You read it here (after I read it here) - Topeak, the company that brought you the ridiculously comprehensive ALiEN DX multi-tool, have rolled out their 'Jango' range of bikes. The bikes are not to be confused with the Star Wars bounty hunter, nor Django Reinhardt, the gypsy jazz guitarist whose work you probably know from the kind of pretentious couch cafes in which any Stars Wars busts are strictly ironic and a coffee is $4.50.The purchase process works a lot like buying a family sedan - first you select the model, then you tick all the dorky 'headlight protector' style accoutrements you can afford, then you print it out, develop a taste for that 'news for the visually impaired' AM radio station, pull on a pair of moleskins and realise you've turned into your father.*
In other news, the CSIRO does some stuff with 'nanotubes' that could lead to artificial muscles, and - less impressive but perhaps more relevant to the purview of this blog - semi translucent bikes. Forget Down Low Glow, just fill the frame with neon and ride. Patent pending...
Tour Down Under delegation prepare for Lance's arrival.
Oh yeah, and Lance Armstrong excited us, the little people, by announcing his return to professional cycling will kick off at the Tour Down Under. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) then delivered a boot to our collective lollipops by insisting that - because Lance won't officially clear the six month random dope testing window until the 1st of Feb - the South Australian event (from Jan 20-25) is off the cards. Weak.
On a lighter note, Brompton World Championship! Look at those teeny bikes go!
*Love ya Dad!
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