The ancient proverb -- "He who rides a glass bicycle shouldn't take the bumpy road" -- doesn't apply to the glass bicycles hand-sculptured by Leo Lyman.

From his home studio in Wildomar, California, Leo makes a wide variety of small glass bicycle gifts in the styles of road bikes, tandems, recumbents, and more. He even makes glass cake tops; I understand the glass tandem is popular for wedding cakes.

Examples of his work are displayed at his Bicycle in Glass website. I recently asked Leo how he got started making glass bicycle-style jewelry.

"I have been doing the bicycle glass since my son Scott was racing BMX, which  has been about 22 years ago," he wrote. "He then moved up to cross-country and down hill. I used to sell the bicycle glass at the races to pay for his races and accommodations. ...   more »

On May 28 the curtain goes up on the 8th annual edition of the Bicycle Film Festival with a five-day run in New York City. From there it takes off on a seven-month tour of the US, Europe, Australia and Asia before landing in Portland in December for this year's final show.

There's more to these events than films about people riding their bicycles. We're talking parties, bands, art shows and more parties.

But at its heart this festival is about bicycling films. The New York City program shows sessions that encompass everything from animated shorts, 5-minute films about bike advocates to feature-length documentaries such as Adventures for the Cure(see trailer above). ...   more »

Services are scheduled later this week for John Cuchessi, a Southern California bike shop owner remembered for his enthusiasm for bicycling and generosity to customers and others in the community.

Cuchessi, owner of the San Clemente Cyclery since 1974, was riding with the San Clemente Renegades bike club on Sunday when he inexplicably made a sharp right while heading downhill and hit a fence. He died on the way to the hospital.

Anyone with comments or stories about Cuchessi is encouraged to send an e-mail to San Clemente Cyclery at info@sccyclery.com ...   more »

If you browse the bicycling blogs -- and if you're here, you must -- then you're probably familiar with FatCyclist.com. Day in and day out, his is the most entertaining blog of them all.

The blogger's name is Elden Nelson, and just a few weeks ago he and his wife Susan learned that the cancer she had been fighting for years had spread to her brain. The doctor has given her months, not years, to live.

Along with dealing with everything else, they have expenses. Lots of them. Some people have come forward to help:

-- A friend named Kenny has set up a PayPal account for Susan's WIN Fund  to help the Nelsons.

-- Rob Lucas at UltraRob's Adventures is donating all the commissions for next Monday and Tuesday, May 19 and 20, from his Cycling and Outdoor Gear Search website to the Nelsons. 

So you can donate now, or if you're thinking of buying some gear, wait until next week and do it at UltraRob's and all the commissions go to the fund. He has 18,000 product listings from 50 online stores.

The Baseball Hall of Fame has a home in Cooperstown, and the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame is based in Cleveland. What about cycling?

The U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame is currently housed in a temporary space in Somerville, New Jersey. The directors are seeking a new home for the hall after its original location of some 20 years was sold for redevelopment.

The Hall displays bicycles, jerseys, photos, trophies and other memorabilia of more than 100 years of US cycling history. It also celebrates the sport of cycling by inducting Hall of Famers every year and coordinating annual bike races ...   more »