I've just finished listening (23mb/45mins) to a good discussion of cycling road use, as aired on ABC Radio National.  There's some food for thought there, because what we need is sensible discussion on the topic, rather than finger pointing, especially given the number of new cyclists using it as a form of transport.... Read more...

This story fascinates me for a few reasons.  Firstly, it's another Portuguese rider in the professional peleton.  However, more importantly this comeback is fairly incredible given that Correia weighed as much as 2 cyclists a few years back.  Guess there's hope for everyone, and it will be interesting to see what he can do at Cervelo.... Read more...

  This article put a big smile on my face today. I so thought it was a... Read more...

The most disturbing way to teach your kids about the baby and the stork I seriously question if this is indeed real!  If so, how traumatising would it be for a kid ... Read more...

Riding and drinking beer.  These two great past times have always intrigued me, and I didn't realise until today that there could be a synergy between them.  All hail the beer bike: http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/photos/races07/amstel07/amstel07cy-beerbike.jpg According to ... Read more...

Today I read a fascinating exchange between Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss on the relationship between science and faith.  Rather compelling reading between two scientists whose ideas vary on how religion and science should interact ... Read more...

Here's some fascinating research on the right way to take caffeine throughout the day.  The take home message is that caffeine taken early in the day is not as effective as using it later in the day, or by taking it in smaller doses as the day goes on. ... Read more...

This week, I've been experiencing troubles with my trusted old '69 mini K.  Wouldn't start... believe me I tried everything.  There was the jumpstarting, the rollstarting, yelling, more of this and more of that, but all to no avail.  Then there was the plan of changing the spark plugs, checking this electrical thing and that one, btu I tell you at this stage everyone had run out of ideas - including my trusty telephone mech... Read more...

A recent post has listed some 26 cognitive biases.  For one, this is fascinating because it goes to showing that humans are influenced from viewing reality through rose coloured glasses.   Secondly, I think that once we have a better understanding that these phenome... Read more...

Perhaps only in America could this be true. Mr Ludwig, 30, a newspaper columnist from Chicago, applied for the card after his own father bought Bubba a 12-gauge Beretta shotgun as a gift. ... Read more...