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Morning commute: Trek bike vs. Suburban Forester

Time: Monday morning. The place: Orlando, Florida.

The challenge: Negotiate morning traffic to arrive at Orlando City Hall first on a 7-mile commute from Lake City Park in Maitland. …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/03/morning-commute-trek-bike-vs-suburban-forester/

Cycling to support the volunteers

A 57-year-old former phys ed teacher has finished her 800-mile ride from Evansville, Indiana, to Eunice, Louisiana.

It's not a bike ride that follows any established bicycle routes. But it was the most direct route from Becky Jones' home to the small Louisiana town that nearly doubled its population with evacuees from last fall's hurricanes. …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/03/cycling-to-support-the-volunteers/

Becky Jones bicycling to Louisiana

Photo from The Leaf Chronicle

Becky Jones bicycled from Evansville, Indiana, to Eunice, Louisiana, to call attention to the plight of people dislocated by last fall's hurricanes.

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/03/becky-jones-bicycling-to-louisiana/

Giro d'Italia bike race logo

Official Giro d'Italia website

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Still bicycling at 100

How are you going to celebrate your 100th birthday? Clair Duckham went for a bike ride.

The 100-year-old resident of an assisted living center in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, hit the road stoking a tandem on a 5-mile ride through nearby Wheaton. …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/02/still-bicycling-at-100/

Clair Duckham

Bicyclist Clair Duckham at his 97th birthday party with the Dayton Cycling Club, which he helped start in 1961.

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Trans Canada bike tour cyclists

Leah Scafe and Bryn Runkle, two UBC students biking from Vancouver, BC, to Newfoundland.

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/02/trans-canada-bike-tour-cyclists/

May is National Bike to Work month

See a lot more folks on their bicycles today? Yes, it's spring, and it might be a beautiful day where you live. It could also be people bicycling to work for National Bike to Work month.

With gasoline prices hovering at $3 a gallon, I can't think of a better time to suit up for a ride. …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/01/may-is-national-bike-to-work-month/

Bike month 2006

Information about National Bike Month

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Cycling Chicago's windy waterfront

Would you consider Chicago's breezy waterfront a good place to bicycle?

Maybe not. But a bike ride along the path adjacent to Lake Michigan takes cyclists past many of the city's popular tourist sites. …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/01/cycling-chicagos-windy-waterfront/