November 2012

Van Sends Bradley Wiggins To Hospital

by editors on November 7, 2012

1352326644668-10Ggky1Vohaqw-280-75Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins is reportedly in the hospital tonight after colliding with a car while out training tonight (Wednesday, November 7, 2012) near his home in Eccleston, according to a story on Bike Radar.

Local police say that Wiggins has possibly broken his ribs, as well as suffering injuries to his hands and wrists. His Sky team later issued a statement saying: “He is being kept in hospital overnight for observation but the injuries he has sustained are not thought to be serious and he is expected to make a full and speedy recovery.”

Apparently, a white Vauxhall Astra van pulled out from a gas station right in front of him. Guess there are rotten drivers everywhere.

[Link: Bike Radar]

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Colorado Pickup Rams Group Ride

by editors on November 6, 2012

403564 10102414625053883 1879669632 NA group of cyclists riding out of Littleton, Colorado were rammed by an angry pickup truck driver on Sunday, November 4, 2012, according to a post on 303 Cycling. Rider Byron Nix, was injured.

Today’s ride was anything but fun. Around 9:00AM our morning group ride was heading up S. Deer Creek Canyon Rd when a motorist pulled up behind us and began to honk his horn incessantly. Then he sped up and rammed into one the cyclists smashing his bicycle and dragging him under the car. The man got out of his car, started swearing to no one in particular and then took the bicycle and threw it off the road. Notice the man’s face as he doesn’t have a care in the world. Not once did he apologize or seem to show any remorse.

The driver, Andrew Hoover, 72, (seen casually leaning on the hood of his truck) was only “cited for “carless driving” according to the Denver Post. Hoover claimed the cyclists were riding too far from the shoulder and apparently thinks it’s perfectly okay to just run them over. Hopefully, Nix will file a civil suit against this clown.

[Link: 303 Cycling and The Denver Post]

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Audi vs. Cyclist [With Polite Accents]

by editors on November 6, 2012

In our neighborhood this entire altercation would have escalated to blows with in 10 seconds, but in England, apparently, politeness still rules the day. Even when a cyclist was nearly run off the road by an Audi driver who believed he had the right to move into the lane. Oh, Britannia, Britannia rules the lanes.

[Link via r/Bicycling] [click to continue…]

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Shimano Revenues Up 13%

by editors on November 5, 2012

Images-11The Japanese sporting industry giant Shimano Inc. has reported that revenues were up 13% for the 9 months ending on September 30, 2012, according to a story on Sports One Source.

In its Bicycle Components segment, sales in the nine months increased 13.6 percent ¥146.2 billion and operating income increased 40.6 percent to ¥29.8 billion. Shimano said in Europe, a major market for Shimano products, retail sales remained at virtually the same level as for the corresponding period of the previous year, thanks to the warm weather from late July onward “despite sluggish business in the spring when the weather was unsettled.”

Must be all those bikes we’ve been buying lately. . .

[Link: Sports One Source]

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Doin’ Stuff On A Pure Fix FGFS

by editors on November 5, 2012

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Peaty & Ratboy Are Karma Chameleons

by editors on November 5, 2012

Hey look! More mountain biking from mountain bikers. This time is Steve Peat and Josh “Ratboy” Bryceland doing their thing on the 2013 Santa Cruz Chameleon. For the record, we don’t mind dirt jumping as long as there are no tail whips and/or flipping tricks (or TBCs). ‘Cause those just look dumb on mountain bikes.

[Link via VitalMTB]

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Cycling Superstorm Sandy In NYC

by editors on November 2, 2012

When Superstorm Sandy hit New York City on October 29, 2012 did Casey Neistat stay indoors as Mayor Blumberg suggested? Hell no. He loaded up his cameras and headed out on his bike to record the evening for history. And truthfully he got some of the best storm footage we’ve seen so far.

[Link via VitalMTB]

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Angry Cyclist Beats Down Muni Agent

by editors on November 2, 2012

Sometimes cyclists are the nicest people in the world and other times they’re just assholes on wheels. This guy appears to be the later, according to a story on SF Gate.

The assault happened Oct. 10 around 7:40 p.m. after the bicyclist tried to pass through the fare gates at the station with his bike, police said. . . The station agent on duty, a 55-year-old man, told the bicyclist he could not bring his bike into the station, but the man ignored him, lifted his bike over the railing and jumped over the railing himself. . . When the agent followed the cyclist down to the platform level of the station, the cyclist turned and hit and kicked him until he fell down, then ran away out of the station. The agent was seriously injured from the blows to his head and upper body and is currently unable to return to work, said police spokesman Sgt. Mike Andraychak.

So nice how he calmly wipes off his mohawk and starts off the conversation with a kick. . .

[Link via I Hate Bicyclists]

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Hardtail Heaven At Whistler

by editors on November 1, 2012

So nice to see people riding real mountain bikes on some real terrain, isn’t it? No 9 inches of travel front and rear, no freaky frankenbikes, just Jinya Nishiwaki and Cortland Thibodeau riding two wheels through some Whistler dirt and moss. This is mountain biking.

[Link: VitalMTB]

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