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Tunnel on Great Allegheny Trail

Brush tunnel on Great Allegheny Trail shares space with the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad. Photo by Kordite at flickr.com

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Armstrong vs. Landis: Good idea while it lasted

One of the hottest match-ups for the coming year — Lance Armstrong vs. Floyd Landis at the Leadville 100 — has apparently fizzled out.

Armstrong announced at The Paceline website that he will not be racing in the Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race on Aug. 11, 2007, as previously indicated due to a “scheduling conflict.”

I'm marking that date on my calendar just to see …

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Lance Armstrong can't make Leadville 100

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Landis questionable for Leadville 100

NORBA rules

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Bicycle calendars for 2007

You may have already scored your 2007 bicycle racing calendar published by cycling photographer Graham Watson, but there are some other cool bicycle calendars available for 2007.

One that quickly captured my attention is the CyclePassion calendar, featuring cyclists interacting with their bikes. Take for instance this picture for March (the calendar appears to be next to her right knee cap) of a cyclist washing down her Bianchi.

The CyclePassion calendar project was shot by photographer Daniel Geiger, himself a cyclist. Some of the pictures were shot on location …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/12/28/bicycle-calendars-for-2007/

CyclePassion Calendar for 2007

March 2007 from Anke Wilson's CyclePassion Calendar

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Graham Watson bike racing calendar

2007 calendar by eminent cycling photographer Graham Watson

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More week-long state bicycle rides updated

Are you wondering how you're going to be spend your vacation this summer? I've updated more listings for Across-State Bicycle Tours, which might give you some ideas.

These are fully supported, mostly week-long bike tours operated by nonprofit groups to show off the wonders of the various states. I have updates for LABBRAU, GRABAAWR, SAGBRAW, BRAT, OBR, XOBA, among others. That means I've been working in reverse alpha order to update bike tours in Wisconsin, Washington, Tennessee, South Dakota, Oregon and Ohio.

For more updates ….

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/12/27/more-week-long-state-bicycle-rides-updated/

Bike in Buenas Aires

Bicycle pix from peter.andringa at flickr.com

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BRAT 2006

Some cyclists on Bicycle Ride Across Tennessee in 2006.

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/12/26/brat-2006/