Chris Hoy has been dubbed Scotland's greatest Olympian after his amazing exploits at the Laoshan Velodrome in the Beijing Olympics over the past five days.
The 32-year-old won three gold medals in track cycling, the only Scotsman to ever accomplish that in any Olympic sport and the first athlete from Great Britain to do so since 1908.
Overall, Great Britain totally dominated track cycling at this Olympics. Of 10 golds issued, the Brits won 7, as well as 3 silver and 2 bronze.
Add Great Britain's gold in the women's road race and silver in the women's time trial and that brings the total medal haul from cycling to 8 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze. Not a bad result for 14 cycling contests so far ….
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Chris Hoy won three gold medals for Great Britain
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What's touted as the biggest-ever cross-country bicycle tour is currently making its way across the US.
The 2008 Sea to Sea, Ending the Cycle of Poverty bike tour boasts 127 cyclists who are making the entire 3,881-mile trek from Seattle to Jersey City, New Jersey. They're joined along the way by 91 other bicyclists who are riding different segments.
All cross-country rides have to start with a rear-wheel dip in the ocean. This is what it looked like, above, when the Sea to Sea bike carried out this tradition in Seattle. There's no ocean here, but getting wet in the Puget Sound at Golden Gardens Park is close enough …
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Marianne Vos of The Netherlands won the Olympic gold medal in the 100-lap women's points race at the Laoshan Velodrome on Monday.
She took the first of 10 sprints and lapped the field in the 25-kilometer track cycling race.
Bad luck plagued Sarah Hammer of the US, though, as she was caught in a crash caused by another rider. She could not finish the event and later was diagnosed with a broken collar bone…
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Great Britain set the world and Olympic record in beating Denmark in the men's team pursuit at the Beijing Olympics on Monday.
Bradley Wiggins secured his second gold medal of this Olympics by his team's win. In setting the 3:53 record, the team beat the record it set in the qualifying round on Sunday and nearly caught the team from Denmark, which took gold. New Zealand beat Australia for the gold.
Meanwhile, Jennie Reed did not qualify for the finals in the women's sprint quarterfinals at the Laoshan Velodrome. Reed, who attended Issaquah High School and now lives in Kirkland, Washington, lost to Willy Kanis of the Netherlands …
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Tolt Pipeline Trail is a little bit of a rollercoast ride. Leave from Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington
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Whenever I head north along the Sammamish River Trail, a gravel trail that breaks off to the east about 6 miles from Redmond frequently catches my eye.
Leaving my road bike at home, I recently paid a visit to the Tolt Pipeline Trail, left, on the used Rockhopper mountain bike that I bought to explore the many dirt and gravel trails in my big back yard.
This trail is the right-of-way for a water pipeline the serves the City of Seattle. The total distance of the trail, not counting the interruptions, is about 12 miles. I bicycled the 7-mile central section from Sammamish River Trail to just above West Snoqualmie Valley Road.
Steep grades
Those of us who are used to the oh-so-gentle climbs on rail-to-trail right-of-ways will certainly find these steep grades challenging. The pipeline simply goes from Point A to Point B and the trail follows, with no grading to get in the way …
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Photo by Jonathan Timothy Stoner at flickr.com
More than 100 cyclists dip their rear wheels in the Puget Sound at the beginning of the Sea to Sea 2008 bike ride. Golden Gardens Park, Seattle.
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Great Britain's Rebecca Romero captured the only gold medal offered in the third day of track cycling at the Laoshan Velodrome, left, on Sunday, as other Brits finished near the top in qualifying rounds for qualifiers or finals on Monday.
The men's pursuit team, in fact, set an Olympic and world record in the first round.
For the US, Jennie Reed was the only cyclist to advance on the day. The Kirkland, Washington, resident and Issaquah High School grad will race in the women's sprint quarterfinals on Monday …
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It sounds like Lance Armstrong might be over-hydrating.
The city of Austin reports that Armstrong was billed $1,630 for 222,900 gallons in June and $2,460 for 330,000 gallons in July for water usage at his 1-acre estate. No residence in Austin used more water.
Armstrong has been out in California and Colorado the past couple of months, according to reports. I wonder if he ever got the feeling that maybe he left the water running in the bathtub at home…
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