Posts from ‘March, 2009’

Now that many of you are knee-deep in the race season, it’s a good time to talk about an important aspect of the training process: recovery.   If asked, most athletes will be able to tell you that recovery is something that is necessary after a hard workout, and they would be correct. But the [...]

(Before we go any further, click here and start this YouTube video in the background to get you in the mood.) I have to say I was mildly irritated with Marcus this week when he took what could have been a perfectly good Dumbest Product of the Week away from me with the $27,000 “The World’s Most [...]

I came across this story from a Wisconsin Fox affiliate about one of their photojournalists who is a cyclists and decided to start video taping his rides so police would believe him when he claimed motorists were acting aggressively. He was successful in getting a motorist ticketed in one instance but had the police try to [...]

I recently reviewed over three dozen cycling podcasts to come up with a list that I feel represent the best ones out there. Keep in mind this is my opinion, yours may vary. If you have others that you think our readers would enjoy, suggest them in the comments. The bikescape podcast: long-running audio podcast [...]

I’m always a fan of recycling and retooling products. Once you’ve manufactured something, most of its carbon footprint has already been established (including with cars!) so you might as well figure out another use for it rather than throwing it away and buying new. The cycling community seems to get this pretty well whether we [...]

Austin’s cycling community is doing it up right with spring break and SXSW starting this weekend! You could spend all day Saturday going from event to event and never leave your saddle yet still pick up some grub, suds, and swag. Sweet! Thanks to Jason at ATXBS for letting us know about some events we couldn’t find [...]

Focus on getting women to the finish line in a nurturing environment continues with founders of previous Danskin Series This week, race production manager Maggie Sullivan and Triathlon Hall of Famer Sally Edwards are visiting Austin to promote the new Trek Women’s Triathlon series which will have a race in Austin on May 17. While technically [...]

Momentum magazine is putting on a very open-ended contest. They want to hear about your “real life on a bike,” and the winner wins the Wald bag and basket to the right. So, if you have the urge for shameless self-promotion, wanna see your mug in Momentum, and need a new basket, enter their contest [...]

Like I was saying Monday in the news roundup, it’s time to throw away all your old bicycles because we now present to you THE WORLD’S MOST ADVANCED BICYCLE. Found at Inhabitat, this bike was designed by F1 race car tech company BERU and it shows. Are you ready for this? This bike has features [...]

Earlier today, we let you know about the Safe Passing Bill (SB 488) coming up before the Texas Senate Transportation Committee on Wednesday morning. Due to Republican plans to disenfranchise minorities, poor people, students, the elderly, women who just got married, women who just got divorced and anyone else they could think of, I mean protect [...]