto dossier, the International Cycling Union (UCI) has concluded that several documents may show the involvement of Alejandro Valverde in the affair.
In accordance with its regulations, the UCI has requested the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) to open disciplinary proceedings against the rider as soon as […]
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Posted August 30th, 2007
Like just about everyone else on the planet I’m on Facebook, and it’s proven to be a good way to keep in touch with a small circle of friends, join some amusing and interesting groups like America Deserves Kyle Sandilands and We Want Funky Little Pubs in Sydney, and play around with some interesting applications. […]
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Posted August 29th, 2007
The groupset revolution continues unabated with Sunrace Sturmey Archer announcing the Driven group.
Sunrace is proud to announce our new product range, Driven.
Driven will offer high end competition level product for both Mountain and Road. It will be available in two trim levels, Z level and X level. Z will be the top of […]
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Posted August 29th, 2007
Via Bike Biz comes this interesting development from Haro Bikes.
[Our move] changes the older, more traditional thinking that the consumer is as focused on model years in the bike business as they seem to be in the automotive business. With entry-level products that aren’t heavily technology driven, consumers are less focused on model year […]
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Posted August 28th, 2007
Dulwich Hill, Sydney, 2007
technorati tags: cycling, bicycles, style
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Posted August 28th, 2007
There’s a reasonably comprehensive piece on electric assisted bicycles in today’s Sydney Morning Herald.
Having given up on the privately owned internal combustion engine a few years ago, we are now a three-bicycle family. This brings with it its own rewards, and its own set of problems. For a start, the big Saturday supermarket shop has […]
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Posted August 27th, 2007
Right now the Australian horse racing industry is in lockdown mode because of a serious case of Equine Flu.
It’s a devastating thing to happen, for the thoroughbreds and to an industry that not only contributes hundreds of millions of dollars of economy and employment to Australia, but a rich cultural thread that is woven […]
Posted in Culture, Marketing by Philip | 5 Comments »
Posted August 27th, 2007
Two weeks ago Masi Guy Tim Jackson was kind enough to give me a sneak peak of the new line of urban bikes they have in the pipeline for 2008, with pride of place going to the Speciale SoulVille, of course I was busting to do a post on the bike but couldn’t tell a […]
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