So for all my griping about bike theft and posting videos about how to lock your bike, I realized today I am a major hypocrite. This is the ONLY bike lock I own. That’s it. And it’s already been chewed/rubbed in half. This is the worst kind of bike lock – one quick snip and…
Interesting timeline of events: 1. Go to ENT because my septum is messed up. ENT pokes at my neck and makes me go get an ultrasound for my thyroid 2. Ultrasound results in ‘go get a biopsy’ 3. Bilateral biopsy occurs. It’s really cool to watch the ultrasound monitor and see needles shoved into my…
I made the mistake of happily ‘complaining’ that my life is nicely boring to someone last week. This is a good thing; my life can be WAY too interesting at times and it gets tiring. Interesting is hard to keep up with. All that changed this Monday. Quick review of the past few days: 7/21…
Oh, Ivan. This delicious Spaniard rides for Euskaltel-Euskadi. Alas! He had a bad crash in Stage 5, broke his collarbone (although was man enough to finish the day), and is out for the rest of the tour (he had to have an operation, ugh). Stage 5 was a rough one, taking down quite a few…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWT8yeHGA0U&feature=youtube_gdata_player GRRRRR A French television car crashed into Juan Antonio Flecha who then hit Johnny Hoogerland who crashed OVER a barbed wire fence. There were only 35km left on the ride and they were hauling in the FRONT group of five. Luis Leon Sanchez took the stage. Hoogerland went to a hospital and was expected…
Last year I did a review of the Hotties of Team RadioShack. This year, I’m going to do a broader search and highlight the Hotties of the Tour de France. Now, in general, professional cyclists are not generally “sexy”. Don’t get me wrong – I luv ’em long and lean, but they also have terrible…
My lame 2008 Mazda3 (with only 40k miles on it, since I bike to work) has been falling apart. I dropped it off at the dealership in The Valley today (northern part of Los Angeles) for service. It’s only 15 miles from my home. That’s an easy ride, no problem! I look on Google Maps…
It’s like watching a trainwreck-waterfall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWgrQCPxDKU&feature=player_embedded
About a year ago I tried riding my bicycle naked to rather squishy and uncomfortable results. Fast forward a year and thousands in Portland go Ridin’ Nekkid. Probably also to squishy and uncomfortable results. The link title is pretty descriptive alone, so I won’t go into detail, but the ride is to bring awareness to…
While looking up some bikes on Craigslist for a friend, it started to dawn on me which ones were most likely stolen and which were not. Now, it’s obviously a gut feeling, but take a look and let me know what you think. Example #1: Craigslist Text: “It’s ready to ride. newly painted (metallic blue)…