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Map of American River bike path

Follows American River through Sacramento to Folsom Lake; distance of 32 miles. For more detail, see 11X17 .pdf file at Sacramento Area Bike Trails.

 

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New bike path at Santa Barbara necessary, but costly

What's a bike path cost these days? The so-called Broida Expressway at UC-Santa Barbara cost $583 per foot.

The 900-foot, 12-foot-wide, bicycle path was completed at a cost of $525,000 recently to link the east and west sides of the campus, according to the UC Santa Barbara student newspaper, the Daily Nexus.

The cost was covered by a $3 per student …

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Cycling the new UC-Santa Barbara bike path

Yikes! Bicycling without a helmet? That's not safe. Don't ever do this, even on a dedicated bicycle path, that pavement is very hard. Here, a coed pedals at UC-Santa Barbara.

 

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Bicycle quotes: The Lance Armstrong – Sheryl Crow split

It's no shock that people feel very strongly about Lance Armstrong — as an elite cyclist, a cancer survivor, a motivator, a celebrity, a father, a Texan.
News of his breakup with fiance Sheryl Crow brought out a flood of reaction from columnists and bloggers. Here are a few quotes from the weekend that I found particularly mean, weird or funny:

“Lance Armstrong has unsurprisingly split from the jaundiced star girlfriend. It was sad, originally, that he would choose

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Utah woman confined to home for 6 months in death of bicyclist

A state court judge sentenced the wife of a Utah ski resort owner to six months home confinement with an ankle monitor and probation in the 2004 death of cyclist Josie Johnson, left, as she rode at the edge of a winding canyon road.

A jury in December convicted Elizabeth DeSeelhorst, 67, of negligent homicide in the death of Johnson, 25, a graduate …

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It's official: Lance Armstrong and Sheryl Crow split up

So there was something to all that talk about the Tour de France champion and the Grammy Award winner splitting up. Lance Armstrong and Sheryl Crow made it official Friday night with a simple statement:

“After much thought and consideration we have made a very tough decision to split up. We both have a deep love and respect for each other …

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Tour of California bike race TV coverage is late, except Pacific time zone

Unless you live on the West Coast, you bike racing fans might want to brush up on your VCR skills to videotape stages of the upcoming Amgen Tour of California from Feb. 19-26.
The Tour has been touting its prime time coverage on ESPN2. But checking the online EPSN2 TV schedule, I see that must be “prime time” on the West Coast. …

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Top US cyclists at Tour of California bike race

A who's who of top US pro cyclists will compete in this month's Amgen Tour of California bike race. While race organizers emailed out a list of six “elite Americans” who might be a factor in race, it by no means covered all the high-profile racers who are expected to compete.
Leading that list of top US riders bicycling in the February event is George Hincapie (Discovery Channel). Lance Armstrong's long-time teammate on Postal and Discovery, Hincapie (left) achieved a stage win at last year's Tour de France.
But Discovery is also sending American Tom Danielson …

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Garmin Edge 305 bicycle computer; too much information for me

I've often been accused of being a bicycling Luddite. I'm the last cyclist on my block to use integrated brake-handle shifters, aerodynamic helmet, Kevlar tires (what's wrong with Mr. Tuffies?), aero rims, etc.
That also goes for bike electronics. Yet I read with interest a New York Times piece touting a bicycle computer made by Garmin in today's technology section. With 8 data fields, it's too distracting for me to use, although I'm sure many others will find the features very valuable. …

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