Bicyclists in Saturday's Flying Wheels bike ride close in on the finish line
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In spite of morning clouds, the sun shone in places where it doesn't usually shine on Saturday at the Summer Solstice Parade in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood.
About 100 cyclists wearing only body paint and a smile pedaled down the parade route in advance of the official Summer Solstice Parade presented by the Fremont Arts Council.
Although they've faced some rocky issues with the police department over the years, this 16th appearance by the Painted Cyclists seemed to be tolerated by the bike police who were on hand. …
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These clothing-optional cyclists painted as bees were among dozens of Painted Cyclists at the Summer Soltice Parade in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood
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Frenchman Christophe Moreau climbed back into the lead of the Dauphiné Libéré on the final climb of the day on Saturday's penultimate stage.
While Astana cyclist Maxim Iglinsky won the 120-mile stage from Gap to Valloire, teammate Andrey Kashechkin fell off the lead and into third place…
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The 27 remaining solo cyclists in the Race Across America are all going strong, although they're spread out over 1,000 miles of blacktop.
The men's leader and former champion, Jure Robic, was the first to pass through Marthasville, Missouri, while female cyclist Patty Riddle just passed through Durango, Colorado, earlier on Friday.
In spite of the distance separating them, they all share a desire to overcome rain, wind, heat, terrain, sleep deprivation and just plain exhaustion so they can ride into Atlantic City, 3,000 miles from the start. …
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One of cycling's most promising stars, Italian Ivan Basso, was handed a 2-year suspension from pro cycling on Friday for his involvement with a blood-doping Spanish doctor.
Basso admitted to “attempted doping,” but never carrying through with it. That admission was enough to earn him the ban, which actually expires Oct. 24, 2008, due to previous suspensions.
Considered to be one of the world's top cyclists, Basso won the 2006 Giro d'Italia, and finished on the Tour de France podium with Lance Armstrong in 2005 and 2004. In predicting a Tour de France winner in 2006, Armstrong vacillated between Basso and German Jan Ullrich as his successor …
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Tour de France contender Alexander Vinokourov played domestique to Antonio Colom on Friday, helping his Kazakhstan-based Astana teammate over a steep climb and the finish line in Digne-les-Bains.
Another Astana cyclist, Andrey Kashechkin, finished in the main group to retain his overall lead in the 8-day Dauphiné Libéré, considered a prep for next month's Tour de France.
Colom didn't get a free ride to the finish line. The Spanish cyclist worked as part of a breakaway that led during most of the 120-mile Stage 5 that began in Nyons. …
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We already know that Paris is gearing up for a “free” bike rental program that begins July 15. I was surprised to learn that Washington DC is considering launching its own, smaller scale, automated bike rental program that could get off the ground by the end of the summer.
The District Department of Transportation, working with bus shelter supplier Clear Channel Adshel, plans to install 10 kiosks in the greater downtown area where up to 120 bicycles can be rented. It would be the first such program in the US. …
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Clear Channel Adshel bike rental program
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French ecology minister takes his bike to a cabinet meeting recently
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