Find out where to watch it, and get some great previews, at Steephill.tv. If you live in the US and have access to Versus, it’s available in HD this year.
Come on by and talk about it during and after each stage at PodiumCafe.com
Welcome to the rest of my July.
The photo sets will have to wait until tomorrow, but I thought some of you might like these finish line shots of today’s race.
As promised, I’ve posted a raw (unedited) stream of lo-res shots of the kids ride that took place during Sunday’s Clarendon Cup races. I posting these because I get a lot of search traffic looking for pictures of this ride.  They are being posted under a Creative Commons attribution/non-commercial license, so you’re quite welcome do as you please with them, within those limits. If your kid is in a shot, and you want a better copy, drop me a note (and include the *exact* file name (e.g., IMG_3765.jpg)). I’m not in the business of making prints, but if you *really* wanted one, I’m sure we could work something out.
Just rec’d this:
Join the National Park Service and Trips for Kids [this Saturday] as they start off their annual family friendly bike tours on the Mall. The rides start at 2:30 at the Jefferson (Trips for Kids starts at 2:00 from Gravelly Point to get a little extra riding in) and last about 2 hours. The rides are family friendly, fun and incredibly informative. Trailer and tow-a-bikes welcome. I hope to see folks out there. More info below.
http://www.nps.gov/mall/planyourvisit/national-bike-frequently-asked-questions.htm
I’ve never done this ride myself, but Trips for Kids is a solid organization run by great people, so I expect this will be pretty well organized.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWF4x01MkzE[/youtube]
Police not only stop cyclists and give them helmets, they hug the cyclists.
(actually, I suspect this is a clever bit of viral capitalism.)
As I’ve mentioned here before, I’m a fan of Arlington’s Phoenix Bikes.  It’s a full service bike shop staffed in large part by students drawn from its surrounding neighborhood. The kids learn a wide range of skills in the process of earning their own bike, and Arlington gets both a good shop and happier students. Wins all around. With that in mind, I hope you’ll join me next Thursday at the second annual Bike Show:
The BIKE SHOW is Phoenix Bikes’ yearly Birthday Bash & Spring Fundraising event. Our first year’s celebration was a great success. For 2009, the BIKE SHOW is back and better than ever with a focus on showcasing DC Metro’s Extraordinary Cyclists!
- food, drink, and bike-blended smoothies,
- guest speakers featuring Eric Gilliland (WABA) and Keith Oberg (Bikes for the World),
- great auction items,
- two incredible raffle bikes:
- and the amazing company of friends and fellow cyclists.
And you won’t have any excuses since this year’s location is convenient to the Bike Path (indoor bike valet!), the Rosslyn Metro, and free parking at the Spectrum Theater. Be careful on the way home though – thanks to Capitol City Brewing, the beer will be an improvement this year too. A night you don’t want to miss!
Tickets, which include one raffle entry, are $20 in advance, $30 at the door, and can be purchased here.  Drop me a note, too, if you end up going.
Go to Cyclocosm. The proprietor, Cosmo, has started a series of short (< 5 minute) video recaps that illustrate and analyze what happened in a given race.  He does such a great job that I don’t think you really need to know much more than the basics (i.e., cycling is a team sport, a team usually has a leader that it supports in order to ensure he crosses the line first, and it’s always easier to move faster in a group than when you’re alone.). Here’s the video Cosmo put together for yesterday’s Paris-Roubaix race:
How the Race Was Won – 2009 Paris-Roubaix Video Analysis from Cosmo Catalano on Vimeo.
If you liked that, you can find a number of videos covering this season’s races at Cyclocosm.
Cyclelicious has the story:
Ruth Slovenski is my hero.
She rides a blue 1943 Huffy bicycle with a basket to get around. The cool thing — Ruth is older than the bike: she’s 83 years old.
She got the bicycle as a gift from her parents when she was a teenager in 1943. It’s the only bicycle she’s ever needed or wanted. When she was out for a coffee run last weekend, somebody stole the bike.
A happy ending: When they heard about the theft, several people offered reward money for the bike’s recovery. Somebody who claims he received the bike saw Ruth’s story and turned her bike in to the police.
(and you people thought this was another on today’s theme, didn’t you?)
On a bit of a personal note, I spent the afternoon getting ready for celebrating tomorrow’s high holy day. If you’re interested in how to do it properly, click on “more”.
It’s my understanding that the MPD has issued the final report on the circumstances surrounding the death of cyclist Alice Swanson, and that no charges will be made. I will try to get a copy of that report, and post it here, before coming to my own conclusions.
Update: the “Final Overview Memo” was actually issued on December 18, 2008. Reading it made me angry and sad. Out of deference to a legitimate request, I’m going to leave it at that, for now.
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