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Bicycle courtesy tips from the Big Apple

October 31, 2011

These three short videos from the New York City Department of Transportation remind cyclists not to be a “joyk.” The cycling sins they illustrate might seem obvious, hence rare; yet I witness them every day in my own neighbourhood. I’m not shy about calling out such behaviour. Cyclists have enough unwarranted hatred directed our way, […]

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Occupy Victoria kicks off with 1,000-strong march

October 17, 2011

People’s Assembly of Victoria gathers at Parliament Buildings Like millions of people, I’ve been watching the Occupy Wall Street movement with interest. Saturday, October 15 was billed as a Global Day Of Action. Protests against corporate greed took place around the world. Though my mobility is restricted by injury at the moment, I made my […]

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General Motors’ “college program” ad campaign backfires

October 14, 2011

If you’ve heard a racket on the Interweb the last few days, it was probably a General Motors advertising campaign backfiring like an old Chevy Vega. The juvenile “reality sucks” ads—encouraging college students to “stop peddling….start driving”—underestimated the intelligence of their potential audience and the power of social media to react to insult. The online uproar […]

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A slight interregnum at VeloWeb

October 11, 2011

It Got Broke Photo: CxOxS) Regular VeloWeb visitors may have noticed some weirdness here the last few days. Certainly your loyal VeloWebMaster did, and, yea, he did loudly wail. As you can see, I put the wheels back on and everything is pretty much back to normal around here, after 3 days of frantic diagnosis […]

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This post inspired by Frank Zappa and brought to you by Steve Jobs

October 6, 2011

“Mr. Zappa, I must say that I am always in favour of enlarging the horizons … of any field of human endeavour or interest and therefore I  congratulate you on your farsightedness ….” ~Steve Allen, 1963 A recent blog comment from an old cycling buddy and bike shop co-worker, has led—goodness knows how—to a discussion of […]

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Zen and the art of slow cycling

October 3, 2011

“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving.” ~Lao Tzu If you’re a competitive cyclist, now’s the time to put aside your race face. Even recreational cyclists can benefit from a change of pace from season to season (acknowledging that some of you are anticipating summer). Inflexible goals can get in […]

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