Jelly Belly has entered the sports nutrition supplement market. Picture from pjaol at flickr.com
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This might be old news to many, but it was a surprise to me because I'm so behind in my movie watching. I picked up “You, Me and Dupree” the other day and who makes a cameo appearance but Lance Armstrong.
The movie came out earlier this year, but I don't remember hearing about it. It's for rent on the two-day shelf, so it must be a recent DVD release.
Essentially, the movie is about Dupree (Owen Wilson) who moves in with his just married friend, Matt Dillon, and his wife, Kate Hudson …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/12/10/cant-get-away-from-this-lance-ness/
A bicycle is just about the best gift any kid can get at Christmas. Groups across the country are busy sponsoring bicycle drives and giveaways this season. Here's a representative sample of some programs:
California
The Butte County Sheriff's office is giving away about 50 new and used bicycles to children who were identified by the local Salvation Army. This is the seventh year …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/12/10/tis-the-season-to-give-away-bicycles/
“It is incomprehensible that (Gail) Alef's life … should be worth only 15 to 20 months in the eyes of our state.”
That's not me talking. That's the outraged judge quoted in the Seattle Times after sentencing a man to the maximum in a vehicular homicide case.
The 59-year-old man admitted he had consumed alcohol, taken anti-depressants, and smoked marijuana the night before he swerved across a Redmond, Washington, road in 2005 and hit bicyclist Gail Alef (above), who later died.
The man, Steven Edward Reidel, took off running. When police arrested him …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/12/09/another-criminally-light-sentence-in-cyclist-death/
Bicycling blogger and former bicycle framebuilder Dave Moulton writes about his collision with an SUV last week in Charleston, South Carolina.
Moulton says he was flying along when an SUV made a left turn in front of him. He suffered a hairline skull fracture and writes that the helmet he was wearing probably saved his life.
While he writes many thought-provoking pieces at his blog, his two posts immediately before the accident carry eerie headlines:
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/12/09/dave-moultons-near-death-bicycling-experience/
Gail Alef was killed by a motorist in Remond, Washington, in 2005. Photo from KOMO TV.
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Florida cyclist A.J. Smith had his moment in the sun last year when he won the Discovery Channel pro cycling team's so-called Race2Replace contest in August.
Now the 25-year-old cyclist who won the promotional honor to replace Lance Armstrong on the Discovery team at the USPRO Time Trial Championships in Greenville, S.C., last September is getting back into the sport after quitting six years ago.
He's riding for the Herbal Life/Bike America Racing Team …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/12/07/lance-armstrong-replacement-says-drug-use-in-cycling-is-rampant/
Winner of Race2Replace. From his website, MountainTop Human Potential
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It may seem like we're in the throes of winter, but spring comes early to parts of the West Coast where the Amgen Tour of California bike race is only 10 weeks from now.
The organizers of the February 18-25 event have been pumping out press releases for months, and the best news I've seen so far is that VERSUS (the network formerly known as OLN) will broadcast nightly recaps of the day's cycling action.
The network has pledged to provide 14 hours of coverage …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/12/07/tv-schedule-for-2007-tour-of-california-bike-race/
Congratulations to the Allegheny Trail Alliance for earning the inaugural Pacesetter of the Year Award from the Adventure Cycling Association.
The Allegheny Trail Alliance is a coalition of seven volunteer groups in southern Pennsylvania and western Maryland that have created the 150-mile bike and hike Great Allegheny Passage.
Because of their efforts, touring bicyclists can hop onto the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Towpath in Washington DC and bicycle all the way to Pittsburgh on a trail free of vehicle traffic, except for a couple of missing links …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/12/06/adventure-cycling-honors-allegheny-trail-alliance/
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