Nov. 07, 2007



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Hump day links

  • » The photography of Pieter Ombregt will be displayed at the City Gallery of Photography, 806 N. Michigan Avenue, starting next Thursday, Nov. 15. A reception from 5-7 p.m. opens the exhibit. (Ombregt is the XXX Racing-AthletiCo cyclist who died racing in Matteson this summer.)

  • » Remember Susan Peithman (ABD)? She left us this summer for rainier pastures, but this she week made a prominent appearance in the New York Times: "In Portland, Cultivating a Culture of Two Wheels."

  • » I'm aware of at three new amateur teams for 2008, plus one title sponsor change. Most are still under wraps, but one, Spider Monkey Cycling, has rolled out its Web site.

  • » What we’re up against: "Bicyclists should just ride on the sidewalks." (The author is apparently a high school student, which invites a rhetorical question: Who's the greater menace to public safety? Cyclists gliding through stop signs, or teen drivers?)


Comments

Luke,

Another team to keep an eye out for in 2008 will be Beverly Bike-Vee Pak. A Southside squad with 12 members in 3's, 4's, 5's and masters.

Posted by: Super Tick at Nov. 8, 2007 07:05 AM


Cool, more teams! It's going to be hard fitting all of us on the sidewalk though...:) I guess the author of the above letter/column doesn't realize that in most states, bikes are treated like vehicles on the road and they are expected to follow the rules of the road too. Plus, riding your bike on the sidewalk is illegal in Chicago unless you happen to still be in 5th grade. Considering people's ignorance, how did we ever reach 6 billion people?

Posted by: Peter Allen at Nov. 8, 2007 10:38 AM


Awesome! Welcome, BBVP! Be sure to drop me a line once you have a Web site or the enough information to go on the team directory.

Posted by: Luke at Nov. 8, 2007 01:28 PM