Wait, what?

Seen over at fixed gear blog.

Oh dear god...

Look- I'm all for over-the-top, especially when it comes to some bike stuff. But this is just ridiculous:
This guy up in Alaska and has a pretty crazy custom Moots Pugsley bike.

He apparently was having some issues with snow building up on this oversized rims, so his solution was to take a new Zipp Super-9 disc and cut in in half for some wheel covers (!).


So, so, so painful!
Did he not know that there's a better way?

(Photo: Squid/cyclehawk)

Thanks to Cale for making me cringe!

What the hell?!

So I was brunching it up this morning, reading the paper and stumbled upon this gem in the comics section:


Not really sure what it means when comic strip characters are cruising around on track bikes. And am I missing the joke? I don't get it at all...

Where Are You Go

This film looks amazing. Thanks to j-dot over at dispatch101 for giving me the heads up about it. You can see it at the Bicycle Film Festival Chicago, August 14th, program 1. Get your tickets here.

Not Usual Velodrome Behaviour

Northbrook hosted some very strange entertainment for the racers at the Allvoi Cup on Saturday. The photo is by Ed White. Check out more of Ed's photos here.