Bike Shows & Parades

Hmmm, it looks like yesterday was a big day for my alma mater. In addition to being featured in the new Knight Rider last night, Stanford was the venue of the prologue in America’s premier bicycle stage race, the Tour of California. Too bad I did not know this yesterday, otherwise I would have watched the live video feeds for that online instead of wasting 15 minutes of my life watching Fox’s NASCAR commentators try to put together coherent sentences while drivers went round ‘n’ round in left-hand ovals. Continue reading »

Try as I might, I just could not catch up to him. Who? Bugs Bunny.

It’s not that Bugs was fast — in fact, he was rolling along so slowly on the back of a bike that even a girl pedaling a tricycle was able to keep up with a grin on her face. But Vikings, gladiators, and the Teletubbies (among others) blocked my approach and prevented me from talking with one of my favorite cartoon characters. Continue reading »

In Fort Collins — a bona fide bike-crazy town — it seems like bicycle events occur as frequently as Alberto Gonzales says “I do not recall.” Today was the Community Bike Fair in Old Town!

I met up with my friends Nick and Dana over there this morning in the hopes that we could find Nick a good deal on a new or used bike. While that didn’t happen, that was the only disappointment of the day, and a minor one at that. Continue reading »

A couple of years ago I thoroughly enjoyed Veloswap in San Francisco. I was thrilled, then, to see that there is also one in Colorado. So how does the Veloswap Denver compare to the SF show? Continue reading »

It may have been overcast and windy with temperatures in the 50s, but that did not stop well over 1000 party go-ers — er, cyclists — from congregating at the New Belgium Brewing Company for the Tour de Fat on Saturday. Even Big Bird showed up. Yes, Big Bird! Continue reading »