You've probably seen the Cars-R-Coffins logo — a black coffin on four wheels with the license plate 666.
It's on T-shirts, socks, jerseys, water bottles … you name it. It's the brainchild of Hurl Everstone, 38, a bicycle advocate in Minneapolis who published a newsletter by that name.
Earlier this month, Cars R Coffins got into the business of peddling coffee to cyclists. …
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Cars R Coffins coffee shop in South Minneapolis
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Designed by bike advocate Hurl Everstone. More at Cars-R-Coffins.
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This inaugural Amgen Tour of California is in the books now. Let's hope it forecasts great things for US cyclists this coming season.
Floyd Landis (Phonak), left, carried his 29-second lead from Wednesday's individual time trial all the way through the remaining stages to the overall win on Sunday. He's joined on the podium by David Zabriskie and Bobby Julich (both of Team CSC), who finished second and third.
Just behind, in 4th place …
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Winner of Tour of California 2006
Photo by Steven Hill at Steephill.tv
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What a cool lookin' ride, and this guy is happey to have it. From Bicycle Bill's website of vintage bikes.
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Cyclist Floyd Landis, Phonak, in his new aero position
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Four jerseys. Four Americans. Although the Amgen Tour of California bike race comprises an international field of cyclists, riders from the US are in all the top positions.
Here's how the jersey competition stacks up after Stage 6, an 89-mile race from Santa Barbara to Thousand Oaks that was won by T-Mobile's Olaf Pollack.
General classification jersey: Floyd Landis, left, has held the overall lead by 29 seconds …
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Who says bicycle racing is dead in America without Lance Armstrong?
The crowds that have been flocking to the Amgen Tour of California, and those following the race on the internet have been treated to plenty of excitement. How about today's breakaway that included Jens Voight of Team CSC and Viatcheslav Ekimov of Discovery Channel.
There was the suspense of whether they would be caught (they were), followed by the action of Discovery driving a freight train down the main drag of sunny Santa Barbara to deliver George Hincapie to his second Tour stage victory. …
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Intellectual Lint is a blog chronicling the trials and tribulations of the Amgen Tour of California webcasters.
The Tour of California website offers a live video feed, pictures and an RSS feed. You should be checking out the webcast; the whole operation has been getting a lot better the past few days.
What goes into putting together a daily webcast …
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