Tricycles, Race, and Maybe a Tricycle Race

When the Leader of the Free World weighed in on Skip Gates's run-in with the unfortunately named Sgt. James Crowley, we knew that the proverbial shark had been jumped. We also knew that we had the perfect excuse to link to our favorite photo of Gates, from an article last August in Martha's Vineyard Magazine.

In the interview, Gates discusses his admiration of Barack Obama and his own daily tricycle rides across Martha's Vineyard, where the Harvard professor has been spending his summers since 1981.

Gates says he has two of the shiny trikes, which leads us to wonder if he might challenge the president to a friendly race next month when the Obamas vacation at the Vineyard. If so, let's hope the police stay clear.