Another reason to wear a helmet.

Bike Commuting By the Numbers

From U.S. News: Bike Commuting By the Numbers, Compared to Americans, Europeans are way out in front.

From the article:

In Portland, Ore., 3.5 percent of trips to work are made by bike, the highest share among the 50 largest American cities. The lowest: Kansas City, Mo., at a paltry 0.02 percent.
37 percent of short trips (under 2.5 kilometers, or 1.5 miles) are made on a bicycle in the Netherlands, compared with 2 percent in the United States. 1.1 cyclists are killed per 100 million km cycled there; in the United States, 5.8 cyclists are killed per 100 million km.

Everybody ride & drive safely & hooray for Portland!

Thomas Dekker to Garmin-Chipotle

Via SportWereld: Thomas Dekker onderweg naar Garmin-Chipotle.

I'm not going to try to pretend that I understood the whole article, but I was able to gather that Thomas Dekker will most likely be heading out Garmin-Chipotle way next year. Thomas Dekker, who was uninvited to his country's Olympic squad and subsequently broke with his team Rabobank, is an interesting choice for Garmin-Chipotle.

Garmin-Chipolte has a strict anti-doping policy & a stringent in-house testing program while Thomas Dekker, according to the UCI, returned an anomalous blood-test result. Please note that an anomalous blood-test result is not a positive/non-negative test result and that thus far, Thomas Dekker has never been suspended for a non-negative test result.

Specialized Concept Stores in Europe

Specialized opened up their first concept store on the continent. Their first continental concept store is in Goirle, the Netherlands.