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Flintstone's Smoke Out
Bicycle Ballerina's, wrestlers buried in chair, retro Nintendo TV reports and two other great viral videos. No wonder they call Current Virals the best in the business. Enjoy and tell a friend about us.
To watch the full versions of all five videos just click on the links in the comments section below. Bicycle Ballerina's, wrestlers buried in chair, retro Nintendo TV reports and two other great viral videos. No wonder they call Curren... more -
Tour de Fat: Test rides
Bike Ring, Circle of fun bikes - San Francisco, Tour de Fat Festival 2008 / New Belgium Brewery - The San Francisco Bike Coalition
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Tour de Fat: The Sprockettes /2
Talented chicas
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San Francisco-Tour de Fat Festival 2008 / New Belgium Brewery - The San Francisco Bike Coalition
Spockettes (1/2 video‹s›) from Portland OR.
their mission: "The Sprockettes are an all female synchronized mini-bike dance troupe.
In a basic sense it is our mission to entertain audiences by choreographing dances while using our bikes in our performance."
more: http://sprockettes.org/ Talented chicas - San Francisco-Tour de Fat Festival 2008 / New Belgium Brewery - The San Francisco Bike Coalition ... more -
Tour de Fat: The Sprockettes /1
Talented chicas
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San Francisco-Tour de Fat Festival 2008 / New Belgium Brewery - The San Francisco Bike Coalition
Spockettes (1/3 video‹s›) from Portland OR.
their mission: "The Sprockettes are an all female synchronized mini-bike dance troupe.
In a basic sense it is our mission to entertain audiences by choreographing dances while using our bikes in our performance."
more: http://sprockettes.org/ Talented chicas - San Francisco-Tour de Fat Festival 2008 / New Belgium Brewery - The San Francisco Bike Coalition ... more -
Tour de Fat: Happy jugglers
Talented boys. - San Francisco, Tour de Fat Festival 2008 / New Belgium Brewery - The San Francisco Bike Coalition
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Orange Bikes take Manhattan
This bike/point has been discussed in previous pods/posts here at current, so I just found a quick video to share. (about DKNY's fashion week take on the 'urbaniztion-gorilla type of ads' around NYC, getting many responses from the bike community and bike supporters as bad taste/ representing-misRepresenting the meaning of ghost bikes)
http://current.com/topics/88797468_ghost_bikes
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This will be part of a number of short screenings(showing Friday July 25th 9Pm @victoria theatre), Friday, as part of the SF Bike Film Festival 2008. Hope you can make it to one of the films! If you are in San Francisco, see you there!
http://current.com/items/89117633_bicycle_film_festival... This bike/point has been discussed in previous pods/posts here at current, so I just found a quick video to share. (about DKNY's fashi... more -
Bicycle Film Festival -San Francisco
July 23-26, 2008
Festival Passes: $30
Individual tickets are available for $10.
*** Valet bicycle (free-but donations always accepted) parking provided by SFBC at all screenings. ***
Check out the whole line-up at the link above.
for further Valet parking info, and what sweet service by the bike coalition provides while you get your fiml/bike/mingle/beer on, very crucial, here: http://www.sfbike.org/?valet July 23-26, 2008 Festival Passes: $30 Individual tickets are available for $10. ... more -
Bike Sharing Program Launched in Mexico City : TreeHugger
C'mon! Even Mexico sees bike sharing as a good idea. What the heck is taking so long in the US? *sigh*
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Police: Driver Tried To Hit Officers On Bicycles
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A man was arrested early Thursday after police said he tried to run over two officers on bicycles.
Two officers were patrolling near East 18th Avenue and High Street, near the Ohio State campus, at 2 a.m. when they approached a driver who was playing loud music, 10TV's Tino Ramos reported.
The driver fled and the officers attempted to follow him on their bicycles. When they cornered him, the driver turned his vehicle toward the officers.
SLIDESHOW: Images From Scene;
http://www.10tv.com/live/content/local/stories/2008/07/...
"He actually at one point tried to run over one of the bicycle officers," said Columbus police Sgt. Steve Livingston. "In the process of attempting to run down one of the officers, he bounced off the wall while trying to get away."
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Tour de France Team Out After Rider Tests Positive
NARBONNE, France — The Tour de France, battling to maintain its credibility after so many years of doping scandals involving riders at the top of the sport of cycling, was hit again Thursday with the third drug scandal of this year’s Tour.
Riccardo Ricco, the winner of two stages in the Tour’s first nine days and in ninth place in the race so far, tested positive for a new-generation variant of the blood-boosting drug EPO after the fourth stage of the race last week, according to the French Anti-Doping Agency.
After the results became known Thursday morning, French Gendarmes questioned Ricco in the start village at Lavelanet and then drove away with him in a team car.
Members of Ricco’s Saunier Duval-Scott team had already prepared to start the 12th stage of the race in Lavalanet on Thursday morning when news of the failed drug test led the team’s management to withdraw its remaining riders from the Tour.
Ricco’s is the third failed test by a rider at the Tour this year. Two Spanish riders previously tested positive for EPO: Manuel Beltran of the Liquigas team and Moises Duenas Nevado of the Barloworld team. Duenas Nevado was also arrested after a police search found banned performance-enhancing drugs in his hotel room.
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Man hits cyclist while screaming racial slurs
"All Black People Should Die" he says.
Whatever happened to keeping opinions to yourself unless asked for them?
"I don't have hate in my heart for him. You know, I just wish he didn't hate me." "All Black People Should Die" he says. Whatever happened to keeping opinions to yourself unless asked for them? ... more -
Bicycle thieves: 3,000 of Paris's free bicycles stolen
The self-service, Parisian bike-for-hire – the vélib' – was intended mostly for short rides when it was introduced 12 months ago.
More than 3,000 of the sturdy grey bicycles have gone missing since then. Some have turned up as far away as Romania and, according to one report, Australia. Another 3,000 have been deliberately destroyed or damaged. But the 16,000 bikes in circulation have proved extremely popular. The idea – a cheap, computerised system of self-service bicycles in racks on almost every street corner – has been exported to countries across the world, including Austria and Spain, with plans for a similar system in Finland, Australia and the United States.
The vélib' has had its problems. Three vélib' users have been killed. Motorists complain that the bikes have tempted thousands of unskilled, unwary cyclists on to the unforgiving streets of the French capital. The 1,200 automated vélib' racks have also occupied thousands of spaces which used to be available for on-street parking. One enraged motorist ceremonially "hanged" a vélib' bike on a parking sign.
The vélib' has also been hailed as a triumphant, new form of win-win public service. All the proceeds go to the Paris Town Hall, which has pocketed €20m in the first year. All the costs are borne by the street advertising company JCDecaux. In return for providing and servicing the bikes, the firm has been given 1,600 free advertising spaces.
(Excerpts / John Lichfield, The Independent) The self-service, Parisian bike-for-hire – the vélib' – was intended mostly for short rides when it was introduced 12 months ago. ... more -
Physician charged with stopping his car suddenly in front of two cyclists.
Driver under the influence of non-existent common sense.
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Christopher Thomas Thompson, 59, was charged with two felony counts each of reckless driving causing injury and battery with serious bodily injury in connection with a July 4 crash.
Prosecutors allege that on July 4, Thompson slammed on the brakes of his red Infiniti sedan in front of two cyclists riding downhill on Mandeville Canyon Road. Authorities said the impact flung one cyclist through the car's rear window and the other to the pavement.
Peter Swarth, Thompson's attorney, said in a statement about the July crash today: "We regret that charges were filed today against Dr. Thompson. The incident was an unfortunate accident and was absolutely not a case of 'road rage,' as some have suggested. Dr. Thompson continues to wish for the injured cyclists speedy recovery."
Watson said he skidded to the right of the car as the other cyclist skidded to the left, "right into on-coming traffic." The motorist drove right at the other cyclist, who then punched the car, Watson said. "He then drove straight at me."
Cyclist Ron Peterson, 40, whose head crashed through the car window July 4, had broken teeth, a broken nose and serious cuts on his face. The other cyclist, Christian Stoehr, 29, had a shoulder separation he said would require surgery.
Photos showing a car's shattered window and what appears to be blood-covered trunk and others showing an injured Peterson on a gurney and in a UCLA Medical Center bed were quickly posted on Internet blogs, prompting outraged e-mails among members of Westside riding clubs.
Peterson said that Thompson "yelled out some profanity and, 'Ride single-file!' " Peterson said he then screamed an expletive at Thompson, who he said veered in front of the riders and "slammed on his brakes as hard as he could."
Thompson is free on $30,000 bail. He is scheduled to be arraigned Aug. 1 at the airport branch of Los Angeles County Superior Court. If convicted on all counts, he will face up to seven years and eight months in state prison.
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UK Invests Big Money In Bikes : TreeHugger
Well, the UK has done something else right. Like all the good (and not so good) European countries they're increasing spending for cyclists.
A couple good quotes:
"The first step in persuading people to leave their cars at home is to offer them a real choice," said Transport Minister, Ruth Kelly. "Providing a step change in cycling facilities, dedicated cycle lanes, more training and information will have a big impact on how people choose to travel."
"A quarter of journeys made every day by car are less than two miles, Cycling is an alternative that could bring real health benefits to millions of adults and children, as well as helping them save money and beat congestion."
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NY's Broadway becoming the Great Bike Way
Glad to see NY is looking into embracing bikes as opposed to restricting them.
Interesting article... we'll see how far it goes...
Seems to be that Bloomberg is changing his stance on two wheelers.. Let's hope it's true.
Ride on!
NEW YORK - Call it the Great Bike Way.
New York City plans to turn a swath of Broadway in midtown Manhattan into a bike lane and public esplanade _ leaving two fewer lanes for vehicles on the busy thoroughfare.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Friday that the plan will benefit the environment as well as people's health.
The Broadway plan will "give us a lot more room to walk on the streets and to get people ... out of their cars and walking, which is good for their health and also good for the environment," Bloomberg said on his weekly radio show.
The area, called Broadway Boulevard, will run from 42nd Street eight blocks south to the busy shopping district of Herald Square, which includes Macy's department store. The esplanade will be flanked by a pedestrian walkway with cafe tables and umbrellas, separated from vehicular traffic by planters filled with flowers.
The area's Fashion Center Business Improvement District is working with the city's Department of Transportation to create the street plazas, at a cost of $700,000. Jan Gehl, an urban designer based in Copenhagen, was hired as a consultant.
Work already is under way. The esplanade is to open in mid-August, with newly painted pavement and plastic traffic barriers popping up on the street.
The project is in line with Bloomberg's vision of reducing New York's traffic and pollution by encouraging bike riding and other alternatives to cars.
City transportation officials also are exploring other possibilities _ from banning cars on Park Avenue on three Saturdays in August to a bicycle-sharing program. Glad to see NY is looking into embracing bikes as opposed to restricting them. Interesting article... we'll see how far it goes... ... more -
A New Fashion Catches On in Paris - Cheap Bicycle Rentals
A year after the introduction of the sturdy gray bicycles known as Vélib’s, they are being used all over Paris. The bikes are cheap to rent because they are subsidized by advertising, and other major cities, including American ones, are exploring similar projects. A year after the introduction of the sturdy gray bicycles known as Vélib’s, they are being used all over Paris. The bikes are cheap to... more
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Bike Hugger - Economic Indicators
I've noticed similar circumstances at my local shops, business is booming!
Small little article, but great and brings a smile to my face.
CleverCycles: http://clevercycles.com/?p=231
Check out the Retrovelo site too, great looking bikes! http://retrovelo.de/ I've noticed similar circumstances at my local shops, business is booming! ... more -
Pedal-Powered Businesses Popping Up In Portland : TreeHugger
Every just want to give it all up and get a pedi-cab? How about an ice cream cart?
Well, more people are doing it everyday. I want to move to Portland! Every just want to give it all up and get a pedi-cab? How about an ice cream cart? ... more -
Biking On The Job Enouraged To Save Gas
BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. ― Riding a bike as part of the job has become standard for some workers in Colorado mountain communities like Breckenridge. It is all part of an effort by towns and counties in the high country to save money on gas and conserve.
The building inspectors in Breckenridge are now riding city owned bikes to job sites.
"So we're doing it to save fuel for sure, but the broader footprint is obviously the carbon footprint of the town," said Glen Morgan of the Breckenridge Building Department.
Construction workers are often caught off guard when the inspectors pedal up to a building in progress.
Breckenridge bought a total of six bikes for its employees to use for business errands and meetings. Frisco also has four bikes that employees can check out.
"I love them," said one woman. "They are so great. We take them out every time we have a meeting in town."
The town's police chief has a new hybrid to save on fuel as well.
Back in Breckenridge, there is contest that encourages employees to walk, bike or use public transportation to get to work.
The public works department in Silverthorne sent out a notice to employees asking them to cut back on unnecessary driving and pair up for jobs if possible.
Click above link for video :
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Drive your bike to work day
I know a number of people that have actually done this.
From the website driveyourbike.org
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Welcome to the official home of the only day set aside for bike-rack awareness. We're in our second year of this important mission, and it's time for you to get involved!
Here at Drive Your Bike To Work Day, we're constantly hearing about yet another horror story about a bike left on the roof of a car while attempting to drive into a parking garage or drive-thru window. I know a number of people that have actually done this. From the website driveyourbike.org - ... more
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