The Steed is back from the powdercoaters and is now RED. As with most ongoing projects, the Steed is far from finished and will receive numerous bike p0rn finishing touches. No, the Steed hasn’t 29′ wheels, it’s a itsy-bitsy 41cm frame that’s just dandy for a short arse like me.
Unfortunately the fleeting dalliance with barend shifters and Salsa cyclo-cross levers hasn’t worked out and I will probably commit a serious crime against nature by utilising integrated flat bar shifters with bull horns.
Continuing in a occasional series of Ron & Russell Mael appreciation posts. In a similar theme, it does remind me of The Nails fabulous tune, 88 lines about 44 women. Na, nanananana na na. Yes no kittycats this time, although someone’s probably out there humming it.
Like the famous drunk searching for keys under the streetlight, our governments and oppositions persist in flailing around among 19th century energy strategies. Meanwhile, all around just beyond the light are endless solutions all technically available today. To be visible to governments and business, however, a new set of “market priorities” — the light of venture capital — is required.
Clean power maybe one of the workable solutions to a looming global energy crisis. Another vital aspect to our future prospects is LEADERSHIP. Not scribbbling in the margins or neurotically following like sheeple but the requirement to get off our collective arses. Such as the initiative shown by one R. Murdoch at Wednesdays Global Energy Initiative.
He signalled that News Corp will not be reporting climate change as the End of the World
“The challenge is to revolutionise the message. For too long, the threats of climate change have been presented as doom and gloom - because the consequences are so serious. We need to do what our company does best: make this issue exciting. Tell the story in a new way,” he said.
“There are limits to how far we can push this issue in our content. Not every hero on television can drive a hybrid car. Often times it just won’t fit.
“We must avoid preaching.”
I personally may not agree with a great deal of what he has been responsible for (including Wapping, Fox News, stouches with government regulations, lack of media ethics, political manipulation, amongst dozens of other concerns) Ah, but Murdoch is showing leadership. Or should we accept his latest proclaimation in good faith, or is it another version of his need for power, not money?
In May 2003, Chris Phelan organized the first Ride Of Silence in Dallas (USA) after endurance cyclist Larry Schwartz was hit by the mirror of a passing bus and was killed. The ride was a solemn event, to remember Larry and all cyclists killed while riding their bikes.
It was only supposed to be a one-time event, but as word got out about the ride, many cyclists contacted Chris with the desire to participate in this event. Although cyclists have a legal right to share the road with motorists, the motoring public often isn’t aware of these rights, and sometimes not aware of the cyclists themselves.
The ride has several goals:
To honour those who have been injured or killed
To raise awareness that we are here
To ask that we all peacefully share the road
At present there are four Australian rides planned for 19th May - Sydney, Bendigo, Brisbane and Melbourne, with hopefully others to follow suit. If you want to contact the local ride organisers, please use the online form avaliable on the US RoS site.
I’ve scrubbed, cleaned, tidied and generally re-jigged the WoJ WP theme in the last week and have added links for each Australian RoS ride under the central column. So further information will be posted there as it comes to hand. If you’re interested in organising a local RoS, peruse the extensive organiser resources via the US site.
The Age: Clean power is key to the future
