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Slow and Low, Custom Chopper

Perfect photo for a Friday, going into a Summer weekend. Spotted this family on Alki with their custom choppers. Not show in the photo is the sidecar. See it in this video.

Renshaw Headbutting

In todays’ sprinters stage at the Tour, Mark Renshaw was removed from the race after headbutting Julian Dean. That lit up Twitter like the fight earlier in the race and Lance’s pedal-clipping, tire-rolling crash. We’ve been discussing it most of the day on Twitter and Facebook.

Using Robots for Good: Chalkbot

We’ve been squinting at the TV, trying to read the messages Chalkbot writes on the roads of Le Tour. Here’s a photo from Flickr that shows it well, including the bot itself.

Photo: Livestrong Army

With every pedal stroke cancer loses

Hilarious Antagonistic E-mail Exchanges

Hilarious antagonistic e-mail exchanges have finally matured, blossoming into a beautiful art form that crystalizes 21st century life like few other modes of expression can. Many of you are familiar with this story, in which a woman tries to extract a "missing cat" poster from her busy (and brilliantly snarky) co-worker.

For those that race track . . .

Spotted on a shirt over the weekend.

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Sweet! BMC Want's a "Fresh One!"

Looks like the list of teams who are eager to get a big'ole batch of whoop-ass courtesy of Sam Johnson and his band of Hagens Berman ruffians just keeps getting longer. The latest additions to the fray include George Hincapie and his BMC thugs. This is sweet, because I've never raced against Big George.

Pottery Gods Do Weird Things in the Kiln

As you may remember, I recently glazed the pots I made over Christmas. Well sure enough, the gods of high-fire reduction kilns decided to play all sorts of pranks on my pots while they were in there. Some of the drips were purposeful, and some weren't, but everything turned out fine. See for yourself:

History Missed Is History Lost

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This is Mara Abbott the very first American woman to win the Gira Donne (which is the Giro for female cyclists). The very…first. This is an amazing bit of cycling history because not only did she win a race that I am barely in shape to watch but she beat the second place finisher by more than two minutes.

Are We Advocating Wrong?

Our type of advocacy is to ride bikes and blog about it. The blogs and websites that advocate are good at it and we mostly leave that topic to them. I waiver back and forth between covering bike advocacy more and then settle back on our social rides. I think we can do our best work at creative events where we ride bikes with other geeks. Riding the Strip in Vegas during Interbike is a good example. We also work hard at being another voice in the cycling media, an alternative to the papers and news.

You just got skooled

Because I sat up on the final lap (I rolled the dice with five to go and wasn't going to mix it up for 18th) I didn't know Robert had won! Check that kid's id cause he's rolling WSU kit to a Masters Race... 35+ my ass.

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