Cycling

Hayes’ CX mechanical disc brakes for road/cyclocross bikes become a complete lineup, topping out with a drastically lighter...

last summer there was the opportunity to go to Colorado for a few weeksglad we took itColorado on the Gwadzilla Pagehttp://gwadzilla.blogspot.com/search?q=colorado

bummer...what has been a summer tradition for so many years... will not happen for me this yearno Wednesday at Wakefield this year for mebummer...total bummerstarted a new jobwhich does not allow the same freedom that the previous job or joblessness offeredso... no Wednesday at Wakefield for me or for my boysI will be bummed... they will be bummedW@Whttp://gwadzilla.blogspot.com/search?q=w%40w

The all-new Orbea Avant is the bike designed to take you “from here to there” regardless of where...

stop penalizing boys for not being able to sit still in schoolwww.theatlantic.comit is a shame when people are rewarded or punished for their naturerather than their efforts

Punk May Be Dead... but not Polaroid!Polaroid is Not Dead Yet!Polaroid has a cool digital camera that prints hard copies on the fly!Polaroid Camerawww.polaroidstore.comoh... they have several optionswww.polaroidstore.comwhen I got married I bought a Polaroid camera and a whole mess of film so that people could sign the guestbook and leave a photoI forget how it went...I think that people wanted to keep the photos where they looked good and wanted to throw away and retake the photos where they did not look as good as they wantedand when I say "people" I mean womenI think I will try to dig up that "scrapbook" when I get home to see how thin everyone used to bePolaroid is Not Dead Yet!Polaroid has a cool digital camera that prints hard copies on the fly!another portable print option...well, not entirely portable, as it is not battery operatedVuPoint Print Cubewww.pcmag.com

last night I saw the film MAN OF STEELenjoyed it... saw it with my kids for my older son Dean's 12th birthdayyes... enjoyed itDiane Lane plays Superman's "earth mom"well... she is definitely aging gracefullyDiane Lane was AWESOME when I first saw her in Rumble FishDiane Lane is AWESOME NOW!Rumble Fish is a fantastic filmjust realized Laurence Fishburn was in both Rumble Fish and Man of Steel as wellmy kids were a little bummed to see Morphius so barrel chestedokay... they said fat

Not long after a flying bike getting airborne in Prague, the Paravelo has made its way onto Kickstarter....

Happy Hump Day and greetings to Eloy, who I met this morning on the Guadalupe River Trail. This Dutch cyclist wears the royal color for his bike commute. Do you wave at other cyclists? Jason Gay of the Wall Street Journal does. So does Patrick “Mad Dog” O’Grady, who’s puzzled about those who fail to wave back That Taylor Street Bridge in San Jose where a cyclist was killed on Monday is a nasty one. Sadly, among the few bad east-west bike access choices, this one is about the least bad. Chris P, who regularly cycles across that bridge, started a petition asking the San Jose City Council to improve the safety of that bridge. San Jose’s bike plan includes improvements for that bridge but it’s currently unfunded. Some of you might remember my disappointment two years ago when a handful of businesses opposed a streetscape project for California Avenue in Palo Alto. I recently learned that one of those businesses has done a complete about face and now welcomes cyclists to their business with open arms. It’s a wonderful story of bike advocacy in action. Elly Blue has a bicycle coloring book featuring line drawings by artist Taliah Lempert. . What is with these guys? Unlike passing motorists, I generally wave with all five fingers on a given hand, and there are no pentagrams tattooed on my palms. Has the mousse that grips their so-carefully coiffed ’dos soaked through their scalps to enmire the already-sluggish machinations of their brains? Are their Oakleys so dark that they simply can’t see my friendly salutation? Have they heard the ugly rumors about me, their sisters and the Sonoran donkey? “Glee” star Gran Gustin rides a bicycle and crashed. You may have seen the Chron‘s report to improve cycling safety in San Francisco because of a 20% increase in collisions. Jym Dyer compares this increase in collisions with an estimated 35% increase in cyclists over the same time period, and points out this is in line with Jacobsen’s “Safety in Numbers” findings. He also points out the safety improvement that results in taking motorists off of the street. Here’s a short collection of advocacy news stories from James Bikes Green. Santa Cruz Bicycle news My friend Karen Kefauver covers some of the bicycling innovation in Santa Cruz for the Sentinel. Santa Cruz police shut down a stolen bike chop shop. This is old news but I guess nothing has happened yet so Santa Cruz Indymedia repeats the claim that the city of Santa Cruz violates city code in how they distribute unclaimed bicycles. I know the Bike Church made very good use of the donated bicycles. I have no clue what Bike Dojo does behind their closed doors. Ramona Turner’s Street Smarts column covers exceptions to the “as far right as practicable” law in California. Finally, I happened to notice this big purple bus passing through Santa Cruz County this morning. This is the Cavarallo Transit Center in Scotts Valley. Apple and Google both have employee buses for Santa Cruz County residents, but I’ve never noticed a Yahoo bus before. The guy with his back to me in the photo was standing next to me and chatting amiably with other people on their way to board this bus. I get his attention and ask him if this is a new bus for Yahoos. I’m freshly shaven and dressed professionally, but this freak just looked at me like I was Frankenstein’s monster, muttered a couple of incomprehensible syllables, then turned around and blew me off. Something tells me that if this guy rides a bike, he probably doesn’t wave. Related posts: Bicycle friendly businesses in Santa Cruz County San Jose bike safety forum this afternoon Bike safety and trucks

The Minneapolis Star Tribune is reporting that a local gun group is drumming up numbers in support of people open carrying their weapons at an upcoming Open Streets neighborhood events, originally create by the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition. These events typically shut down streets to traffic to allow all manner of other activities to happen in lieu of cars driving back and forth. The gun owners “meet-up” events, in which the promoters suggest guns be carried openly and not just concealed, came as a surprise to some city officials and organizers of the Open Streets neighborhood gatherings. … The neighborhood events, known as Open Streets, started as single Minneapolis neighborhood event in 2011 on Lyndale Avenue S. and has grown to four in Minneapolis. St. Paul will host its first Open Streets event in September. During the events, the streets will be closed to motorized vehicles and opened up for families and children who want to ride bikes, skate, walk and play. The focus is on being healthy and promoting active play for children, said Susan Priem, a board representative for the Open Streets event. … John Stiles, spokesman for Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, said city officials received notice about the Open Carry event on Monday. The original Open Streets event proposed by the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition is a “great event and we can hope that everyone will have a safe and enjoyable time.” … Read the entire article at www.startribune.com