3rd - 10th May '08Last week's Top Blog Posts on Biking

08 May

The Hierarchy of the Bike Helmet Empire

www.copenhagenize.com10 commentsSocialRank

It’s all clear to us now.Copehagenize the planet.

07 May

Cycling Spokane: Front Loads Rule - I Love This Bike

cyclingspokane.blogspot.com6 commentsSocialRank

Pizza is easy I love love love my front rack. In fact, this bike (the RB-T with low trail — AKA, the Wetmorian), is about the perfect commuter/city/all-rounder/long-rides bike. Turns out someone finally got wise is now…

Conundrum

uglybike.blogspot.com6 commentsSocialRank

Say for instance you were in charge of booking a hotel room & airfare for an out-of-town colleague to attend a very important event. The colleague does not check in for either because the colleague is, as it turns out,…

The One That Started It All…

bikesandbeer.blogspot.com8 commentsSocialRank

It was our first date, Rachael picked the restaurant. Nice place(that has since burnt down) with a very good beer selection. Up until that night my beer of choice was Sierra Nevada, not a bad beer, but certainly the…

Opus Four

dougswanson.blogspot.com7 commentsSocialRank

I don’t have anything better to do than race around in the rain at Opus.We still averaged 25.8 mph. In the rain, cold, and with 4 guys doing a TTT off the front. We had BK take the win, Dano Second, and Mean Dawg was…

Whacha rollin' on?

mtbomaha.blogspot.com15 commentsSocialRank

Being a bit of newbie with mtbs, I was wondering what tires people favor for the courses around here. I’ve just about worn out the tires that came on my Salsa, and am in the market for dry condition tires and general…

Syllamo’s Revenge

www.twowheelblogs.com7 commentsSocialRank

Let me start by saying I will NEVER again race a race like Syllamo on a fully rigid bike. In fact after the race I vowed never to ride a rigid bike again ever, period. Let me start by saying that for some reason…

06 May

Preview: KHS XCT 535

www.mtnbikeriders.com4 commentsSocialRank

Last Sunday I participated on the City of Angels Ride, this ride is co-sponsored by our good friends from KHS Bicycles. I always hang around with Vince Calvillo after the ride, he is a good conversationalist and knows…

may the force be with you

www.bradhuffcycling.com6 commentsSocialRank

well a long awaited wait is over. I am heading to Arkansas to race. Ya actually race my bike with my actual team!I so excit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the new bike

www.gewilli.com5 commentsSocialRank

yeah - tis true.the fork weighs 490 grams or so and the frame, well i didn’t hang it on the full bike scale for some reason but it weighs more than 1,000 grams.It looks great.just missing a few bits to make it cross…

Patience and respect

copenhagengirlsonbikes.blogspot.com15 commentsSocialRank

One advantage of a dedicated bike infrastructure is that there is next to no animosity between motorists and cyclists. Motorists are cyclists themselves and they’ve grown up with an inbuilt awareness of the needs of a…

Long Ass Weekend – Enhanced Version

lifebikin.blogspot.com6 commentsSocialRank

First of all, if you don’t like what you read on this blog or some of the entries are too long for you – don’t fucking read it. It’s my blog and I’ll do what I fucking please.And now back to your regular…

Your lucky day in hell

cyclingybr.blogspot.com5 commentsSocialRank

Today has not been a happy day in the land of bike love. It seems to be one of those times where idiocy rules supreme and one wonders if they slowly falling into a world of paranoid delusional fantasies and developing a…

A History of Derailleurs in Pictures

urbanvelo.org3 commentsSocialRank

Some people think that derailleurs are a modern invention, while others think they’ve been around in their current form as long as the “safety” bicycle frame has. Of course neither is true—the modern derailleur…

New York: Combat in the bike lane

bikecommutetips.blogspot.com5 commentsSocialRank

From the New York Times, 05.04.08:Bike Lanes, Intended for Safety, Become Traffic BattlegroundsOn streets clogged by pollution-emitting cars, buses and trucks, New York City’s quest to establish reasonably safe…

05 May

A Commuting Day

bicycle-musings.blogspot.com2 commentsSocialRank

I picked Annie up at the airport at 5:20 this morning. We were home in time to go for our morning ride together. Pretty impressive for her after a red-eye flight. After taking the car to teach my morning class I…

Reading update and a question

ofbooksandbikes.wordpress.com22 commentsSocialRank

I think I’m past my reading slump, and I think I owe this largely to Rosy Thornton’s Hearts and Minds (kindly sent to me by the author), which I read happily all weekend and of which I am now about 50…

Dominating the Unwitting: Winning the Five Boro Bike Tour

bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com72 commentsSocialRank

Yesterday in New York City approximately 30,000 people took to the streets for the Five Boro Bike Tour. This ride was an excellent opportunity for cyclists of all levels to enjoy the sights of New York City in a…

yikes, busy day

racinrick.blogspot.com30 commentsSocialRank

no time to write today so you just get a couple of pics from my ride yesterday with Mike and my brother.leeetle muddy place your bets as to what the crow bar was for. muddy but happy

iola

spicyride.blogspot.com4 commentsSocialRank

driving home yesterday i was telling john i really don’t have much to write about as far as racing iola. nothing that stuck out really.Saturday had us driving up north to meet up with the goat and other peeps. pre-ride.…

Puma Urban Motility: The Glow Rider

commutebybike.com12 commentsSocialRank

We talk a lot around here about staying seen and safe while riding at night. You can use lights and reflective material, but what if your bike glowed in the dark?Puma has a bike in their Urban Motility line called the…

Fat Cyclist Blog Archive Crying is for Climbing

www.fatcyclist.com59 commentsSocialRank

I went to bed Friday night expecting to go on a long singlespeed road ride on Saturday morning. I woke up on Saturday, though, thinking that I needed something that occupied my mind a little more completely.Singlespeed…

04 May

Parents drive way too much…

www.bikecommuters.com9 commentsSocialRank

This weekend our daughter’s school hosted their annual pancake breakfast. What’s cool is that for the past few years that we’ve been going to this event, my wife, kids and I would normally ride our bikes there.…

Swanson XC #2: "Brandon, Is that You?"

endurosnob.blogspot.com6 commentsSocialRank

I’m still no cross-country racer, but I am two for two in the good times department at XC events this year. Fourth today at Swanson and three cats flying War Axe colors in the top five. After clowning around in the…

back from Lodi Farms… exhausted… sleep deprived and exhausted

gwadzilla.blogspot.com6 commentsSocialRank

back from the 12 Hours of Lodi Farms.exhausted and sleep deprivedbarking orders over my shoulder as I blogthe boys are wildtrying to get them to brush their teeth and get ready for bedwords on Lodi and images from L…

From Deep Hole to Spanish Farmhouse

remarkablelives.blogspot.com7 commentsSocialRank

Do you know “the hole” a.k.a solitary confinement in prison?Did you know that undisciplined writers often have to construct their own shutout to get in touch with their thoughts and produce a manuscript? Yes,…

Cyclelicious: Bicycles at Maker Faire

www.cyclelicio.us4 commentsSocialRank

Momentum Magazine. Publisher Amy Walker, Associate Publisher Tania Lo and Marketing/Partnership Director Mia Kohout of Momentum Magazin are in the Maker Faire Expo. You’ll find the Momentum booth south of the big HP…

The Cycling Dude: Hailing a 21st Century Rickshaw in Toronto, for Free

www.cyclingdude.com3 commentsSocialRank

According to Wikipedia:”Cycle rickshaws are Human-powered, often used on a for hire basis, equipped with one or more seats for carrying passengers in addition to the driver. Cycle rickshaws are widely used in major…

Up in Alaska: The world at large

arcticglass.blogspot.com20 commentsSocialRank

Date: May 2Mileage: 19.2May mileage: 113.5Temperature: 41Geoff called me from California today with some great news - he had a tough race at the Miwok 100K, couldn’t sleep at all the night before, was battered by the…

Tour de Romandie Finale… LIVE!

www.podiumcafe.com63 commentsSocialRank

One final time. The final day is hardly ceremonial, however.  A bad day on the opening climb, the Col des Mosses could put an end to the ambitious GC rider's hopes.  Coming after only 32 km of racing, i…

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