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Blue Sky Velo Cup set for Saturday
Find tricks and treats at the Xilinx campus on October 31st. The tech campus will host the The Blue Sky Velo Cup – a spectator-friendly cyclocross event that will bring entertainment and the nation’s best cyclocross racing to the Front Range . Free to all spectators, this is a must-see for fans of Halloween and cycling alike!
LA road-rage defendant says he stopped to try to take a picture
Dr. Christopher Thomas Thompson said he never intended to hurt a pair of cyclists who hit the back of his car on the Fourth of July 2008. He told a court Wednesday that he stopped to try to take a picture of the riders after a verbal confrontation, and said he wakes up every night thinking about the incident that led to him being charged with assault with a deadly weapon. “I’m not happy anyone suffered injuries,” Thompson told defense attorney Peter Swarth in Los Angeles Superior Court. He denied telling a police officer that he meant to teach the injured cyclists a lesson.
Last week to enter raffle for Lynskey bike, benefiting the Breast Cancer Fund
Win a one-of-a-kind Lynskey, valued at $7,000, for only $10 You've got nothing to lose with a $10 donation to the Breast Cancer Fund, but you could win big with that same $10. Speedgoat is raffling off a bike that's beyond compare (seriously, this is the only one of its kind) and every cent of each $10 ticket sold will go to the Breast Cancer Fund. Timed to coincide with National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Speedgoat encourages you take a moment and ask yourself if $10 is enough to put toward eliminating environmental and other preventable causes of breast cancer.
Mailbag: Drivers’ reading habits, the ATOC route and more
Talking on your cell or texting is now illegal around here. It may not stop people from reading while driving, though!
Dr. Thompson takes the stand in his trial on assault charges.
Dr. Christopher Thomas Thompson took the stand in his defense on Tuesday afternoon in Los Angeles in his trial on assaulting cyclists in 2008. Thompson answered preliminary questions from his defense attorney, Peter Swarth; Thompson is expected to resume testimony Wednesday, when he is likely to be asked about two or three incidents involving cyclists on his home street, Los Angeles County's Mandeville Canyon Road.
Boulder Nordic racing team hosts gear swap Nov. 4
Press Release
Boulder Nordic Junior Racing Team’s 19th Annual Ski Expo and Swap November 4, 6:45 to 8:45 pm in the Boulder High School Cafeteria (1604 Arapahoe Avenue Boulder, CO) The sale:The Kelly Benefit Strategies team goes to Africa, while Kona AfricaBikes go to Vietnam
As the 2009 season draws to a close, a few companies and teams are extending their efforts across the world in various charitable endeavors. Kelly Benefit Strategies riders traveled to Africa in support of World Bicycle Relief, and Kona’s Africabikes program is reaching farther than ever, partnering with Roadmonkey Adventure philanthropy to provide bikes to students in Vietnam. Four Kelly riders traveled halfway around the world earlier this month, not for a race, but to see firsthand the impact of their team’s season-long fundraising effort for World Bicycle Relief.
Mailbag: Take the lane, beware of texters and … Modesto?
I am a professional bicycle courier in Charlotte, North Carolina. The safest way to ride a bicycle in any traffic is to behave exactly as you would in an automobile.
Prosecution rest in LA road rage case. Defense will call witnesses Monday.
Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Mary Stone rested the prosecution’s case against Dr. Christopher Thomas Thompson on Friday afternoon, following five and a half days of testimony in Thompson's trial on assault charges. The charges stem from an altercation with two cyclists on a Los Angeles County canyon road on July 4, 2008, and another incident involving two different cyclists in March that year, on the same road. In the final two days of the prosecution’s case, jurors heard testimony from two cyclists involved in the March episode, which did not result in any injuries.