Wednesday, July 22
Updated: 2010-09-07 03:19:22
Today's Preview Cycling, darts, soccer and baseball round up our day with 13 matchups in 5 windows. Lance Armstrong finished second in stage 16,...
They say a week in politics is a long time, and it might well be, but I can guarantee it’s not as long as a week at the world’s biggest cycling show held annually in Southern Germany…
Think big. It’s a bike show in widescreen. Eurobike would swallow the London Show into the dark end of [...]
Team Cycling Plus will be updating you each week with the highs and lows of their training as part of the team. Both Malcolm and the Millook recover from the Etape Hibernia…
Team member – Malcolm Ratcliffe
Malcolm from Erdington is determined to shed some of his 17stone before his 45th birthday this October. To do [...]
I’m back at my desk feeling rather shell-shocked following a week at the world’s biggest bike show. There were lots of bikes, bits and a devil…
With over 1000 exhibitors spread over 10 huge halls and more than 60,000 visitors Eurobike – held last week in Friedrichshafen, Germany – is cycling heaven. Pretty much every bike [...]
: , skip to main skip to sidebar 06 September 2010 Bike Riding Illegal in Sag Harbor , NY Sag Harbor , NY . Photo by Danielle Lobosco from Wikipedia Maybe we should be compiling a list of cities and towns that are bicycle- un friendly . After the internet storm that followed the town of Blackhawk , Colorado's decision to ban bicycles , there are probably loads of towns with similar . bylaws The bicycle activist and photographer known as BicyclesOnly on Twitter and Flickr was visiting Sag Harbor , New York pop . 2313 and , according to this : tweet bikenyc riding is illegal on Main Bay Sts . in dntwn SagHarbor . Cop told us to dismount , sez law is 4 safety reasons , wldn't give deets Copenhagenize's friend and lawyer Kelly spotted this and decided to check it out . Was it really illegal to
: skip to main skip to sidebar 04 September 2010 Bike Lane to Germany Across the Sea The final negotiations are underway about the proposed bridge from Denmark to Germany the Femern Belt Bridge between the Danish island of Lolland and the German island of Fehmarn . Copenhagenize is wondering if we'll be third-time . lucky When the 17.5 km long Great Belt Fixed Link linking the islands Zealand and Funen was being planned in the 1990's , there was talk of adding bicycle infrastructure but it never gained any ground . When the bridge was completed in 1998, cyclists who previously could ride onto the ferry were then forced to take the train or a bus in order to cross between east and west . Denmark The next massive bridge project was the 15 km long Öresund Fixed Link between Denmark and Sweden
: skip to main skip to sidebar 03 September 2010 Textbook Bicycle Marketing from Netherlands We're loving this photograph . It's from a Dutch advert for the bike brand Sparta THIS is how to sell bicycles to Citizen Cyclists . Thanks to Will for the heads . up The text on the advert , roughly translated by Will , : reads You want a bike that fits your lifestyle . Which is why we make bikes with something extra . Like the pickup . An old style Dutch delivery bike with a modern twist . With a unique and distinctive double top tube for support . Also available in several retro colors . Something Special , we call it . Go for the specials list for more information And it gets even better This Sparta advert spells it out in no uncertain terms . This bike will suit you . Urban living . The
Well, so much for that analysis—I was pretty sure Farrar’s legs were getting soggy after a full plate of classics, three Grand Tours, and some late season one-days. But he got a pretty good amount of daylight in winning yesterday’s Vuelta stage—hardly the victory of a man beaten back by a season’s worth of effort.
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: . skip to main skip to sidebar 02 September 2010 Traffic . Get Used To It I was just reading this article Bicyclists to LA Drivers : We are traffic and I recalled a poster I had done last . year Isn't it time to just make this point Fortunately , there is a silver-lining in the clouds of anti-bicycle sentiment . A spot of research in the UK has shown that sentiment towards cyclists is actually rather positive and it's improving . Read the good news at The : Guardian Cyclists The public thinks you're cool and normal Bookmark this : post blogger tutorials Social Bookmarking Blogger Widget I'm reading : Traffic . Get Used To It Put here by Mikael at 10:41 tags : bike advocacy graphics poster traffic traffic calming 8 thinking out louds : Mark said . That's because I am cool and normal .
Another poster generated from the wealth of leftovers from a job for a client.Let me know if any other taglines pop into your mind. Maybe the text could be different.Copenhagenize the planet. And have a lovely day.
Mainstream brands get in on the bicycle market. Bike lights for kids. Hello Kitty or Bakugan. Personally, I'm holding out for Hanna Montana.As seen in a supermarket near here.Copenhagenize the planet. And have a lovely day.
: skip to main skip to sidebar 31 August 2010 Florence Finds Her Pedersen There is a brilliant article that you simply must . read A Strange and Not Unpleasant Experience by Florence Williams for Bicycling.com What's a cyclist to do upon falling in love with the rare Pedersen bike--except rescue a battered one from a hippie paradise and cajole its mysterious creator into reviving it What a fantastic . tale Here's more of my photos of Pedersen bicycles Didn't get a shot of Florence on hers we couldn't manage to hook up when she was in . Copenhagen Bookmark this : post blogger tutorials Social Bookmarking Blogger Widget I'm reading : Florence Finds Her Pedersen Put here by Mikael at 21:21 tags : danish design jesper sølling pedersen vintage 2 thinking out louds : townmouse said . Or you
There was something eerily familiar about the suddenness which with Cervelo Test Team’s and Garmin-Transitions’ fortunes changed just before the Vuelta. The sneak attack, the telegraphic language in the press releases, and the valiant counter-strike—like something from a half-remembered dream in my Internet Youth.
Contains graphic elements possibly inspired by works from Flickr user Nathalie 05, [...]
We ran a quick look at this last Thursday on our Facebook site but here’s a bit more beef…
The iconic American brand’s trail-slaying 575 has had a few tweeks for 2011. We’ll get to those in a minute but first off we’ll give you a few minutes to drink in that paint job…
Ok? Cool.
The 25th [...]
Paul Smith, Cycling Plus tech guru and ace photographer, knew exactly what he wanted to get his new wife as a wedding present – a retro bike. He couldn’t find an off-the-shelf model, though, so he made one…
Now Smiffy’s attention to detail is legendary – he spends hours polishing his Storck – and when it [...]
Oh yes. This is totally the direction I want to see the sport going in. Take the sponsor who’s pleased enough with a gutsy third-place finish to put the bike in their museum, then dissolve their team. Follow that up by reintroducing the guy who was caught in a police sting at an illicit blood [...]
Well, the Twitterverse seems to like this, so I'll slap it here, too. The World's Greatest Bike Lock.Or a practical joke. Both are cool.Copenhagenize the planet. And have a lovely day.
: skip to main skip to sidebar 23 August 2010 For Cyclists New Traffic Etiquette For Cyclists As there has recently been a rather tactless criticism directed towards us cyclists , it must be permitted for me to bring some modest , if not harmful , proposals for a new traffic etiquette for cyclists and other wheeled . persons Let us begin at the beginning . You set yourself up on the bicycle , have a good look around first up and down and then from side to side wherefter you rest for a moment whilst regarding the road ahead and behind . Do this several times and take your time doing it . Therefter you push down on one pedal and up with the other . The bicycle is then propelled into motion . You can , of course , repeat this process , but experienced cyclists rarely need . to You will now
Looking for a spot on the Aussie worlds team? I would say your best bet is to avoid winning a stage at the ENECO Tour. Robbie McEwen—wins stage one, not invited. Jack Bobridge—wins Stage 5, not invited. Granted, McEwen’s been having the worst season of his long career with just one other win, and [...]
: skip to main skip to sidebar 22 August 2010 Keep Posties Cycling Bike Ride On 27 August a group of cycling postmen and postwomen , politicians and cycling campaigners will deliver the letters to Royal Mail’s new Chief Executive Moya Greene . The event will create some media attention and hopefully lead to a reviewing of the Royal Mail’s arbitrary plan to phase out cycle . delivery Keep Posties Cycling Friday 27 August A week today , CTC will deliver hundreds of protest letters to Royal Mail's new Chief Executive to demand she reconsiders the decision to phase out cycle delivery . Please send your letters in today all you have to do is fill in our online form on www.ctc.org.uk royalmail We will deliver the letters on Friday 27 August at 8.30am outside 100 Victoria Embankment EC4Y 0HQ . If
: , skip to main skip to sidebar 20 August 2010 Where There's a Will , There's a Cycle Way More playing around . Displacement activities make the world go . round Bas from Cycling Evolution sent me this : photo Taken at the Stasi Museum in Berlin and reflecting a world of eco resistance in the DDR period as Bas put it . It inspired me to whip together the poster above . It reads Where there's a will , there's a cycle way . Bookmark this : post blogger tutorials Social Bookmarking Blogger Widget I'm reading : Where There's a Will , There's a Cycle Way Put here by Mikael at 14:30 tags : bike advocacy bike infrastructure graphics poster 5 thinking out louds : ndru said . This summs it all up nicely . Shame then in some places- like london there is now will . In turn cyclists are being
I’m wondering who’s more surprised about Ricco’s move to Vacansoleil—fans, journalists, or the rider himself. Ricco seemed pretty sure about going to Quick.Step only a few short days ago, but as press agents anywhere can tell you, the great advantage to leaking information rather than making an above-board announcement is plausible deniability.
That said, the not-so-recently-returned [...]
Do my eyes deceive me? Is there a piece critical of Lance Armstrong up on Versus.com? If it weren’t comparing him to Mel Gibson (hard to imagine the phone calls curiously absent from Armstrong’s emails with Floyd and Dr. Kay were anywhere near that bad) or erroneously claiming that Armstrong smashed Floyd’s (or Armstrong’s own [...]