Cycling With The Mayor of London, & Other Doorslamming Fun

All of which is explained here, via DC: "... in the UK shit is off the hook sometimes. The London mayor is nearly an honorific post. But he has a budget.And his big thing is to increase cycling in the city. So he goes out on his bike and rides around and says ‘build a bike lane THERE!’ or ‘we should have more bike parking HERE!’ and this week he was out on a jaunt and a fucking truck came up behind his posse, hit a speed bump which unlatched the rear door, which swung out and dragged a park car nearly into the path of the mayor, nearly fucking killing about 12 people. So. This is the video footage, because not uncoincidentally, there are 54,000 CCTV cameras in the city." Ironic that London's fave motorized import, The Mini, is bringing the bikes. Even more drama from the British Isles - Obree is going for it again! And check the bike!!! If'n you like bike docs and Cervelo, check out the Bartape Network. If'n you like nice paintjobs, check out Chester's in Chicago, where the messengers got serious with the racing. Some of the hardest MTB races award big ol' rodeo belt buckles made outa silver. If you want one, just hit eBay. One thing that's really cool about cycling is all the innovation; these pedals are either the coolest or the ugliest thing since Shimano dropped the platform. This is gonna be the headliner film at this year's BFF - about a race across Africa. Bad as. The truth really is strange; especially when it's about cycling and the law. Irony and cynicism find a home on this cheeky blog. Onward. Go Boris go.