My cycling scrapbook; news clippings that infuriate or inspire, interesting pictures, memorable quotes, web links and just about anything else that appeals at any specific moment in time. Back to bicyclism.net homepageTumblr (3.0; @cyclelog)http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kov839BUE01qz5qrqo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Borg. The Car-Borg! My vision of how those-who-drive-cars look behind all that tinted windscreen glass…</p>http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/170212357http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/170212357Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:18:45 +1000<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/vpUqVUAkpmbjcvnxbVkVTsTKo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A river in silty flood. 1000m straight down below the Wollomombi Falls in the Eastern Falls of the astonishing Oxley Wild Rivers National Park. My favourite river. My favourite place on this earth.</p>http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/96443686http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/96443686Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:20:52 +1000<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/vpUqVUAkpl8p0uj22uyRZ4Upo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A design statement of sustainability! Cycling meets the artistry of wood; organic resilience. This is the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.waldmeister-bikes.de/waldmeister_flash_en.html">Waldmeister</a>. A statement that connects with what we know and yet, with nothing that’s actually familiar. A statement of difference that unfolds through the sustainability message of cycling. A sign for the times!</p>http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/87828004http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/87828004Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:56:28 +1100<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/vpUqVUAkp5lhfm9hjTXAhkI2_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>a bike for when the tar runs out…  The new Pinarello Cross CX Carbon.  A bargain for the price (30% of the cost of a Pinarello Prince carbon) and a masterpiece of form merging with function</p>http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/26682398http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/26682398Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:09:00 +1100<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/vpUqVUAkp3nffp4njqOYTfpN_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Another family photo: my Pinarellos </p>http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/22745976http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/22745976Tue, 01 Jan 2008 13:29:55 +1100<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/vpUqVUAkp3nf6jmwPPcRxLSk_r1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My pair of Pinarellos</p>http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/22745799http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/22745799Tue, 01 Jan 2008 13:22:00 +1100<img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/vpUqVUAkp2mep9n1az0JbQxc_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>How’s this for a strange and contorted mixup of cycling dimensions! </p>http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/20939735http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/20939735Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:41:53 +1100<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/10041655_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>On my new Pinarello Prince Carbon!</p>http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/10041655http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/10041655Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:36:51 +1000<p>I was doing a google search on singles vs clincher tyres (to check out the ongoing debate on this always contentious issue) and here is one search result:</p> <h2><a href="http://www.professorshouse.com/family/relationships/tired-of-the-single-life.aspx" onmousedown="return clk(0,'','','res','20','')">Tired of the <b>Single</b> Life | What you need to do to get a date</a></h2>If you are tired of the <b>single</b> life you are not alone, with the divorce rate of <b>…</b> Any or a combination of these strategies could be your “deal <b>clinchers</b>. <b>…</b><p> Well done google… </p>http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/7656786http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/7656786Sat, 04 Aug 2007 22:42:38 +1000<img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/7449046_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Front cover from a recent edition of the Economist magazine.  The illustration suggests all kinds of interesting ideas (like advocacy for a Cycling-led recovery of Europe, say), none of which matched the reality of the actual editorial.  But a great cover nonetheless. </p>http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/7449046http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/7449046Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:07:16 +1000<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/7448204_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Another drawing by my daughter Sandy Gill from 2007 le Tour</p>http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/7448204http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/7448204Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:50:20 +1000<img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/7447997_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Some drawings by my Daughter Sandy Gill showing that Tour de France inspiration runs in the family!</p>http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/7447997http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/7447997Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:47:35 +1000<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/4899600_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Isn’t this a brilliant advertising piece?!  I rather think that this more than clever photo does the sport of cycling proud.  Makes me want to buy Olympus from now on (if only I were not so locked into Canon). </p>http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/4899600http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/4899600Wed, 04 Jul 2007 18:37:41 +1000<img src="http://13.media.tumblr.com/4892028_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>From the Chaser’s War on Everything.  This says it all! </p>http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/4892028http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/4892028Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:36:46 +1000<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/4891959_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Say No to Global Guzzling</p> <p>There is a clear link between the obesity epidemic sweeping the world and the rise of global warming</p> <p> New Scientist, 30 June 2007, p. 31 </p>http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/4891959http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/4891959Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:35:00 +1000<p><a href="http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/">CycleLog</a></p>http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/4888828http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/4888828Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:29:48 +1000<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/3434109_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>a most important thorn in the side of China…</p>http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/3434109http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/3434109Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:00:19 +1000<p><a href="http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21896617-2702,00.html"><b>Dalai Lama meetings anger China</b></a><br/><br/>Paul Maley and Cath Hart<br/>June 13, 2007</p> <p><br/><i>A DIPLOMATIC row has erupted with the Chinese Government over the Dalai Lama’s visit, with Beijing accusing Australia of supporting the 71-year-old exile’s “splittist activities”.</i></p> <p>If I were to be a good Buddhist, I would say that these Diplomats are tragic and we should feel sorry for them: ‘they know not what they do…’</p> <p>If I were a really bad Buddhist I would ask: what is Chinese for giving the Chinese government the finger?   </p>http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/3418695http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/3418695Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:10:03 +1000<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/3416922_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>If you ride to music like I do, try this one out!  A two hour pile driving bliss out!  The band is Ayreon. The Album is The Human Equation. </p>http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/3416922http://cyclelog.tumblr.com/post/3416922Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:23:49 +1000