The Bamboo Bicycle Club is a UK-based project that provides people with the knowledge and tools to make their own bikes, as well as creating a hub for those embarking on their own frame building adventures. A short film from Jonathan Stow. …

For violating Fourteenth Amendment

Tour de France cyclists and soccer refs hate them

Provided you look at them via thermal imaging

The Trip-Finder, January 1999 The Alps Rafting the Noce, Inn, Socha, and Otztalerache Rivers Outfitter Price Accommodations Mountain Travel-Sobek 888-687-6235, www.mtsobek.com $2,490 tourist hotels The Route: Twelve days in Italy, Austria, and Slovenia, rafting Class III-IV rapids, h king the…

Andy Schleck dons his first ever yellow jersey after Stage 9. He got it by out riding Alberto Contador in the final three to four kilometers, going uphill. For more Tour de France videos, go to Versus.com. For analysis, check out The Spoke Word.–Aileen Torres…

Or at least the nickel in iPads and other gadgets

Chef Ullio demonstrates how to make one of his classic Italian dishes. Read an interview with the chef.

Outside magazine, March 1995 Big Weather The Ice Storm The picturesque has become terror, whole forests collapsing at once. Lessness rules. By Barry Hannah The Gale Forty-knot winds. Fifty-foot seas. And a ship that suddenly seems like a shanty. By Robert Stone…

Alex Gray stands tall in hydraulic vortices all around the world is what Turkeymelt (the filmmakers) say of this epic surf edit titled “Slaber Nackle.” Some impressive skills both on the board and with the camera elevate this beyond your everyday surf flick.