Oil Drippings: News and Opinion

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com

For the second time in less than a year, “Cycle World” magazine has been sold. Hearst Corp. yesterday announced the sale of the magazine to Bonnier Corp., which publishes “Popular Science,” “Field & Stream” and “Parenting” magazine. The two companies reported that “Cycle World’s” staff will remain intact. Maybe this sale will bring some stability to the mag.

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Although I didn’t manage to see it, Wednesday night’s season premiere of “Mythbusters” on the Discovery Channel produced as-expected results for the green showdown between cars and motorcycles. The show found that motorcycles pollute more than cars, although bikes do get better gas mileage and produce lower levels of carbon dioxide.

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RIDE-CT.com set another readership record in September, topping 2,000 visitors for the first time. A total of 2,058 visitors checked out the site, generating 4,223 page views. Readers came from 67 countries. U.S. readers dominated, followed by Canada, Australia, the U.K. and Italy. Among U.S. readers, nearly half came from Connecticut, followed by New York, Massachusetts, California and New Jersey.

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Had a funny incident last night when visiting set-up at the Harwinton Fair. I was wearing a “RIDE-CT” T-shirt and a guy came up and asked about it. I explained about the RIDE-CT column in “The Republican-American” and about this website. He replied that I should do “RIDE-ME” for Maine. In hindsight, seeing “RIDE-ME” typed out, he may have been kidding and I just didn’t get it at the moment. Or, maybe, he was actually from Maine and thinks the state deserves motorcycle coverage. Whichever, I’m certainly chuckling this morning having finally gotten that he may have been joking.