Archive for July, 2008
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
BH emailed me an excellent dissection of the 'myth of the scofflaw cyclist', from WashCycle, the DC version of the Philadelphia Bicycle Coalition blog. Pretty awesome to have someone lay out the stats like that.
Tagged as: Cycling safety|
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
2 years running, I have registered...and then not showed up. Awesome!
Both of my friends racing the 5s were taken out in a crash. Not awesome.
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Why does Riccardo Ricco, aka 'The Cobra' immediately make me think of Cobra Kai from the Karate Kid?
Sweep the leg, Johnny.
heh.
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
Friday night at around 2:30am, I wake to the boy screaming. Now normally, I waken to the end of this kind of thing, ie Mrs. H has gone in and started calming him down.
She's good like that.
Anyway, I am completely awake and the boy is still screaming.
Mrs. H ...
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
Philly bicycle coalition thru up a google map of a variety of ways to bicycle to the shore. Thats a good thing as the first 20 miles of my way is not exactly well paved.
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Remind me to never again pretend to complain about having to alter course on the West River Time Trial because of Canadian Geese crossing the road. This mountain bike racer got attacked by a bear.
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
VeloNews live coverage of the Tour yesterday had a link to an article highlighting the various ways in which pro cyclists celebrate wins. Pretty fantastic.
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
This commercial came up at work today. Apparently, engineering is planning a go-kart racing outing.
I'm so there.
Tagged as: Bicycle Racing & Funny|
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
This commercial is funny enough to make consider, albeit briefly, drinking the swill that is Bud light.
SAUSAGES!
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Monday, July 7th, 2008
Did I see that right? Was there a union blocking the tour today? And did Christian Prudhomme just barely get them out of the way as the 4 man breakaway came up?
Awesome.
Another exciting finish today.
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