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The Edge 305 from Garmin used GPS/.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/02/garmin-bicycle-computer/
It takes lots of imagination and artistic flair to find new uses for old bicycle parts. Graham Bergh at Resource Revival and his staff must have a limitless supply of both.
They certainly have a limitless supply of parts from which to choose.
The Mosier, Oregon, outfit acquires boxes of used bike parts from shops and bike centers and churns out clocks …
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Chicago remembers world renown cyclist Major Taylor in a rail-to-trails bike route that is scheduled to open a new segment this summer.
The Major Taylor Bike Trail is named for Marshall W. Taylor, an African-American cyclist who set speed records in the late 1890s while battling prejudice across the US.
Taylor had become an inspiration to many not only for his cycling …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/02/cyclist-major-taylor-memorialized-in-chicago-bike-trail/
Cyclists in South Dakota saved their rights to use the public highways as vehicles. Chalk up the statehouse victory to some fast moving bicycle advocates.
When the House recently passed a bill, HB1190, that would ensure that drunken driving laws didn't apply to bicyclists or folks on horseback, they did it by changing the law to omit bicycles and …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/01/bicycle-advocacy-works-in-south-dakota/
World renown cyclist at the turn of the century.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/01/marshall-walker-major-taylor/
I laughed out loud when I first read the article from South Dakota that intoxicated bicyclists might soon be able to ride around without fear of being arrested for drunken driving.
The laughing stopped when I discovered the bigger implications of the proposed bill.
Last week state legislators had passed a bill out of committee — it still needs to be approved …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/31/bike-advocates-in-south-dakota-oppose-losing-vehicle-status/
One of the attorneys chosen to settle disputes during next week's Olympic Winter Games also has cyclist Tyler Hamilton's case on her docket.
Maidie E. Oliveau is an LA sports marketing attorney and member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport. A nine-member ad hoc division of CAS will meet in Torino to quickly settle disputes that arise concerning drug …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/31/judge-in-tyler-hamilton-case-to-hear-olympic-appeals/
Can you turn your enthusiasm for cycling into a career in bicycle advocacy? It's time to find out.
Thanks in part to the $286 billion transporation bill approved last year by Congress, several positions for bike advocates have become available — one with a national bike group and two others in cities that won the $25 million pilot program windfall….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/31/help-wanted-bike-advocates/
Right on the heels of news and film of a bus passenger punching a cyclist in Portland comes these pictures of a motorist from Toronto attacking a female bicycle courier and her bike.
I know the bus pictures are a year old and the Toronto assault happened recently, but things are getting insane.
According to an account from the courier, …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/30/another-attack-on-cyclist-this-time-in-toronto/
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