Put a helmet on when doing fast, dumb, or unusual shit. Your hands might catch the street but your bike can smack your skull. (I found out)

From: Gary
Just an update on the Christophe Le Canne Memorial Ride in Miami. The largest turnout ever of cyclist in South Florida. Cyclist from all different groups: Roadies, recreational, fixie and families with children in trailer all attended. Not one cyclist made a scene as the route did take us by the residence of Carlos [...]

We’ve all heard about the recent ugliness out of Miami. But, did you know guy is a freaking pop star?
An up-and-coming Miami pop singer with slick looks and a Sony recording contract has been charged with vehicular homicide in a horrific hit-and-run crash near Key Biscayne. . .
Officers say Bertonatti was drunk when he [...]

From: Gary
Below are a couple of links that go into a bit more detail of the response time to the site and for the memorial ride this Sunday for the victim. I read some comments on the story posted on your site and a couple of people mentioned how there is too much anger directed [...]

From: dan
I don’t know who reads these emails, and at the moment I don’t care too much who reads it, but I want it to be read. Today, near Key Biscayne, a cyclist riding in a bike lane was hit from behind by a driver. It is currently being discussed by another cyclist involved in [...]

From: Jiblogs
Subject: Sometimes my city really sucks
Bicyclist Hit, No Charges Against Car Driver
Traffic Investigators with the Chattanooga Police Department have finished their investigation of a bicyclist hit at 100 W 20th Street Monday.
Louis Oscar Milton, 65, was hit by a car as he rode his bike along the steet, suffering serious injuries to [...]

Chrissie Wellington trains w/ a cast just days after a crash.

Dr. Thompson faces his destiny.
The culmination of it all fell upon this man like a ton of bricks. And I, having seen a man likewise sentenced to five years incarceration for what he did to me with his automobile… I have little sympathy.

A doctor convicted of assaulting two bicyclists by slamming on his car [...]

David Longdon was injured doing what he loves – biking – when a minivan forced him off of Highway 202 and into a ditch.
“I’m broken up and I can’t sleep. And the pain is pretty severe right now,” he said.
Longdon was riding with the Starbucks Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Racing Team when he and others [...]

Because it never ends…
From: BGR
Riding to work early Saturday morning 12-19-09. I was “buzzed” by a City of Flagstaff transit bus. I had moved to the left side of the bicycle lane to avoid a pile of snow. The bus chose to come within a foot of me, even though their was no other traffic [...]

You’re saying it’s time for work? God Dam It. I’d rather be Bike Camping.

It’s about time that a court is recognizing a car as a weapon.
We just need some appeals now, and higher court rulings, and then, maybe, the head-out-of-your ass notion wlll dawn on some heads that cars are dangerous, not just a hide-out from the world around you. (we are raising kids to think and [...]

Keep it safe out there.
Texting driver arrested after hitting bicyclist
Police say a bicyclist was hit by a car on Route 70 while the driver was texting about a drug deal.
Robert J. Sharrer, 28, of New Jersey Avenue in Pemberton Township, has been charged with drug possession with the intent to distribute after an undisclosed [...]

I got a few emails on this accident that happened today here in Flag over by the recycling center. I caught more detail from various people around town. The kid was 23 year old vis-com student at NAU, named Joshua Pete.
From: Mike
Not sure if you have seen it yet, but at 11:30 this morning a [...]

First & again, never forget the people of wal-mart. One divine tragedy after another. Conspicuously housed. Simple. Beautiful. Coincidence. Yea. Once bored, try the people of mass transit. My personal fav? Homemade Spiderman:

Onward. We will live together in harmony. No doubt. No doubt in my mind.

Second out of the gate and perhaps with more clout [...]

FYI – there is an organized ride tomorrow in Mesa, Arizona to honor fallen and injured cyclists. Learn more at Ride of Honor

Oh man, if that didn’t make you smile, come on over here & let me fuck with you. I got mad skills.
Thanks first to the one and only G-Donk for sharing that shit on the FB. God bless the FB; a place where I can be with my friends while at the same time, they [...]

Doc Thompson guilty. On all counts. Held without bail.
“Thompson, a former emergency room doctor, was found guilty of six felonies and one misdemeanor and could face as much as five years in prison. He was remanded and ordered held without bail until sentencing. He was handcuffed in the courtroom after the verdict was read.”

Not exactly recent news, but we’re not exactly a source for recent ’round these parts. More like day late and dollar short. Hey, we do what we can. You, dear reader, can expect nothing less than mediocrity and mid-pack finishes from the likes of us. But watch your back at [...]

Cyclist critical after Tamaki Drive ‘carnage’
A cyclist was critically injured and three others hurt when a car ploughed into a pack of 20 riders in Auckland yesterday.
Cyclists who were with the injured men described the scene as “absolute carnage.”
“All you could hear was the sound of carbon and bodies falling everywhere … they were [...]