On the Should... Hu Hum... Pedals of Giants

Nearly every bike company on the planet sponsors professional riders. They do this to get their brand name known and to get a bit of a following. The professional riders also provide feedback about the bikes that the company make and aid in the development of next years models. This is all very good and I think everyone can see the importance of this type of marketing/development model.

It doesn't directly interact with everyday riders though. To do that you need to have a program like the one that Giant have just introduced.

I think this is a great idea and will hopefully win Giant a bit extra following. I have never owned a Giant bike but Min has and it was a fun little bike for her and quite cheep in comparison to other brands of Mountain bikes.

Carbon Tax

Finally Australia has decided to join the rest of the world and actually do something about the amount of CO² we are putting into our atmosphere. As always though, the devil is in the details. According to leading economic and law experts over at The Conversation the details, while not suiting all people or all thing, are pretty good.

So what does the carbon tax actually mean to most Australians? Well I think that Get up explained it very well in their 2 minute video, check it out below.