Awesome Bicycle Stunts

This video of Ryan Leech performing various beautiful stunts on his bike put me in the mind of a parkour video that I posted over a year ago on this site. First, the bike:


Now, the parkour flashback:

Pretty sweet shit on both counts, huh?

Monkeys Beat Up Trainer With His Own Stick

The awesomeness of this can not be exaggerated:

Angry monkeys turned on their trainer - and beat him senseless with his own stick.

The enraged primates struck back after their owner handed out a vicious beating to one of the trio during a performance in which they rode mini bicycles in a market in Sizhou, eastern China.

While one monkey twisted their cruel master's ears, another pulled his hair out in handfuls and bit his neck.

Then, when he dropped his cane, the third snatched it up and began beating the trainer around the head until he broke the stick.

The dazed trainer confessed: 'They were once wild and these performances don't always come naturally to them. They may have built up some feelings of hatred towards me.'

Now police are investigating allegations of animal cruelty and may confiscate the monkeys.

They're so like us, in that they seem to enjoy beating the crap out of people who make them ride little bicycles for the amusement of others. Anybody feeling bad for this guy? Really?

Picture Of The Day

Taken by Lance Armstrong, probable winner of the next ten or so Tour de France's.

Hey, Obama Supporter...

Velodrome Violence

This pile up during a Keirin at the Alpenrose Velodrome Challenge in southwest Portland Saturday reminds me why I drive a car; this happens at about 40 miles an hour yet no one was seriously injured. Still pretty painful I'd wager:


(hat tip: BD)

Googling The Tour

Google Maps has set up a feature that allows you to view the entire route of the Tour de France from a rider's eye viewpoint. With 360 degree rotating street views you can even click on the route to follow it through the streets; this one's for you, BD my friend: