Walkable Neighborhoods

The video above is Lance Armstrong biking down N Street Through Midtown Sacramento. The video below is of Floyd Landis. You can hear the crowd yelling “Floyd! Floyd!” See more photos and video of the 2009 AMGEN Bike Tour.

Fabian Cancellara won the Tour of California Sacramento time trial. (Note: this is not Cancellara pictured). He finished the 2.4 mile course with a time of 4 minutes, 32.90 seconds. Lance Armstrong finished with a time of 4:37.17. The rain held off for the entire race, with just a few sprinkles during Floyd Landis’s run. [...]

The time trials are underway as I type this. The crowds on the street are great! Here is a video and some of my first (not necessarily the best) early photos of the time trial. The rain is holding off… for now. Lance Armstrong still to come! Some drunk guy keeps yelling “Dig Deep” [...]

Sorry for the quality, I had my dog on the leash. See more of my photos and videos of the 2009 AMGEN Tour.

The Sacramento bicycling community came out in full force this morning for the 2009 AMGEN Tour of California Community Bike Ride. There was a solid stream of bicyclists along N Street for about 30 minutes. It was quite a site to see. Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson was leading the pack, decked out in full cyclist [...]

Today, I’ll be live blogging (as much as I can) the AMGEN Tour of California time trials held today in Downtown and Midtown Sacramento. They’re expecting some 75,000 people to attend. The big attraction: Lance Armstrong’s return to cycling!! Also, it’s Floyd Landis’s return from doping suspension.
The streets are already shut down… except to [...]

Update: Because of an external scripting error, we’ve removed the embedded video. You can still watch it here.
If you happen to be in the Grand Rapids area tomorrow, I encourage you to check out the Colorburst ’08 bike ride in memory of two cyclists killed by drunk drivers. The event will commence at 8am at [...]

Don’t forget to log your cycling miles this May… it’s once again time for Bike Month. Those biking in the Sacramento region can log them in at MayisBikeMonth.com. We fell just short of the 1,000,000 mile goal last year.
Sadly, I’m only pledging 100 miles so far because I need a new bike. My current bike [...]

I’m not sure if I can argue with this West Los Angeles Bike Lane.
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DOTTHETEST. Brilliant!