Photo by Andrew.

Frowned upon by the local police, this will get you a good screaming at, while graying salarymen in convertible BMWs and Merecedes Benzes who drag race down side streets don't draw so much as the batting of an eyelid (true story). Cute couple though, isn't it?

via @localjapantimes on twitter

"We must unite in the fight to keep the bicycle from being regarded as an object." -Bicicleteiros

In this shocking exposé, Natalia Scabora, "The Girl" model for Terra.com.br, assumes various positions--above, beside, in front of, etc--which demean and degrade bicycles.

6 August 2006
London

"After Floyd Landis's disqualification set off a domino effect eliminating the other 138 finishers and all professional and amateur cyclists ever registered, the Tour de France title has been handed to an Englishman for the first time in the race's history. Alex Brooke, who was not even in France this summer, will be crossing the chunnel to pick up the trophy as soon as he is knighted at a tea and biscuits ceremony at Buckingham Palace hosted by Queen Elizabeth II and attended by Tony Blair, Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Mick Jagger, David and Victoria Beckham and Ali G. The British Empire, usually known for inventing sports only to be defeated in them by their subjects in the colonies, finally has a new hero. Tim Henman was unavailable for comment."

What hath God wrought? Despite recent advances in technology, we are very, very late with this one. We were well over our storage limit around the time the new podcast hosting service developed by Libsyn went into effect.

Photo: An old Ford pick-up I spotted while cycling along the Tama River in western Tokyo.

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