Weekly Whimsy
This week’s whimsy is brought to you by Belgian cyclocross competitors accompanied by a Flemish country & western singer. Please share any bits and pieces you have come across recently that have surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you.
Cadel and the col…
Cadel Evans rode the time trial of his life on Saturday to win the Tour de France. He came within seven seconds of winning the stage and probably could have gone even faster in the final stretch if not for [...]
It’s the 98th Tour de France
Dedicated thread for following the peloton and keeping up with who’s wearing the yellow jersey right now.
Miles to go before he sleeps
… though although I’m nodding to Robert Frost’s famous poem, read at John F. Kennedy’s inauguration, I don’t think Mr Abbott is going without sleep because he has promises to keep: on his own admission, we have leave to doubt [...]
Summer of cricket cycling
As Jim Traill of SBS Cycling Central observed, the Tour is France’s summer of Test cricket. The weather is often stinking hot. France – indeed, most of Europe – is on holidays. The event lasts for three weeks, for most [...]
Bike paths for the beancounters
Sydney City Council, along with other inner-suburban Sydney councils, wants to spend 180 million dollars on a bike path network, and they’re seeking federal and state money to do it. The federal government, commendably, wants the costs and benefits of [...]
Merkel 1, Col du Tourmalet 0
I’ve been ‘waiting for the photos to prove it, but Merkel and the Mountain ( described here) is over, and Merkel came out with a points decision, despite some setbacks along the way. The really short version is that I [...]
Victorian cycling strategy – a small step forward
To not insubstantial fanfare (though not enough to distract from the continuing annoying sideshow that is Evan Thornley) the Victorian government has released its Cycling strategy, and it looks like it’s a step forward. In essence, the plan acknowledges that [...]
Stereotypes aren't always completely unfounded
Debra Mayrhofer at New Matilda examines the media reporting of a recent death of a cyclist on Sydney’s M7 motorway, and is disturbed by the premise underlying much of it: The segment briefly covered the crash and concluded by pointing [...]
Two transport proposals
With the Rudd government’s promise to speed up infrastructure funding, and the impending release of the Victorian Government’s transport statement, there’s been a couple of transport infrastructure plans floating around the media. The first, splashed on the front pages of [...]
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