Sports Buzz If you've never watched an obstacle laden, urban downhill bike race before, just think of it like a roller-coaster with none of those pesky safety precautions.
Sports Buzz Biker LeBron just wants to ride! So, where should he hope the Heat end up in the playoffs?
Culture Buzz A model airplane engine attached to a bicycle. The future is here, and it is apparently full of unsafe cycling practices.
Culture Buzz To be fair, it's not like he was really using that mirror anyway.
This man brilliant illustrates why sometimes, you simply can't bike in the “bike lane.”
Dozens of gearheads do the slip-and-fall in this compilation of fails from a Sheffield mountain biking competition. That's gonna hurt in the morning!
This just goes really, really badly. Maybe wasn't as good an idea as it seemed.
Ken Thompson, who began a 3,000+ mile bicycle odyssey around Europe trying to find his 6 year old son, started pedalling over 3 months ago. The quest has now ended successfully in Amsterdam, thanks to an anonymous email tip off.
Culture Buzz Some genius in Portland, Oregon, just made their bike lanes about a million times better. This makes me want to go to Portland and throw turtle shells at bikers. In, like, a friendly way. (Via.)
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This is the most uplifting story you will read all month. Plus, it has intrigue and excitement in it! And bikes, for those of you who like bikes. I like bikes a lot. (Metafilter, via Amanda.)
In the basket of his awesome pink bike. Winston rides in style (obvs). (Via.)
This is rush hour in Utrecht, Holland. Hopefully this is the future of all cities around world. Clean, healthy and safe transportation for the win. And look - no fixies! (Via The High Definite.)
Tech Buzz Google Maps has introduced bike directions in beta! Just in time for spring, too, which is good of them. How do we get this info out to the lunatics who like to cruise the wrong way down one-way streets like biking is some citywide game of chicken? (Via @rcbth.)
Sports Buzz Because mountain biking isn't hardcore enough, a father/son duo picked-up Municycling; unicycling with an “M” for mountain. They just conquered the 14,433-foot Mount Elbert, the highest peak in Colorado, while not wearing clown suits, for unknown reasons. Just sayin' it would've made the feat much harder to top.
“This is one of those things that clicks immediately: A bike made of springy, light, sustainable, and abundant bamboo.” Only costs $2695. Next step affordability.