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.
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The 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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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.
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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.
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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. . .
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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.
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Bike Radar’s Josh Patterson goes deep, deep, deep in the R&D of the SRAM XX1 and pretty much answer any questions we’ve ever had about our next MTB drivetrain.
First and foremost SRAM wanted to ensure that this new design would have a minimal impact on existing rear hub technologies, with no requirement to change the design of the hub body, bearing placement, axle spacing or frame design. In fact, all that is required for most hub manufacturers is a few additional machining steps to remove material from existing splined freehub designs.
Just click the link and read the whole thing if you care.
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Yes, it’s 30 feet tall, and it does look like the BLOAT and he’s going to burn tonight in Kent, England thanks to the Edenbridge Bonfire Society because they burn someone every year and this year it’s the BLOAT.
A 30ft (9m) model of the American, who was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles for doping offences, will go up in flames in Edenbridge. . . The Jim’ll Fix It badge is in reference to TV presenter Jimmy Savile who is suspected of widespread sexual abuse. . . Radical cleric Abu Hamza and Chancellor George Osborne were also considered.
We think they chose the right guy for this one. . .
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Once again a major energy drink company has exploited a “low-income” neighborhood so their athletes (in this case Slovakian Filip Polc) could wreck the place on their high-priced mountain bikes. This run is from the annual Descenso Del Condor in La Paz, Bolivia on Saturday, October 27, 2012.
Energy drink companies must just love working in countries where they can do whatever they want and can stomp all over the local population as long as they pay the right people.
[Editors’ Note: These kinds of events remind us of a Hunter S. Thompson essay from August 19, 1963 titled Why Anti-Gringo Winds Often Blow South of the Border Follow the jump to read it if you’re in the mood.] [click to continue…]
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