My Irish dad

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Published Aug. 16, 2010 at 1:21 p.m.
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I’ve been called by various people the joker of the cycling industry, described as “someone who loves the sport enough to laugh at it” and I often enjoy a joke at my own expense. I’ve also been known to get into fights, yell at people, drink more than what is socially acceptable and be too [ ... ] ...

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The answers to why only 17% of the cyclists total of LA commuters are women is found in more than just bike lanes.

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Published Aug. 16, 2010 at 10:33 a.m.

My world is different than many in Los Angeles owing to the fact that I don’t have a car. When I read studies about women’s fear of public transit and fear of cycling I get a bit annoyed. I can’t ...

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Bikerumor Schwag Ride - Today at Burns Park in Little Rock, Arkansas!

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Published Aug. 16, 2010 at 7:10 a.m.
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Here we come, Little Rock!Join us this afternoon at Burns Park in Little Rock, AR, for the first ever Bikerumor Schwag Ride! We’ve got over $1,000 worth of goodies from Orbea, Camelbak, Giro, Maxxis Tires, Competitive Cyclist and Arkansas Cycling & Fitness to give away after the ride, but you gotta be on the ride [ ... ] ...

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Personal Emotional Mobility

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Published Aug. 16, 2010 at 3:44 a.m.
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On my trip to Melbourne I arrived on the Monday and was scheduled to give my talk on the Saturday. Felix and I were picked up at the airport, together with another chap who was also speaking at the State of Design Festival ... A car designer. Former head of design for BMW. His name is Chris Bangle. Charming and personable with great humour ... He gave his talk on the Tuesday at the BMW Edge venue at Federation Square. I was looking forward to hearing about car design - all design is interesting

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More Than One Way to UTILIZE your Bike

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Published Aug. 16, 2010 at 2:34 a.m.

Over the past year it’s been our goal over at UtilityCycling.org to catalog all of the means in which cyclists utilize bicycles for purposes beyond sport and recreation. Not surprisingly, all evidence points to bike commuting as the predominant form of utility cycling throughout the world.  Digging up information (mainly scouring the [ ... ] ...

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Useful Cycling Devices

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Published Aug. 16, 2010 at 1:13 a.m.

As a touring cyclist, I am well acquainted with the fact that almost all cycling advice and almost all cycling equipment is made for the high-tech, high-speed, ultra-light, streamlined cyclist. We hear of the need for cyclometers, cadence monitors, altimeters, heart-rate monitors, and combination devices that can record and print back the entire trip. But did you know that touring cyclists have their own high-tech devices? Here are some of them:  ... The Realometer was invented by H. Thoreau

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Stage 6: Bikes, Books, & Beers Podcast Spanish Edition

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Published Aug. 15, 2010 at 7:22 p.m.

Stage 6: Bikes, Books & Beers from Bikes, Books & Beers on Vimeo ... Proudly wearing the Weight of the Nation! ... Here's our seventh podcast ... The upcoming Vuelta is the third Grand Tour of the season and we celebrate it with the Spanish Edition. Guy & I cover the night Team Time Trial, the mountain stages, & the Red Jersey. I show off the Weight of the Nation t-shirt & Galstudio's Grupetto Cycling Cap. Guy shows his very cool Brioches La Boulangere cycling cap. And we tackle cycling's Iron

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Overhaul planned for USA Cycling’s National Racing Calendar

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Published Aug. 15, 2010 at 5:03 p.m.

USA Cycling plans to change the calendar to reduce travel, tweak the points system and figure out how UCI Pro Continental teams can participate in national-level races ...

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On Cycling

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Published Aug. 15, 2010 at 5:03 p.m.

Carpe Diem, Memento Mori. Buy the sticker, wear the t-shirt, get the tattoo, get on that bike ...

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My Atlanta Biking Experience

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Published Aug. 15, 2010 at 4:25 p.m.
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On my first day of work in Atlanta, this is the Creative Loafing I saw all around Ansley; I was very pleased. In the month that's followed, I've seen a number of cyclists--mostly men, mostly riding on the sidewalk--as I pass by on the bus. That's right, I said the bus. Unfortunately, my experience of cycling in Atlanta has been restricted to observing other cyclists. Perhaps there are morning people who could get up at 5 AM (or later-- since they're morning people and probably wake up with

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