Bikes Update (Boise Weekly)
As a preface, I'd like to say, I'm a cyclist. I ride my bike everywhere, whether it be to Tablerock, in the Ridge to Rivers trail system, or just down to the state capitol to work on Unda' the Rotunda. I'm a big fan of people-powered transit. In case you haven't heard, the Idaho Legislature is looking to update the state's laws in regards to cyclists, with a package of bills by Sen. Elliot Werk ... The Japanese love-affair with bikes (Daily Telegraph)
Companies in Japan are developing new, greener electric cycles. Pre-gaming (San Diego Reader)
Friday, February 26, 8:45 p.m. A University Heights house at Georgia and El Cajon is illuminated by the retro neon ?Boulevard? sign, lending the epithet ?The Big Pink.? The theme is ?Walmart Rollback.? Leif opens the door and I behold an unholy image. It?s as if I?m looking in the mirror. East Village bicycle legend just keeps on rolling (The Villager)
On a bad acid trip in 1980 my motorcycle seemed like death, so after straightening out, I sold it and bought a bicycle at a neighborhood shop just east of First Ave. on 12th St. It was a storefront on the street?s uptown side with old bikes chained together beside the open door. Just in: Sneak peek at upcoming test products (BikeRadar)
Küat, RAR, Williams Cycling, Giordana, Scott and Lazer Helmets Blogs Last updated: February 27, 10:37 (Cyclingnews)
Relative car rack newcomer Küat may not have been on the scene for very long but its new hitch-mounted NV flagship comes loaded with an impressive list of features and some very clever design nonetheless. New commuting and mountain bikes from Saracen (BikeRadar)
Titanium Kili prototypes plus urban machines Class of Eli engineers reinvents the wheel (Yale Daily News)
In a new spin on the bicycle, a Yale mechanical engineering class has created a bicycle whose spokeless wheels appear to rotate around thin air. Better Than Best: Sex and Sports (Philadelphia Weekly)
Smartest Continuing Education Classes for the Pervert in You If you live in the city, you?ve almost certainly walked past the South Street-area shop and seen the classes advertised on the chalkboard outside: ?Rough Sex for Beginners,? ?Erotic Wax and Fire Play,? ?Orgasmic Mastery for all Genders.? But although many of the decidedly out-there offerings from Passional ?s continuing sex-education ... First Edition Cycling News, Tuesday, February 23, 2010 (Cyclingnews)
Top road teams Astana, Team Saxo Bank and Cervélo TestTeam will all exclusively use Zipp wheels for both training and racing during the 2010 road season.