Tour de Links - First they made public bicycles available and I didn't speak up...

Maillot Jaune: John Kerry and Scott Brown might be from different parties, but they don't mind riding bikes together.

Podium - Drivers can now get insurance against traffic tickets.

Podium - A report on the hidden health costs of transportation. (It recommends more biking as a cure).

Maillot Vert: A couple goes on safari and comes back with a cause: donating bikes to Tanzanian children and teachers so that they can bike to school.

Maillot a Pois Rouge: A travel article about Seattle's I-5 mountain bike park.

Maillot Blanc: The Indian Reservation where cyclist John Anczarski was hit and killed has rallied behind the cause for which he was riding, but there are no charges against the driver yet. It turns out the driver was convicted of DWI in an earlier incident days after the fatal crash. And a man who killed a child cyclist while driving drunk, and got off with time served and a long probation, appealed his sentence.

Lanterne Rouge: Denver's Bike sharing system is part of a sinister United Nations plot says a Colorado candidate for Governor. "At first, I thought, 'Gosh, public transportation, what's wrong with that, and what's wrong with people parking their cars and riding their bikes? And what's wrong with incentives for green cars?' But if you do your homework and research, you realize ICLEI is part of a greater strategy to rein in American cities under a United Nations treaty," Maes said. Meanwhile, Lance Armstrong (under a growing cloud of doping accusations) announces the return of international pro cycling to Colorado.

Comments

[Scott F]

what's the weird French stuff. that means nothing to me.

[washcycle]

Try this.

[Scott F]

Um, alright then. I personally thought this was a fine feature without the jargon... It just confuses me because I think it has anything to do with the content whatsoever, then I realize it doesn't.

[washcycle]

The point is just to limit the list. There are like 7 million bike stories worldwide every week, so this forces me to limit this to the most important.

The first three are usually the most important. The last one the most silly. And the others might be related to their categories. A story about a young cyclist or something new might be placed under the Blanc category.

Also it fits in with the Tour de ... theme.

[Michael H.]

Senators Kerry and Brown also said that they might train for a triathlon together some day.

[Michael H.]

That Seattle mountain bike park is pretty neat. I wouldn't mind if they built one in the D.C. area. I'd check it out if they did.

[Jonathan Krall]

I think the "weird French stuff" is fun. :)

[Eric_W.]

Scott F: You weren't really serious, were you?