Malcom XC
The repository of CJ Eder’s musings on the confluence of cycling and culture.
An End to Doping?
Michael Shemmer’s Solutions to solve doping, published in scientific american:
Immunity to all athletes for past cheating.
Increase the number of competitors tested
Increase substantially the penalty for getting caught.
Disqualify all team members from an event if any member of the team
tests positive for doping.
Establish a reward for scientists to develop tests that can detect doping.
Seattle’s Free Rider Debate
After two charged, if not incoherent, op-eds by Seattle Times editor James Vesely in favor of user fees for bicycles, there was an excellent response last week by David Hiller.
The truth is that less than 3 percent of the region’s total
transportation funds are spent on bicycle and pedestrian projects and
programs, while 37 percent of the [...]
A long time coming.
“For every three bikes we use for deliveries, we save an average of 17
gallons of fuel per day (compared to one truck). That’s about $50 in
savings.”
Needless to say, this is sweet. read more at gas 2.0
Coming to Grips
One of my favorite things about riding a bike is the incredible sense of exceptionalism. When shoppers in Valley Stream, NY carried out the time honored holiday ritual of trampling someone to death to ring in our culture’s annual, consumer gang-bang of the economy I felt comforted that riding bikes at least preserved my sense [...]
The Antidote
Frequent readers of Knob will know of my diverse interests – cycling, advocacy, pirates – but here is one concern that trumps them all: zombies. Perhaps my greatest fear is not just the run of the mill undead, but throngs of pre-teen mouth breathers hungry for human flesh. Whereas regular zombies just slowly lurch around, [...]
