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Motorist stomps courier's bike

Motorist attacks Toronto cyclist and her bike. Check Citynoise .

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Quote: Handcycles buff up cyclists' upper body

“If you're a traditional cyclist and you ride using your legs, your upper body turns into matchsticks. So when you're suddenly requiring your chest and your arms and your back to move your whole body, you realize just how weak those muscles are.” …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/28/quote-handcycles-buff-up-cyclists-upper-body/

RAGBRAI releases 2006 bike tour route

RAGBRAI organizers announced the 444 miles of Iowa asphalt that will become the route for this year's rolling bicycle party.

Although the sponsor, the Des Moines Register, has said it won't announce the bike route until Saturday, a route map for 2006 appeared on the RAGBRAI website Friday morning.

The map shows a west to east RAGBRAI route …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/27/ragbrai-releases-2006-bike-tour-route/

RAGBRAI logo 2006

RAGBRAI logo

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Route for 2006 RAGBRAI

The Des Moines Register released this map of the 2006 route for Register's Annual  Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa.

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/27/route-for-2006-ragbrai/

Bode Miller spouts off about Lance Armstrong

US Olympic skiing hopeful Bode Miller is sounding just like another guy down at the end of the bar after a long night.
In a Rolling Stone interview, Miller suggested cyclist Lance Armstrong and home run hitter Barry Bonds took performance-enhancing drugs.

“Right now, if you want to cheat, you can: Barry Bonds and those guys are just knowingly cheating, but …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/27/bode-miller-spouts-off-about-lance-armstrong/

Charting the Underground Railroad bike route

The Adventure Cycling Association is researching a new bicycle route that's as much about our history and culture as it's about travelling the backroads of America.

Founded as Bikecentennial back in the '70s, most of the association's routes have geographic designations — TransAmerica, Northern Tier, Southern Tier, Atlantic Coast — until they mapped the Lewis & Clark Trail in time …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/27/charting-the-underground-railroad-bike-route/

Adventure Cycling's Underground Railroad bike route

Adventure Cycling Association has posted a general map for its new route, the Underground Railroad Bicycle Route. More at Adventure Cycling.

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/26/adventure-cyclings-underground-railroad-bike-route/

Cross-country bicycle race still RAAM tough

Changes are afoot at that endurance cycling event gone mondo called the Race Across America.

For starters, RAAM begins in Oceanside, CA, this year, instead of its usual base of San Diego. The cyclists will take a leisurely 7-mile ride along the San Luis Rey River bike path before turning onto the highway for the nine-day, 3,052-mile, sleep-deprived haul to Atlantic City. …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/26/cross-country-bicycle-race-still-raam-tough/

Lance Armstrong movie director has a full plate

Producer-director Frank Marshall tells IF magazine that he's planning to direct “The Lance Armstrong Story.” It has to find its place among a slew of other sequels and documentaries he's working on, though, so I wouldn't expect it anytime soon.

Marshall, who hit the big time by producing “Raiders of the Lost Ark” in 1981, has finished up a documentary for IMAX, …

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