Bicycle Race - Queen

This is a classic song by the Queen. It was said that Freddie Mercury wrote this song while watching the Tour de France. This is however the revised version of the video. The original one featured some naked women riding the bikes and this was re-edited. You could still watch the original version in YouTube, though! Freddie was a bisexual who loves cycling but hates Star Wars... wait a minute??!! Star Wars??! ..C'mon Who doesn't like Star Wars??!

...Queen Rocks!!!

Source: YouTube

Hikers saved as sun revives their mobile

Wellington :Two New Zealand hikers lost in hilltop mist for two nights were saved after they re-charged their dead mobile phone by removing the battery and leaving it for 15 minutes in the sun when it broke through, it was reported yesterday.

After sheltering in the cave for two nights, they climbed out of the mist on Sunday and found a patch of sun on a hilltop that charged the battery enough to send other text message that enabled searchers to find them.

Source : Gulf Times, 10 April 2007

Recumbent Bike

recumbentMain Entry: re·cum·bent
Pronunciation: -b&nt
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin recumbent-, recumbens, present participle of recumbere to lie down, from re- + -cumbere to lie down; akin to Latin cubare to lie
1 a : suggestive of repose : LEANING, RESTING b : lying down
2 : representing a person lying down recumbent statue >

Pls visit our friend 'Mr Recumbent' Terence Foo website at MyBent for more information about this interesting looking bike.

Source: Definition from Merriam-Webster Online Dictionery & picture from Wikipedia 'Recumbent'.

A Letter From Dario Pegoretti

The Italian frame maker reveals he has a form of cancer, and offers an apology to those waiting on products from Pegoretti

To my customers, dealers and friends:

I know some of you have been patiently waiting for frames that are in the works. In some cases it has been many months. For this I apologize.

Unfortunately, I have been sick off and on for the past six weeks or so and often couldn't find the energy to work. It became so bad that I sought medical attention. After extensive testing I have just learned that I have cancer, in the form of Lymphoma.

I will start treatment, including chemotherapy, next week. My doctors tell me that the response to these types of treatments is individual. Different people can react to the treatments in vastly different ways. They cannot predict how it will affect me. It is not known if I will be able to return to work the day after each session or if it will be two weeks or even longer before I have the strength.

I do, however, have the desire to fight this disease on my own terms, not from a recovery bed. I will continue work to complete the orders I have in hand, as well new orders as they come in. However, I cannot put a timetable on any orders at this juncture. Please continue to be patient and be assured that no short cuts will be taken to rush frames out the door that aren't up to my usual standards.

If you have questions or concerns about your order, pending or future, my well-being, or anything else please direct them to the Dario Pegoretti distributor in your country. While I enjoy receiving e-mails from customers around the world, I will not be answering them for the foreseeable future. Please accept my apology for this and understand that I will still read every e-mail I receive.

Ciao,

Dario

Source: Bicycling Magazine

Fly MAS...the cycling-friendly airlines!

Bicycle

Non-motorised touring or racing bicycles with single seats for carriage are accepted as checked baggage with certain limitations.

Any bicycle presented for carriage must be packaged in one of the following ways:

• Handlebars are fixed sideways and pedals removed and enclosed in a cardboard container
• Pedals and handlebars encased in plastic, styrofoam, or other similar material

Any bicycle presented in a box with overall dimensions not exceeding 62" and checked in lieu of one bag is accepted. In addition, 2 baggage systems with 2 conditions each, will apply accordingly:

1. Weight System for passengers travelling between Europe & Asia

Bicycle will be accepted as free checked baggage provided that handlebars are fixed sideways and the pedals are removed. It will be treated as any other piece of baggage, subject to excess baggage charge if weight exceeds free baggage allowance.

2. Piece System for passengers travelling across the Atlantic or Pacific

Bicycle will be accepted as 2 pieces of free baggage at 32kgs each. It will be treated as any other piece of baggage of up to 32kgs each and are charged an excess baggage rate of USD100 per piece.

Note: Some connection carriers and aircraft may not accept bicycles as checked baggage, and may have different limitations.

Source: MAS Website- Baggage Information

Hugh's scottish cycling trips

Meet an acquaintance of mine from Glasgow, Scotland- Hugh Spicer and visit his blog at hugh's scottish cycling trips . Check out his cycling adventure through pictures especially those spectacular sceneries of the beautiful Ecosse... a heaven for on & off-road cycling!

This fun-loving guy is also a mountaineer and an amateur photographer who love Isle of Arran, CalMac Ferry (sorry, mate!) & birds....and in fact, some of the photos are so good that it got published in the BBC website few months back!

I really envy hugh & his buddies who got to spend much of their time cycling around scotland which i rated as one of the most beautiful country in the world- for cycling, of course!

Tour of SWA- Alternative route

This is an interesting trail- The Munda Biddi Trail. There is a possibility of mixing both ON and OFF roads during the tour.

There are some Cycle Friendly chalets, lodges or B&Bs along the routes especially in the southwest area near Denmark, Walpole & Pemberton that can be considered.

However, based on the map, only Stage 1 trail from Collie to Dwenllingup is completed. Therefore, half of the trip from Albany to Burnbury shall be on-road via the coastal road and enter the trail from Collie till Dwenllingup exit before heading to Rockingham or straight to Fremantle and Scarborough.

Tentatively scheduled in Summer 2007.

Source: Map courtesy of Munda Biddi Trail Foundation.