Posts under ‘Humor’

Today’s film is in no way bicycle related other than it comes to me from All Hail the Black Market, a great generally bikish blog by Stevil Kinevil. Many may remember Stevil’s writings from How to Avoid the Bummer Life, the blog he wrote while employed by Swobo. He was let go/left Swobo in August, [...]

This Friday’s film fun is an intergenerational two-parter with first this roadie rap video called “Performance” by MC Spandex that’s been making the rounds of the Interweb.

Every generation has its MC Spandex, and I like to think that Eddy Merckx’s generation had Alex Marco  singing this ditty, “The Bike” recently found by Bike Hugger. Fellow [...]

On Monday, we let you know about an online petition that is asking the Iowa legislature to ban bicycle on all Iowa farm to market roads. Not to be out done, a group calling itself the Coalition for the Safety of Citizens of Iowa put together a humorous counter petition, Stop sharing Iowa FM roads.
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Alcoholic Beverage Control Board pulls wine with naked nymph and bicycle
In another News of the Weird moment, the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board has banned the sale of Cycles Gladiator wine because the label has a drawing of a naked nymph riding a bicycle. The AP reports that:
The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board recently told [...]

Local politican consultant and bull shit artist humorist Harold Cook writes a news satire site, Letters from Texas, commenting mostly on happenings at the Capitol and City Hall. In his Sunday news round up, he poked fun at the road worthliness of the Smart Car and the interactions between drivers and cyclists:
Local man killed in [...]

In the cycling blogosphere, fixed gear is its own vibrant sub-culture that has really taken to the technology to share in the passion. It’s not really my scene, but I do visit quite a few of these sites including our own ATXFixed which was recently absorbed into the statewide site Third Coast Fixed.
One thing that any [...]

So I’m not sure how I’ve been doing this online cycling coverage for so long and never heard of The Bicyclists until last week. It is an online TV series featuring a wholesome Midwestern boy who moves to Portland to discover his inner cyclist. Or something. The series of five minute episodes give us some pretty [...]

Here’s another bike trick gone bad from Failblog.org. Now I know why my bikes comes with the note about them not using them for stunt jumps. Kids, don’t try this at home.

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…between Copenhagenize and Amsterdamize:

Slow Bicycle Race – Copenhagenize vs Amsterdamize from Colville Andersen on Vimeo.

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I found this video over at How to Avoid the Bummer Life the other day. In the best traditions of Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show, I give you Kenny “Dangerous” Hicks performing his world famous two tall boy 12 oz beer can jump on his huffy tall bike.
Get ready to be amazed.

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