Tour-Leader Floyd Landis gets a sweet, customized ride.

Tour-Leader Floyd Landis get a sweet, customized ride.

http://www.phonak-cycling.ch

Floyd Landis finished today's stage 15: Gap to L'Alpe d'Huez of the Tour de France and today wears the tour leader’s yellow jersey.

But it isn’t just the jersey that is yellow but also his Pro Machine SLC01.

BMC surprised Landis today with a cutomised bike to reflect his accomplishments over this season, and to fully celebrate should Floyd wins. (He is my pick)

Tour De France Fever

Well it is that time again, and I have fallen of the edge of the earth.

Tour de France is here again, and NO LANCE!!!!

Hoping Phonak's Floyd Landis will win... If for no other reason than he rode in last years "El Tour de Tucson"

Go Floyd!!

Gas prices turn local drivers into bikers

Gas prices turn local drivers into bikers


http://www.bikemetro.com/calculators/cost.asp - With regular unleaded gas prices in the U.S. charging from time to time toward the $3 mark, more people are cutting down their time in vehicles, turning to bicycles as alternative modes of transportation. People all over the country are finding out the bicycle is a better way to go. Calculate the savings you'll see riding your bike!

"Okies" are not as backward as some might think...

Oklahoma Passes Strong New Bike Law

Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry signed a powerful new bicycle law on Friday, May 19, 2005.

The law:
1. Re-defines 'bicycle' for the purposes of the state's vehicle code, eliminating restricting wheel sizes and configurations
2. Eliminates confusing language as to where bicyclists should ride on the road
3. Eliminates the state mandate to ride on sidepaths/sidewalks
4. Eliminates the mandatory side light requirement for bicycles (not reflection)
5. Establishes a minimum safe-passing distance of three feet and sets up fines (in addition to other citations and penalties for manslaughter, improper use of a motor vehicle, etc.) for a motorist who injures or kills a cyclist.

Oklahoma is now the third state to have a safe-passing law and the second to back it up with specific fines. Arizona and Utah are the other states with safe-passing laws, with Arizona having specific fines. Advocates in other states can now use Oklahoma's law for legal precedence to aid them in their work.

The law was passed with the help of a strong push from the Oklahoma Bicycle Coalition.

Are you brave (or daring) enough?

Dateline: Madrid - June 12, 2006

THOUSANDS of nude cyclists pedalled around some of the world's cities this weekend to protest against car-clogged streets and demand greater respect.

With slogans such as "one car less" and "bio methanol" painted on their backs, the naked cyclists staged Spain's third annual Ciclonudista, or "Nudecycle" in Madrid, Barcelona and Pamplona.

The protest was part of worldwide naked bike events on Saturday across Europe, North America and South America. Mexico City and Ottawa also staged big turnouts.

"We feel naked when up against traffic because people don't see the bicycle as just another means of transport," said Madrid cyclist Ramon Linaza.

Towing cardboard cars with gaping jaws, protesters said the rapid rise of car ownership in Spain was turning city streets into ever more hostile and dangerous cycling territory.

Organisers said the bicycle was a healthy and efficient form of transport largely ignored by drivers and city planners.

Naked bike riders brought smiles to Britain on Saturday as World Naked Bike Ride day was marked in cities across Britain to celebrate sustainable transport and the human body.

The London event attracted about 1000 people. Organiser Nick Sayers said: "It brought smiles to Londoners' faces, which you don't often see."

In Brighton, 200 cyclists covered up for fear of being arrested by watchful police. Several got round the no-nudity rule by dressing creatively. Some men wore a sock — but not on their feet.

Mr Sayers said he was planning to make a Freedom of Information request to Sussex Police to find out why they ordered a cover-up.

"It was a celebration of cycling and the human body and a demonstration of the vulnerability of cyclists," he said.

He said the Government should take note of the environmental benefits of cycling because it was a form of transport that was human-powered.

Sussex police said no arrests had been made in Brighton for public nudity.

Several hundred cyclists turned out in Manchester, and about 70 in York.

PA, REUTERS