Tough day for the Americans at the Tour de France yesterday. The Post gives a list of places you can watch future action.
- Farifax County released a bicycle safety video this week. FABB thinks it needs work. It includes the line "We know 80% of accidents are head injuries related to bike accidents." Wow? That would be a lot of head injuries if true.
- One way to increase ridership at the World Naked Bike Ride (warning: link is PG-13)
- MPD treats pedicabs as bicycles.
- Not local, but crazy: "A Second Avenue bike lane is next to the Israeli Consulate," she says. "Imagine if the man on the bike was a terrorist!"
Strange that the article is so concerned about not being able to watch the Tour coverage later in the day. Versus repeats each day's broadcasts multiple times, in the afternoon, evening and overnight. You have to really try to miss out on the TV coverage. I honestly think that they showed the short team time trial stage at least 7 times over a 24-hr period.
I'm certainly not complaining about the repeat broadcasts, however. I think it's great to be able to watch each stage on a flexible schedule. I'm looking forward to seeing the brutal mountain stages coming up. It almost makes my legs tired, just from watching them climb on TV.
Posted by: Michael H. | July 09, 2011 at 05:23 PM
And I continue to be amazed at just how fast those guys can push it. The lead guys were going close to 40 mph in the lead-in to the final sprint on one stage, on a flat road. Holy moly! 40 mph by bike, on a flat road?
Posted by: Michael H. | July 09, 2011 at 05:25 PM
how many times can you watch the same commercials? how many times can you watch the same decontextualized coverage, resplendent in its it full nationalistic, militaristic, homophobic, patriarchial, and consumerist zeal?
the tour is ridiculous these days. it is embarassing to watch. its almost as embarassing to drive a car in this cuoture, given the estimation of competence traffic engineers assume of the motoring public...
Posted by: eddy m. | July 09, 2011 at 06:50 PM
Big words! Outrage! Other things!
Vive le tour.
Posted by: Dave | July 09, 2011 at 09:51 PM