A trail in Freund Canyon in the Cascade Mountains near Leavenworth was closed recently after reports of encounters between a cougar and mountain bike riders.
At least four times in the past couple of months mountain bikers reported being either chased or stopped by a cougar on the trail that forms an 8-mile loop through Freund Canyon.
The Yakima Herald reports the trail was closed until Saturday, when a local landowner killed the cougar.
In reports in the Seattle Times, two mountain bikers report being chased by the cougar. In another harrowing tale …
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Here are two examples of when you should age-out of bike riding — never.
First is John Damiano, 80, who just finished up a cross-country bicycle vacation this summer. He told PhillyBurbs.com:
“I wanted to do something totally hard. I wanted to do it to see if an 80-year-old man could ride 3,629 miles.”
He can.
Damiano bicycles frequently and has done several long-distance trips. The recent ride from Astoria, Oregon, to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was his first cross-country adventure …
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80-year-old rides his bicycle across country.
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What happens to former Race Across America bike riders? Sometimes they're kind of like old soldiers, “they just ride away.”
Two-time RAAM champion Danny Chew is riding away on his bicycle with a goal of tallying 1 million miles.
Riding indoors or on a trainer doesn't count. Chew logs all his miles outside, which is why it's not surprising that he recently turned up crossing the Alaska border on his bicycle with his nephew, Steven Perezluha.
Perezluha, 18, enlisted his uncle to accompany him on a bicycle tour from his home in Longwood, Florida, to Alaska and back. Since Chew lives in Pittsburgh, his nephew bicycled the first 1,200 miles alone and then with his father …
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Steven Perezluha, 18, and his uncle, Danny Chew, 46, celebrate after reaching the Alaska border.
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There's a workshop housed in a church on the west side of Toledo where people inject new life into used, over-used and mis-used bicycles.
It's not just bicycles that are improved here. The children and adults who bring in their bicycles learn new skills, everything from fixing a tire to building a bicycle from the frame up.
Mark Hannon, co-founder of the Toledo City Bicycle Co-op, told the Toledo Blade that bikes arrive in all kinds of conditions:
“Some come in really bad shape. It really is truly amazing that, with relatively simple tools, you take something that was going to end up in somebody's trash and turn it into a working machine.” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/08/16/bike-co-ops-teach-recycling-instead-of-buying-new/
Lance Armstrong won the Leadville 100 mountain bike race Saturday with some added drama — a flat tire and crowds that blocked the finish line.
In spite of those setbacks, he set a new record over the grueling course.
The 7-time Tour de France winner finished the race in 6:28:50, that's 16:55 faster than the course record set last year when Leadville legend David Wiens beat Armstrong by about two minutes.
While Armstrong had an 18-minute lead on the defending champion near the end of the race, he lost time after his tire blew about 5 or 6 miles out. Then in Leadville, police had to push back the crowds that were blocking Armstrong from the finish.
The course record of 6:45:45 was set by Wiens in 2008. The entire 100-mile bike race takes place above the 9,000-foot elevation mark ….
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Photo of Lance Armstrong heading down Columbine at the Leadville 100. Photo by SingleTrack at Yfrog. More at SingleTrack Competitor website.
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If these kids are lacking in Vitamin D, it isn't from spending too many summer days sitting in front of a TV or computer.
This was part of a youth group I passed chugging uphill on the John Wayne Pioneeer Trail in Iron Horse State Park this week as I was riding near the Twin Falls trail crossing.
I was happy to see this many kids out for a summer camp bike ride. They certainly knew the rules of the road as they all moved over single file when they saw me heading down the trail. ….
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The weatherman said there was a 90 percent chance of rain, but I wanted to take this overnight bike trip up John Wayne Pioneer Trail this week anyway.
When I first heard the forecast, I was ready to bail out. I had planned this trip two weeks ago when the weather was hot and sunny. I visualized riding up there in my shirtsleeves and enjoying a cool mountain night laying out on a picnic table, looking at stars.
A bike trip under gloomy skies with a high probability of rain wasn't what I had in mind. I soon realized this might be my last chance to take a long ride up into the Cascades this summer. Anyway, how often do things go the way we visualize them? ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/08/13/overnight-bike-trip-when-rain-is-certain/
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