December 2006 archive

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Floyd Landis will quit cycling if he gets a long suspension

Floyd Landis is saying he'll quit the sport of bicycling if a review of his doping case by US authorities leads to a long suspension.

Doesn't it seem a little early to be making those kinds of threats? Landis has been working up a defense to the doping charges and trying to raise doubts about the veracity of the lab tests. His case will be heard before the US Anti-Doping Agency early next year. He hasn't lost yet.

If the charges are upheld, the authorities might be all too willing to test his threat …

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Jobs for bicycle advocates

If you're looking to take your interest in bicycling to a professional level, here are some advocacy jobs I've stumbled across recently. The positions in Burlington, Vermont, Napa County, California, and Washington DC all require an interest in cycling, as well as experience in other administrative duties….

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When a jelly bean becomes a sports nutritional supplement

Here's another weapon for your arsenal in posting a fast result in a time trial or finishing that last hill on your century bicycle ride.

The jelly bean.

The Jelly Belly Co. is in the endurance sports business now with its Sport Beans product. Basically, we're talking your standard jelly beans here packed with carbohydrates …

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A book that speaks to bicycle tourists

I was looking for something to read me off to sleep the other night and pulled “Travels with Charley” by John Steinbeck off the shelf.

Within a minute of cracking the cover, I was pulled back 25 years to the first time I read the book and found a voice that explained my desire to make a cross-country bicycle trip.

“When I was very young and the urge to be someplace else was on me, I was assured by mature people that maturity would cure this itch. When years described me as mature, the remedy prescribed was middle age ….

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Jelly beans

Jelly Belly has entered the sports nutrition supplement market. Picture from pjaol at flickr.com

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Can't get away from this Lance-ness

This might be old news to many, but it was a surprise to me because I'm so behind in my movie watching. I picked up “You, Me and Dupree” the other day and who makes a cameo appearance but Lance Armstrong.

The movie came out earlier this year, but I don't remember hearing about it. It's for rent on the two-day shelf, so it must be a recent DVD release.

Essentially, the movie is about Dupree (Owen Wilson) who moves in with his just married friend, Matt Dillon, and his wife, Kate Hudson …

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'Tis the season to give away bicycles

A bicycle is just about the best gift any kid can get at Christmas. Groups across the country are busy sponsoring bicycle drives and giveaways this season. Here's a representative sample of some programs:

California

The Butte County Sheriff's office is giving away about 50 new and used bicycles to children who were identified by the local Salvation Army. This is the seventh year …

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Another criminally light sentence in cyclist death

“It is incomprehensible that (Gail) Alef's life … should be worth only 15 to 20 months in the eyes of our state.”

That's not me talking. That's the outraged judge quoted in the Seattle Times after sentencing a man to the maximum in a vehicular homicide case.

The 59-year-old man admitted he had consumed alcohol, taken anti-depressants, and smoked marijuana the night before he swerved across a Redmond, Washington, road in 2005 and hit bicyclist Gail Alef (above), who later died.

The man, Steven Edward Reidel, took off running. When police arrested him …

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Dave Moulton's near-death bicycling experience

Bicycling blogger and former bicycle framebuilder Dave Moulton writes about his collision with an SUV last week in Charleston, South Carolina.

Moulton says he was flying along when an SUV made a left turn in front of him. He suffered a hairline skull fracture and writes that the helmet he was wearing probably saved his life.

While he writes many thought-provoking pieces at his blog, his two posts immediately before the accident carry eerie headlines:

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