Wednesday, January 04, 2006

How slutty is your bike?

The Slut-o-Meter searches Google for your keywords, searches again with Google's SafeSearch enabled, compares the number of results from each and generates a Slut Ratio. The higher the number, the more slutty your subject is. Paris Hilton, for example, rates about 84%, while John Forester rates 1.4 and Sheldon Brown is a 3.6. This means that Sheldon is more than twice the slut that Forester is.

How slutty is your bike? Most of the bike brands rate in the single digits. The standout is Giant Bikes which ranks an amazing 24%. Can you find a more slutty bike brand?

Most bike racers also rank in the single digits. Even Lance Armstrong rates an 8.4, while Sheryl Crow scores nearly 16. I'm not sure I want to see nude photos of Sheryl. I'm certain I don't want to see a nude Lance Armstrong. The only double-digit road racer I could find is the late Marco Pantani with a Slut score of nearly 14%. Mountain biker Niki Gudex is smoking hot at 34%.

The bike blogs I checked were all low-ranking. The exception was Bike Riding Donut Guy with a double-digit 14%. Does your blog rank higher?

The highest ranking bicycle phrase I could find is Bike Porn at 50%, which is actually higher than I expected. Are there bike phrases that rate higher in sluttiness?

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Cyclelicious haiku

Cycle licious. Yum!
Bikes good for health, soul, spirit.
Ride for fun. Hurray!

Surly Pugsley and 40 days in the Australian desert

See more fat tire bicycles here.

Jakub Postrzygacz traveled 1200 miles across the hot Australia Outback, through the most remote areas of West Australia, across three deserts and over hundreds of sand hills on his bicycle, a wide-tired Surly Pugsley. Visit Jakub's website for his journal and some amazing photos from his 40 day adventure.

That third wheel on the back of his bicycle in the photo is the Polish-built ExtraWheel trailer.

Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Bicycle accident insurance scam

This came from a recap of weird news for 2005. See if you can follow along. Hans (not his real name) bought some sort of accident insurance. A few months later, Hans was riding his bicycle when he fell, rolled down an embankment and onto railroad tracks just as a train passed by. He lost a thumb and a couple of fingers when the train rolled over his hands.

Investigators believe, however, that Hans cut off his own fingers to collect on the insurance. No mention was made whether Hans wears a helmet while cycling or not. Read the story here.

Pick the date, win stuff

Tim Grahl's (of Blue Collar MTB) wife is having a baby. Guess the correct date and win a $5 gift certificate. Woo hoo!

Made in America: Trek Bicycles

Discovery's Travel Channel Made In American will visit the Trek factory in Waterloo, Wisconsin tonight (Tuesday, January 3) at 9 p.m. Eastern time.

Shop at the Discovery Channel Store.
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