Represented Switzerland in Beijing Olympics
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Kristin Armstrong won the gold medal in the women's individual time trial last night and became the first US woman ever to win the event at the Olympic Games.
It was the US team's first medal in cycling at the Beijing games.
The 35-year-old cyclist from Boise, Idaho, headed down the platform with a determined look and caught up with the two previous starters by the finish line. That's a four-minute margin.
“This is the most amazing day of my life,” Armstrong said after the time trial. She mentioned several times that she credited her coaches for her accomplishment and being able to race with “very light equipment.” She rides a Cervelo time trial bike …
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Team USA time trial specialist
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Washington DC joins the likes of Paris and Barcelona on Wednesday when the SmartBikeDC bicycle rental program kicks off.
Although it starts with just 120 bikes at 10 locations around the downtown area, it marks the first, self-service bike rental program in the US.
The cost is $40 a year and subscribers are allowed to use the bikes for up to three hours at a time. Helmets and bicycle locks are not provided. The locations are …
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SmartBike locations in Washington DC. Go to SmartBike interactive map.
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Is Swiss time trial specialist Fabian Cancellara on his way to two Olympic medals?
Already the surprise bronze medal winner in Saturday's road race, the 27-year-old is the current World Time Trial Champion. He's a favorite for the gold in the event scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, Beijing time.
Among those who might unwind the plans of this precision Swiss-time-trial piece are Team USA cyclists Levi Leipheimer and David Zabriskie. Tour de France double time-trial-winner Stefan Schumacher of German is certainly a contender, as is Australia's Michael Rogers and Spain's Alberto Contador.
NBC Olympics.com is video streaming the men's time trial beginning at 10:30 p.m. (PT) on Tuesday. To find video, go to NBC Olympic's video stream web page and look for cycling under “Live Now” or scroll down to Search Video by sport for previous competitions. …
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Many people commuting to work by bicycle, or simply running errands, find that there's a serious lack of decent places to lock up their bikes.
New York City is grappling with the problem of too few and inadequate bike parking devices by promoting a design competition for the city's new bike racks.
The city's transportation commissioner compares some designs to “handcuffs chained to the street.” No problem. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is all in favor of the program.
The 10 contest finalists can be seen at the CityRacks Design Competition blog. If some of these look a like over the top to you, consider that one of the judges is David Byrne….
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Sketched out by David Byrne at his blog.
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One of 10 bike rack finalists in New York's City Racks Design
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When I first read that Arizona's state Republican Party chairman was riding his bicycle across the state, I thought he was calling attention to the benefits of bicycling.
But no. Randy Pullen is upset the Democrats in Congress hadn't done anything about high gasoline prices. He told the Arizona Republic:
“We decided a 500-mile bicycle trip might help call attention to how ordinary Americans are suffering from the national energy crisis.”
Excuse me, but riding a bicycle is not suffering. It's fun …
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