Women who bicycle frequently can suffer decreased genital sensation, according to a study by the Yale University School of Medicine.
But unlike men, who can suffer erectile dysfunction from an improperly fitted bike saddle, the women in the study suffered “no negative effects on sexual function and quality of life,” said lead researcher Dr. Marsha Guess.
Maybe I'm getting way out of my expertise here, but wouldn't decreased genital sensation impact the quality of life?
Researchers studied 48 women …
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Think pink this May when the 2007 Giro d'Italia bicycle race begins its three-week contest for the winner's pink jersey.
Ivan Basso, now a cyclist on the Discovery Channel pro cycling team, is looking to repeat his championship from last year when he was a member of Team CSC. Once again, the bike race is touted as one that favors the climbing specialists.
As last year's Giro d'Italia started in Belgium to commemorate Italians killed in a mine disaster in that country, the first three days of the 2007 Giro will be raced on the island of Sardenia …
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Map of bike race
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Giro d'Italia bike race
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This case sends shivers up my spine.
Roger Kramer's Favorite Cycling Tours passes along the news article about a 19-year-old Illinois woman who pleaded guilty last week to the “petty offense” of hitting a bicyclist with her car while she was distracted by downloading ringtones to her cell phone.
The driver had veered so far off the road that she struck 25-year-old Matthew Wilhelm from behind the driver's side of the car, reported the Champaign (Illinois) News-Gazette. Wilhelm died a few days later. The charge against the driver, Jennifer Stark: improper lane usage. …
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The story I wrote for Saturday about the new Bicycling in Virginia map sent me searching through my box of old biking info in search of an old Bikecentennial map.
It had been awhile since I'd scrambled through this stuff, and I was shocked and awed by the sheer amount of stuff that I'd picked up during a cross-country bicycle tour in 1984. I gathered up the armload of maps, brochures and books I collected on the trip, put it on the bathroom scale, and discovered it weighed in at 8 pounds!
Not something to be proud of, especially in these days of striving for ultralight cycling.
What was in there? The heaviest item was my journal (shown at top with the Olympics Summer Games sticker). And of course I had a set of maps and guidebooks …
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Virginia has printed up a bicycle touring map for the state that includes major cross-state bike routes totalling some 800 miles, as well as a half dozen or more rail-to-trail bike paths and off-road mountain biking areas.
Bicycling in Virginia is also available online in two .pdf downloads at “full map” and the reverse “trail side.”
One of the main features of the map are the two US bicycle routes that criss-cross the state. Route 1 runs north-south about from the DC suburbs, through Richmond and into southern Virginia. The east-west Route 76 essentially follows the old Bikecentennial (Trans-America) trail …
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From transAmerica tour
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BRAG. GOBA. RABGRAI. TRIRI. RAW. What the heck is this, alphabet soup? No, it's a very short list of some of the across-state bicycle tours that already have ride dates scheduled for 2007.
I spent some time vicariously bicycling across several states last night as I updated some of my listings at Across State Bicycle Tours. I read about bike tours that skirted mighty rivers, summited mountain passes and crossed deserts. Quite a few already have dates set and some are already taking registrations.
For instance, I learned that the Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure (GOBA) is called “Bike Me to the Moon” this year, and that Oklahoma Freewheel …
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(Update: Armstrong to ride Leadville 100 bike race next year; see inside)
“Yeah, I'm pretty much flunking at retirement. I didn't know how much I would miss my sport and all that it provided, both good and bad. From a physical standpoint, I miss the hard training. But I don't miss the racing.”
— Lance Armstrong responding to a question regarding his life after retiring from professional cycling. The 7-time Tour de France bicycle race champion …
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