The Florida Discovery Bicycling Center
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Wanted: Warehouse and repair space for bicycle giveaway programs.
It seems that once a person or a group decides to repair and give away used bicycles, the biggest challenge is to find some free or low-cost real estate to house the operations.
Bikes for the World, a Washington, D.C. group that collects unwanted bicycles and ships them to developing countries, is seeking about 2,000 square feet of warehouse space.
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Members of the House and Senate bike caucuses fared very well in this week's mid-term elections, and members are slated for top committee appointments.
The changes could bode well for bicycling-related legislation, such as the Bicycle Commuter Act. The act would enable employers to qualify for a tax deduction by paying employees to bicycle to work.
The League of American Bicyclists reports that of the 157 House bike caucus members, 138 were reelected …
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If you want to mingle with the elite pro cyclists, you might get a chance if you volunteer for the 2007 Amgen Tour of California, which runs Feb. 18 – 25.
The Union Cycliste Internationale-sanctioned bike race covers some 700 miles of California highway and visits 12 host cities during its run. Volunteers are needed along the course and at the arriving and departing cities.
Among the positions sought are …
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While it might seem funny that there are adults who don't know how to ride a bike, apparently there are people who are afraid to ride because of some childhood trauma. They're afraid, but they still want to try it.
The Bicycle Riding School in Somerville, Massachusetts, is the only place I've heard of that teaches adults how to get over their fear of falling off their bikes. Nearly 2,000 people have learned to ride bikes there in the past 20 years.
There are many bicycling clinics that teach adults how to safely ride in traffic or improve their skills in road racing or mountain biking. What the Bicycle Riding School does is teach adults how to get over their phobia. …
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If you've ever Googled for something related to bicycles or bike maintenance, you've probably landed at SheldonBrown.org.
Under the banner of Harris Cyclery, Sheldon has posted hundreds of articles relating to different brands of bikes, their components, and how to fix those components. He also posts on some other interests, which include arts, books, jazz and his family.
Lately, he's also been writing posts about his health, which sadly is deteriorating. The bicycle guru can no longer ride a bicycle and began riding a recumbent trike in September. …
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Bicycle guru Sheldon Brown, who runs the Harris Cyclery website.
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The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy website has some cool suggestions from its staff on which rail-trails have the best fall color.
Up here in the Pacific Northwest, the big-leaf maples are blazing right now, although recent rains have knocked down a lot of leaves. Here's a scene along the Lake Washington bicycle path earlier this week.
Not all of the trails on rails-to-trails list are accessible to bicycles. And I'm sure some of their suggestions from the northern tier have played out (the piece has been up for a month; unfortunately I just noticed it this week).
The website links to fall foliage forecasts in all the states mentioned. Here are some bike trails that might still be colorful …
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A murder on a bike path in Georgia and an assault and separate gun-pointing incidents on an Indiana bicycle trail show the need for cyclists to consider personal safety when out for a ride.
I don't want to be an alarmist about this. Bike trails aren't dangerous places. I've stumbled across these news stories in the past couple of months, and they may represent the only incidents of violence across the thousands of miles of bike trails used by millions of people during that time period.
Even so, it's probably worth repeating some words of caution.
Update: The University at Buffalo issued a warning Nov. 17, 2006, that people shouldn't travel alone on the Ellicott Creek bike path, or pathways in western New York.
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Italian cyclist Ivan Basso, winner of the 2006 Giro d'Italia, is joining the Discovery Channel pro cycling team.
Team director Johan Bruyneel announced Wednesday that Basso had signed a two-season contract with Tailwind Sports, which owns the team sponsored by Discovery.
Consider this with the earlier signing of American Levi Leipheimer and you can see that Discovery is building quite a formidable team for next season.
Basso, 28, who has been riding with Team CSC since 2003, had hoped to win both the Giro and the Tour de France in 2006. But media reports that linked him to a Spanish doping probe dubbed Operacion Puerto prompted officials …
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