Mike and Ike Bike Share, it's a natural, I want a lifetime supply when this deal comes through.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sb1PQvt4sA

BIKES! A.B.T.A.B.!

Keep it coming Dirk! You do not shirk your Dirk work for the Merc! Bikes used to be the purview of Mirk, so you could say that this is really Merc Dirk's Mirk work.

If I was a kajillionare, I'd sponsor them and put nothing but robots and cats on the bicycles. Picture of cats on bicycles on the bicycles.

I hate to break it to you Portland, but you are not the most awesome biking city in the US. It is a false identity. I've lived here 12 years and I refuse to ride my bike in the rain. I am like most Oregonians, I wait for the sun to come out to enjoy pedaling around town. I don't want to get a streak of mud up my backside. There are towns in American where the sun shines year round. Where the bike enthusiasts don't have to wait for a break in the clouds. Where it doesn't take head to toe rain gear to get a little exercise. I biked Sonoma last week. Unlike the Willamette Valley, Sonoma offers year round sun. I spend a lot of time in Sacramento for work and have noticed the hundreds of people recreating on their bikes every day -- because every day is sunny. Portland, you have so many better uses for $3.75 million. Plus, Denver only charge $30,000 per year to sponsor one bike station, so a millionaire getting high in the mile high city, gets a better bang for his buck. And sunshine is guaranteed to encourage bikes usage that is necessary for spreading the power of the logo. Long live the logo!

Speaking of bikes...

http://tinyurl.com/cdesmdh

Lola Rain: BUY RAINGEAR. AND FENDERS. Problem solved!

Lola, Portland is the best city for residents telling each other that we're the best at stuff.

Why the hell doesn't Alta sponsor it? I bet they'd give themselves a better deal.

Also, Lola: the fact that it rains here doesn't make it a less awesome bike city than say, Minneapolis - there are many other good reasons for that. No, your unwillingness to bike in the rain just means you are a wuss.

Any woman unwilling to get a streak of mud up her backside won't get a second look from me.

Have fun with the also-rans, Lola.