Heres where to live.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/autoban-german-town-goes-carfree-1720021.html

No cars? And en exorbitant fee if you want to keep one “on the out skirts of town”? Yes please.

BIKES FOR ONE MONEY!

Well, im not sure where to start with this, I’ve seen worse, but its the opening and closing lines that really get me and the bad/creepy photographs…some one must free those bikes from the compound in which they are being held.

http://columbus.craigslist.org/bik/1215048466.html

“SELL ALL FOR ONE MONEY”

and

“…and good rubber”

Now, i appreciate astoundingly horrid grammar as much as the next guy, but who says “sell all for one money”? I know the person means a single payment for all the goods involved, or at least my higher reasoning skills say so, but thats been called into question before.

The white and pink towel with holes in it used as a backdrop in what appears to be a basement really freaks me out. No seriously. There is a whole creepy pedophile or cult compound vibe going on here and i dont like it.

Pretty sure this is the guy selling the bikes.

If thats the case, well, at least the rubbers are good, and theres nothing like a good rubber.

Brilliant. Astounding. Massive. All those words describe something else.

Today we have this little jewel from the marketing geniuses at Dell computers.

selling your idiocy back to you.

This is brilliant. Its more than brilliant. Its…its…I dont have words for what it is but it doesnt matter cause it speaks for itself. Whatever the marketing guys at dell are up to, one thing is clear, they are on target and deserve a raise. There are several hundred designs to choose from but its ones like this that are just too good to be true.

Nothing like selling hipsters “culture” back to them at high prices. Although I suppose no self respecting hipstershit would purchase it anyway because its not a mac. Hypothetically speaking of course if they were to, half of them would buy it and drool all over it for a few weeks until something else shiny catches their attention and the other half would bitch and moan “they are stealing OUR culture!” Come to think of it however, I suppose you have to put SOMETHING into your OFFICIAL ISSUE CHROME MESSENGER BAG.

Hilarious. Its exactly what they are doing to themselves without realising it day in and day out (i know its hard to admit, so you dont have to, just keep buying your culture shhhhhhhhh). Hipsters, I implore you, carry on with the whining about these types of assaults by the corporate world on your “culture” so that i may stay adequately entertained. Thank you.

Slap Chop / Sham Wow Remix

So turns out theres actually a use for those shit informercial products. Remix fodder for DJ types. I dont know much about the techno scene but this sounds great to me, and it makes the commercial bearable to watch. Perhaps Vince and whatever company manufactures that garbage should get this over to the marketing team asap.

i cant decide which is best.

i could do without the cuts of various terrible 80’s dance scenes, they really dont and much but this is still brilliant.

And as long as we are on the topic of safety…

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25510572-421,00.html

this is why i wear a helmet, even the smallest fall can end your life.

respect to the doctor who used a dewalt from the maintenance shop to drill a hole in the boys head to save his life. as much as the majority of adolescent boys annoy the piss out of me, and as many times as ive thought about taking a drill to the skull of one, this is one case that warranted the action.

needed a helmet like he needed a hole in the head...oh wait.

cheers doc.

if you really care about your safety on a bike you should consider a helmet so your head doesn’t do this:

chose poorly is right.

Cincinnati Bike Riding TV Thief!

WEST PRICE HILL, Ohio — Cincinnati police said they have arrested a man who burglarized a home near Fisk Avenue in West Price Hill and used his bicycle as the getaway vehicle.

Police said the man was seen leaving the home on Monday with a flat-screen TV on the handlebars of his bicycle. They said he also took a laptop computer.

Images: Burglar On Bike

Police released photos of the man in the hope that someone would recognize him.

Late Thursday, police arrested Joshua Nuckels, 23. He will likely be in court Friday for an arraignment hearing.

Police did not say who took the photos or why they were taken.

Todays Ride. 31.7.07

Todays Statistics:

Total:46.8

Max speed:31.5

Avg speed:18.6

Clif bars eaten:1

Near Death Experiences:0

Number of times the militant cyclist forgot to zip his saddle pack causing blackberry to fall out and come apart on the ground upon impact: 1

I also got a new taillight a cat eye something something and its blindingly bright.

I didnt start riding until early evening afte getting called to come into work early this morning. Then class, then chipotle with a bunch of art grad students, then a stop at used kids record store where i picked up 2 old gorilla biscuits albums for $3 apiece and the new iLiKETRAiNS album ive been wanting for only $5.50 (BRAND NEW!!!) , and the Futureheads’ News and Tributes album (the US version that has songs the UK version doesnt) then a meeting at Cosi (i had a great caprese!), then finally starting out at around 5:30? I think.

I did the first 25 miles at a high pace, trying to keep above 20mph and when i had to slow down going into an all out sprint to get back up to speed. After the 25 miles i was averaging 21.7 so I did okay. I rode 14 miles of that 25 on the bike path so i was contending with joggers and bladers and dogs and blahblahvbopifjlkd. I had that crazed sprinter look in my eye and people probably thought i was insane.

I might have been riding a little bit obnoxiously…maybe…and i may have run some lights…….maybe…….not normal behaviour for me, but i knew that I didnt have much daylight left and i wasn’t going to get a lot of miles today.

I turned around when I came to the south side of downtown and started heading back home. I went straight up High Street and didn’t have a problem. No honking, no yelling, no throwing mcdonalds cups at my head. Nothing. Just respectful drivers.

It was a good day, I didnt even have to use my CRKT

915 total miles since 29-6-07…closing in on 1000! Maybe tomorrow i can get it, but i have to work. Ugh. Probably 2 more days. Ugh.

Ugh.