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Archive for February, 2007

World’s shortest commute by car

Surely this is some kind of misunderstanding…

Cycling goes mainstream all over the place

( News and Commute )

From London to Auckland, cycling is gaining in popularity.

Kids mount-up in Benalla

( Kids and News and Commute )

Not waiting for Ride2School Day, the kids at three schools in Benalla are already making a habit of going by bike.

Bleeding obvious headline of the week

( Heh! and News )

And the winner of the National Penny Farthing Championships is…a cyclist!

Roadies aren’t the only “real” cyclists

( Melbourne and Rant and News )

Roadies–especially the cashed-up “new golf” gang–don’t represent the only legitimate form of cycling.

A bike path equation

Thanks to Peter Chen who found this on Lygon Street near the bone yard.

Let’s call it assault with a deadly weapon

( Rant and News and Grrr! )

Let’s call a spade a bloody shovel. This is not, as AAP reported, “a hit-and-run incident”–it’s criminal assault.

Beat-up over Mullum Mullum bike path

( Melbourne and News )

Notice to the Maroondah Leader: a 3m-wide concrete path is not the same as a multi-lane motorway.

Fooling the Nazis

( Heh! )

A minor anecdote in an old interview shows that a bike has always been a valuable possession, and never more so than under the Nazi regime.

Man bites dog…

( Heh! and News )

…cyclist bites dust.

Melbourne Summer Cycle

Apparently Melbourne has a brand new massed bike ride: the Melbourne Summer Cycle.

Cyclists are (mostly) highly evolved

( Heh! )

How often do bicycles feature in the Darwin Awards?

Carrying a notebook computer on your bike

Notebook computers are supposed to be portable, so why not carry yours on your bike?

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