This is sad news. BikePortland reports that Michael Wilberding, the founder of Cycle-Pak, died on Saturday from injuries he suffered when he was struck by a car in Beaverton on Aug. 1.
Those of you who attended this year's Seattle Bike Expo in February might remember visiting Mike's exhibit, at right. He had designed a double-walled cardboard box that could be used for shipping bicycles. This was his first show, and he was proudly handing out business cards and talking about his invention. …
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Michael Wilberding's Cycle-Pak booth at Seattle Bike Expo in February.
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A motorist intentionally shoved a cyclist off the road and into a ditch in Oregon on Saturday during the MS 150 bike ride. The rider suffered cuts and bruises; the motorist left the scene and is being sought by police.
Pro cyclist George Hincapie was among the 900 bike riders in the two-day fund-raiser for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society that rode out of Forest Grove on Saturday and Sunday. …
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Floyd Landis appeared on Jay Leno's Tonight Show to offer still another possible reason why he tested positive for a high testosterone level in the Tour de France.
“I don't know if it's somehow or some way I ingested something that caused the tests to be that way,'' Landis told Leno. …
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I've noticed several searches on this site regarding a death during the Marin Century bike ride last Saturday. The Marin Independent Journal reports that Judith Harmon, 49, of Lafayette died at about 11:15 a.m., about halfway through the 100-mile event.
The newpaper quoted the county coroner as saying Harmon completed a 100-mile bike ride two …
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I made light of some grassfires sparked by a bicycle dragged behind an RV last week in Idaho, but wildfires are serious business for bicycle tours.
In addition to the obvious danger of being caught in a conflagration, there's the hazards of emergency equipment speeding along winding mountain highways and lung-choking smoke from fires that could be many miles away.
The Red Eagle Fire, pictured above, in Glacier National Park, Montana, is just one of four fires in Montana and 40 large fires in the western states reported on Tuesday that are burning about a half-million acres. …
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P>With one day to go in the Tour of Germany, it looks unlikely that American cyclist Levi Leipheimer will repeat his 2005 overall victory in the nine-day bike race.
German cyclist Jens Voigt has won three stages and has a firm grasp on the overall leader's yellow jersey. …
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Here's a fire sweeping across a highway near St. Mary, Montana. There are obvious risks to cyclists. Picture of the Red Eagle Fire from the Northern Rockies National Incident Management Team.
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If you still want to believe in Floyd Landis, then you'll want to read his interview in USA Today.
Landis, who's holed up at his home in Murrieta, California, blamed the leaks from Union Cycliste Internationale for his having to scramble to try and come up with an explanation for the out-of-whack testosterone-epitestosterone ratio. …
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A bicycle scorched 250 acres of grassland along an Idaho highway on Friday.
The six grass fires along a two-mile stretch of Highway 52 near Payette were ignited by a bicycle that had come loose from an RV. It apparently was dragged along the pavement, showering sparks into the dry brush at the side of …
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