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if anyone’s stuck for what to get me for xmas. one of these would do the trick ;)

Matt Mayer over at Groovy Green has taken the time to write a nice little article to get us all prepared for winter on two wheels.

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Yesterday at the Multnomah County Courthouse the law came down against fixed gear bicycles.

On June 1, 2006 Portland bike messenger Ayla Holland was given a ticket for allegedly violating Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) 815.280(2)(a) which states,

A bicycle must be equipped with a brake that enables the operator to make the braked wheels skid on dry, level, clean pavement. strong enough to skid tire.

At issue was whether Holland’s fixed gear bicycle met this requirement. She and her lawyer Mark Ginsberg thought it did, but Officer Barnum of the Portland Police Bureau thought otherwise so they brought the matter in front of a traffic court Judge…

read more here

like the creator says.. it’s all about the funi can imagine that some of the sensations produced from the drifty’s and wobbly’s could be pretty rad.

http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=18648

thanks t-bone

no, this isnt the gay pride parade coming early. it’s a pic of my good friend, and drinking buddy, Kampy getting into the ’swing’ of things for this years Critical Ass ride in Toronto earlier this month.

Nice work!

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Another silly ride courtesy of Julian. Words can’t describe it so I won’t even bother. Stealth Bomber comes to mind. And the skewers are sic!
Pics here

Specs here

Tacx has put out a pretty hot little training tool. The main setup involves Virtual Reality setups that let you virtually cycle through the alps, or mallorca. Ride the tour of flanders, right in your livingroom.  The full setup adjusts difficulty to correspond to where you are in the course.. cool! Or you can just grab the videos and train away. I think all it needs is a set of vr glasses and would be the ideal Canadian winter training program.

DIG here 

veloNews has a good article about it here