QuickStep cyclist wins Milan San Remo 2006
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What do you do if you're 60 and suffer a brain aneurysm that renders you without the ability to read or write?
If you're Megan Timothy, left, you work hard for two years to recover your lost ability to communicate, write a book, sell it to a publisher and climb on a touring bicycle to make a cross-country book promotion tour.
“Because I've always been an adventurer, I'm going on this little adventure to prove myself whole again.” …
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Megan Timothy, who is recovering from a brain aneurysm, is riding cross-country to promote her book.
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Megan Timothy is riding her bicycle cross-country to promote a book she wrote about her brain aneurysm that left her without the ability to talk or write.
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(See update below: “Back to reality”) Joe at the BikingToronto blog has an excellent summary of 8 strategies he uses to deal with traffic on his daily commute. He put in a lot of work on this and it's worth a look and a read.
You're probably familiar with most, if not all of these; I've read them all before, except one, at one place or another but it's always good to review. A couple are controversial, especially the debate between “taking the lane” or “staying way the hell to the right.” Another of his secrets is a pretty good piece of common sense. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/17/8-ways-to-avoid-becoming-a-statistic-while-bicycling/
Take a look at the Instructables website and you quickly realize that American ingenuity is not dead — it's hard at work in the garage or basement.
The collaborative website offers step-by-step directions on how to make anything, including dozens of posts on making bicycles and biking accessories, as well as making stuff from old bicycle parts. …
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One of many bike projects at the Instructables website.
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What did the ads used to say for Benson & Hedges cigarettes? “You've come a long way baby!” Yeah, you ladies have come a long way toward increasing your cancer rate to that of men by smoking.
I'm thinking the same thing about Lance Armstrong this morning. The Tour de France blog cites a couple of sources that report Armstrong will drive the pace car in the upcoming Indianapolis 500. It probably will be a Corvette Z06….
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“You reach the top of a mountain pass … it’s real … it does something to you. Humping up a steep 1,000-foot elevation with 40 pounds of gear, it’s hard. You’ve accomplished something. And there’s still all this country there before you.”
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Weekend warriors can ride where the pros ride during this year's Redlands Bicycle Classic in southern California later this month.
After a year's hiatus which left 700 potential cyclists without an event, the public bicycle ride returns on March 25 during the three-day pro cycling event, scheduled March 24-26. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/15/redlands-bicycle-classic-hosts-public-ride-again/
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