Saw this and thought I’d share: Even Cadel Evans feels it out on the road. Evans notes training fears in Australia By Susan Westemeyer Cadel Evans of Team Silence-Lotto is a road racer, but admits that sometimes training on the road can be scary and dangerous. “Honestly, the scariest part of my job is riding Read the full article…

From: 40 Hands Subject: favor Jonny, I’m not sure how many readers you get from the great state of Montana, but we have a new group of folks up here trying to protect some of the states best riding over at the Montana Mountain Bike Alliance (www.montanamountainbikealliance.com). If youre not too busy being depressed because Read the full article…

This is cool beyond words: Paris Rental Bike Scheme Goes Global A growing number of cities are setting up self-service rental bike schemes. A French advertising company has hit upon the most simple scheme, one that has won over thousands of Parisians and is now being exported across the world. Parisians have taken the “Velib”” Read the full article…

Warren John Wilson, 52, faces a single felony count of vandalism, police Sgt. Linda King said Friday. King said nearly 50 holes measuring about 1 foot by 2 feet (30 centimeters by 60 centimeters) have been found since June along a trail at Laguna Lake Park, and in some cases attempts had been made to Read the full article…

Great tag line. Gotta love it. What’s smug and deserves to be decapitated? Matthew Parris: My Week A festive custom we could do worse than foster would be stringing piano wire across country lanes to decapitate cyclists. It’s not just the Lycra, though Heaven knows this atrocity alone should be a capital offence; nor the Read the full article…

Those kids across the pond know what it’s all about: A scheme to build a national network of cycle and walking routes has won a £50m lottery grant by topping a public vote. Source: news.bbc.co.uk A national network of cycle and walking routes. Can you imagine? Sustrans: Connect2, which aims to improve travel in 79 Read the full article…

Somehow I’m guessing the driver will be found at fault. And the badge/uniform thing is just a coincidence. A “civilian” gets run over, big deal. We’re too busy to even look for the car let alone actually cite somebody. Cyclist must have been in the way, holding up traffic, you know those crazy cyclists… Metropolitan Read the full article…

From: Ralph Subject: Helmets… Yes wear your helmet, cause you just don’t know. If you knew you’d have already won the lottery! I was leaving a traffic light when my right pedal snapped off. (Picture 1) Yea, I should have run it:-) Landed on one side, that left a mark. That is also when I Read the full article…

Online Petition for equal prize money for female cyclists. You can even use it as a pick-up line after at the bar. “Hey I just signed a petition to get y’all ladies equal prize money when y’all do your 20 mile loop. Howz about we go get a bit crazy in my pick-em-up truck?” ‘Well, Read the full article…

Saw this over at tucsonbikelawyer.com Car-head: New York victim of hit-and-run calls 911, gets ticket for not having a bell on his bike. I’m not kidding. My friend Joy sent me this under the subject heading “it’s not just Tucson.” The victim has had little luck getting the police to act, even though he has Read the full article…

A reasonable question. With no clear answer. One of the major questions the community is grappling with after the deaths of both Tracey Sparling and Brett Jarolimek is; why were the truck drivers not given a citation for failure to yield to a bicycle in a bike lane? Read bikeportland.org

A four intersection, but a three way stop. The road I’m on is one way once you pass through. Traffic to my left, up the hill and in front of me at the stop sign. Nothing to the right, which is essentially a parking lot. Girl to my left goes, turning left on to the Read the full article…