Dear Explainer,
My question is a combination of a rant and query. I just read about the UCI’s decision not to allow the Astana team to ride the Tour of the Gila and it got me wondering. Who made them the boss? Under what authority are they acting and who gave them that authority? These are the bozos who allowed Graeme Obree to ride and then declared his bike wasn’t “legal.†LEGAL?!?! I don’t remember seeing anyone make a law.
What’s more, where do WADA and USADA get the power to tell riders they can or cannot ride for “doping violations?†I’m a Tyler Hamilton fan and was disappointed when he retired… Details
For the Banjo Brothers, marketing is like hand-to-hand combat.
At least that’s how it looks to Mike Vanderscheuren, one of the two founders and owners of the Minneapolis bicycle gear business. Five years ago, Vanderscheuren and partner Eric Leugers tested a new line of bike bags and backpacks in seven Twin Cities bike shops. Today, the company has its products in 450 bike shops nationwide.
The pair built their business the new-fashioned way: not by spraying ads all over the landscape, but by reaching out to the right targets, a few people at a time…Â Details
Hey Freakonomics, how could you get so much so wrong in five short sentences?
A blog post this week highlights Oregon Representative Wayne Krieger’s proposal to charge cyclists a biannual registration fee and parrots his assertion that cyclists don’t contribute to the roads they ride and do similar damage to roads as vehicles.Â
In an interview with Jonathan Maus at Bike Portland, Rep. Krieger is clearly upset that Oregon’s vulnerable road users law puts too much responsibility on motorists to wield there vehicles responsibly and thinks that if cyclists keep getting … Details
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That’s what the women of Sturdy Girl Cycling endeavor to share with others. Co-founders Sally Poliwoda and Dana Hanchin started the club in the Spring of 2003 with the goal of providing women with a supportive cycling experience in the Philadelphia region.
Beginning in April, the club offers a women’s only road ride that departs from the Italian Fountain behind the Art Museum Mondays at 6:00 pm and meanders for 24 miles to Conshohocken and back at a 14 mph pace. No one gets dropped and the gentle pace offers race weary legs a chance to recover and novices the opportunity to develop pack riding skills… Details Â
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