The next 007 movie could be plotted around the theft of this priceless fixed cycle. Or at least I think that would be an interesting idea. This is a Charge Plug, plated in 24c Gold. It costs ?9,500 and is probably fairly heavy. Anyway, Britans Telegraph has the full scoop here.
...You would think they could spring for a better crank set.
Please be careful out there. Just when you think you are visible and safe, you forget about the drunk, half asleep-at-the-wheel assholes out there. This head on collision between a car and a pack of road cyclists competing in a road race happened June 2nd in Mexico near the Texas border. One man was killed.
A couple of months ago, all the bike blogs were a-buzz about the theft of avid NYC bike blogger Michael Green's green aerospoke clad bicycle. The details of the theft in and of it self are intresting enough to post a blog about, (I didnt because, I hadnt yet decided to flush my free time down the toilet doing so.)
Read here the entier saga of this bike theft and its ultimate justified return.
Sydney Pollack has passed at the age of 73. Pollack was an understated giant of the film industry. He wrote, directed and acted in some of the best movies of all time. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone has written a remembrance. Read it here.
Here is a Music video of a song, (not sure of the name) by the band SLEEP, edited from Alejandro Jodorowsky's 1973 film "Holy Mountain".. Creepy in a good way. See the video in the full text.