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Today’s Spokespeople:
Racing
- UCI Track World Championships; US Women win Team Pursuit gold
- Belgian Holy Season has begun
- Greg van Avermaet wins Omloop
- Stuyven wins KBK
- Velon’s live race data
- WSJ Article says Wanda, “is also interested in potentially buying Amaury Sport Organisation, a company that runs cycling’s Tour de France race…”
Other
Cyclist Safety and Advocacy
- Two killed, three injured by drunk driver in Tucson. TIM
- Trek’s John Burke keeps on pushing the industry to do more on advocacy – Carlton
- Uninsured/UnderInsured Motorist Coverage for Cyclists
- $50 Million dollars paid for Enve
Industry News
Tips, Hints and Best Practices
- GoFundMe Page for Australian Cycling Club
- Knog’s Oi bell on Kickstarter – Carlton
- Nite Ize Gear Tie – Jim
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Perhaps the best application of biking data as collected by Strava and the like are for bike advocacy groups and urban planners/traffic engineers. This is an immense dataset that has the potential to change the scale of our collective influence when discussing safety on the road or usage in the dirt.
Enjoyed the show(s), keep ’em coming!
Cheers,
Matt K.
Hi Matt
Do you not think this data would be a bit skewed to major roads? Strava won’t be used by “normal” folks on bikes but us keenies, and we already go where we want.