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Say what you will about APD, I’ve never been pepper sprayed over my bike

Rob at Bicycle Austin Blog recently found a video from New Zealand’s News 3 (which is apparently REALLY sponsored by Mazda) about a guy who was pepper sprayed and rammed because he wasn’t wearing a helmet. I know Kiwis are known for extreme sports like bungie jumping, but I didn’t know they were into extreme arrests. [...]

Bicycle News Roundup, 10/27/08

News and interesting stories from the blogs: No Getting Around It: Cycling and Religion Clash Again, Bike Snob NYC Few things are more stressful than awakening on a Monday morning to a full-blown local bike-related civic controversy. And once again, this one involves orthodox Jews and (forgive the simplistic catch-all term which is just too [...]