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. . .
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.
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 BorderFollow the jump to read it if you’re in the mood.] [click to continue…]
When we last left cyclocross stud Jeremy Powers he was just kicking off the season with a quick trip through Las Vegas. Well, a lot has gone down in three episodes and here we are again to catch back up.
Jeremy’s first task is to find Brown University’s 95.5 WBRU to spread the word about the race with promoter, and all-around good guy, Richard Fries. After hitting the airwaves, it’s off to Providence’s famed Biltmore Hotel, where the entire New England cyclocross community is on display. After all the rubbing elbows is done off the course, it’s time to rub elbows inside the tape.
The rest is 20 minutes of. . . well, you know the rest.
While the idea of riding without worrying about a flat or carrying air is intriguing, these ERW Airless Tires looks like they’ll collect all kinds of dirt, rocks, mud etc. . . on the inside. We haven’t ridden them, but until their sides are closed off it seems all manner of debris would rattle around in there. Then again, Britek is still working on it.
The lonely (g)narwhal rides again! I was really psyched to try out the new cam. I had time to get a quick ride in on the 23rd and a hot lap around Antelope Flats and Moose-Wilson on the 24th. Looking forward to some worthy adventures!
This edit of the extremely talented 16-year-old Sindre Harbak pretty much sums up everything we detest about BMXers posing as mountain bikers including (but not limited to) skateboard helmets, tight brown corduroy pants, dropped seats, and flat pedals. Call this what you will, but just so you know, this is not mountain biking.
The UCI has completed its review of USADA’s ‘Reasoned Decision’ and appendices in the case against Lance Armstrong. . . The UCI considered the main issues of jurisdiction, the statute of limitation the evidence gathered by USADA and the sanction imposed upon Mr. Armstrong. . . The UCI confirms that it will not appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and that it will recognize the sanction that USADA has imposed.
Oakley, the last of the Armstrong major sponsor holdouts, officially cut ties with the outlaw biker today saying: “When Lance joined our family many years ago, he was a symbol of possibility. . . We are deeply saddened by the outcome, but look forward with hope to athletes and teams of the future who will rekindle that inspiration by racing clean, fair and honest.”
As for us, we’re giving Armstrong one last opportunity to speak on the topic and then we’re striking his name from future postings and will instead replace it with our new name from him: The BLOAT i.e. Biggest Liar Of All Time.
