I've had a very bicycle oriented past few days. I was gifted a bike (Thanks Matteo!) - totally trashed and rusted, but it works. I took advantage of the fact that the beach side of the road from Leme to Leblon was open today (Sunday) and crossed Copacabana and Ipanema.

Kraftwerk ride bicycles too. Tour de France (1983 Original)

I've always loved bikes - from racing BMX when I was teenager to working as a bike messenger in Seattle in my early 20s. Then, I moved out of the country and put my bike in storage and (strangely) kind of forgot about how much I love bicycles.



When I got back home after this last tour in europe, there was an abandoned copy of Pedal (thanks Diplo) in my apartment - a documentary on bike messengers in New York City by Peter Sutherland. Very cool film. The best parts are the shots filmed right in traffic - following a messenger passing between cars and buses, running red lights. There are some interesting characters and it gives a taste of the subculture of messengers.

The only thing I really didn't like was the sound track that at times really detracted from the film. At one point early on, I actually stopped the film and checked everything to make sure that I hadn't inadvertently left some other audio running - like the sound track was totally detached from the film. But, then again, when you don't have anything good to say (they say), don't say anything at all.....anyway, well worth seeing.