Woman hits a 71 year old man with her car, walks

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Wired.com on bicycle messengers in the future

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This is an interesting article about where bicycle messengering may be headed, and there are some pretty good pictures too.

Austin, TX - Church Gap

There's a place in Austin Texas known as "The Church Gap". Scratch that. There was a place in Austin Texas known as "The Church Gap". It's gone now.
Here are a couple videos:

SOLIDSTEEL Johno & the Church Gap from Clint on Vimeo.

Go to BNQT.com for more videos.


And a couple pictures:

Fixation Trailer

Official FIXATION Trailer from Alex Trudeau Viriato on Vimeo.

"Fixation is a true life documentary focusing on the thrilling world of single speed cycling. Shot over the course of 12 weeks, Fixation captures, for the first time, the excitement and popularity of this growing sport from all perspectives. With the resurgence of single speed bikes we are going to discover the appeal to having only one gear. Single speeds are the original form of bicycles but technology has come so far, providing multiple speeds for faster and easier riding, yet single speeds, fixed and freewheel continue to have a strong following. The range of riders is vast, from professionals to the casual everyday rider. Their styles and motives are different but the outcome still seems to be the same, the freedom of one gear, simplicity and the challenge, is what brings them back to the basics.
We will explore the full spectrum of the style: Messengers, Olympic Racing, Commuting, Bike Polo, Brakeless, Freestyle and more.

With each of these categories we will find there personal story but also the experiences behind riding in the specific city. What is it about the simplicity that attracts these people? Are there life’s so hectic that they need to unwind using bikes, or is it merely a form a transportation.
Each city will have its own personality and terrain, changing the style and culture of the rider. Finally we will be joining the entire nationally ranked San Jose Track Team as they perform on their last race of the season at the Hellyer Velodrome. The motives for a track racer and a messenger in San Francisco are going to be vastly different but still pointing to this one form of riding.
Another side of single speed is that of the businesses. We will explore how the uprising or downfall has an affect on small towns and inner city bike shops."

This description was taken directly from their Facebook page. The trailer video looked like this might be a fairly legit movie, but this description has so many errors with commas, using the wrong there, their, or they're, and generally bad editing. It just makes me think that this movie probably wont be any better than the ones that came before it.

Hopcat Alleycat

There is a saying that no news is good news. Not so in the world of bicycle races. I've asked around, but nobody seems to have any info on this race. It may not even happen.

Far be it for me to say anything about withholding/forgetting details about events, but there is no information available. None. Not even a little. So did we lose one of the biggest alleycat races in this area? I couldn't tell you for sure.

Tour de France cafe raid

So apparently the racers would steal beer and wine (and water...sometimes) during the race. Then the shops would bill the race director after the race. Seems odd to me.

Theories about bicycle physics may need to be rewritten