On Friday, I was on the phone with DL Byron from BikeHugger.com. He was telling me how impressed he has been with the road and mountain biking in my adopted home town of Park City, Utah. Of course, I said, that’s why we moved here. Despite that, however, I shocked Byron when I told him […]
Today is Bike to Work Day. Since I’m at the Amgen Tour of California, it’s going to be a bit tough for me to ride to work. I’ll just watch the peloton bike to work today, how’s that? In commemoration of the day, Carlton Reid has released an updated and expanded version of The Bike […]
I suspect that many Freds have been called Nerds, Geeks, and Dorks at one time or another. Here’s a simple explanation, thanks to the Chuck & Beans comic strip, of the difference between all of these terms:
Thanks to our People’s Choice Social Media Award, The FredCast has been showing up in the news quite a bit. Here are some of the stories that have appeared recently: Bike Biz: FredCast Wins Social Media Award Salt Lake Tribune: Local Social Media Receives Honors Standard Examiner: Social Media Spotlight Shines Park Record: How to […]
Today’s online edition of The Guardian includes an article criticizing James Martin’s anti-cyclist rant, and quoting yesterday’s FredCast interview with Tesla.
In Episode 130 of The FredCast, I spoke with Dr. Allen Lim from Team Garmin Slipstream and we discussed some recipes for on the bike food. You can download the recipes here.
Start house action from the Tour of California prolog with Lance Armstrong, Levi Leipheimer, Ivan Basso and plenty more A-List professionals
I asked this question on Twitter and received a flood of responses, but since some people wanted more room to answer I thought I’d pose the question here and let everyone answer in the comments. So, here goes . . . Have you given your bike a name? If so, what’s the name and why […]
Last September I wrote a blog post entitled 10 Reasons Why I Returned my iPhone. I purchased an iPhone just prior to leaving for Interbike, and by the time I came home I was happy to get rid of it. And I told you some of the reasons why. With the new 3G iPhone coming […]
Remember those old Virgina Slims advertisements that showed 19th Century women toiling away at household chores while their 20th Century counterparts went about lives of liberation and fulfillment? According to an article from Mental Floss Magazine that a friend recently sent, the bicycle has had a lot to do with helping women come so far […]
