One of the recumbents at World Human Powered Speed Challenge in Nevada last October.
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Tyler Hamilton continues the battle to overturn his two-year suspension from professional cycling this week.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing in Denver on Tuesday could result in a decision on Hamilton's fate in a matter of weeks.
Hamilton was suspended for two years beginning April 2005 after the American Arbitration Association/North American Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled he was guilty …
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“We had just realized how easy it was to just fly home and how all we had to do was get on a plane or a bus to get on with the trip, so it was really miserable riding. A lot of times, we were just wrestling [with] whether it was still worth it; whether or not we were still having fun and whether or not it was worth it to achieve our goal.” …
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Bicycle touring vacations are going to become more commonplace as the Baby Boomer generation begins to retire.
The Los Angeles Times travel section reports that bicycle touring companies are becoming a growing segment in the travel industry, and many of those companies are online, although …
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I should have gone to bed early on New Year's Eve to prepare for a long first-of-the-year bike ride instead of staying up late to watch the Twilight Zone marathon.
I probably wouldn't have been so freaked out on my ride later in the week. …
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If you like bicycling the wide open spaces, but don't want to risk running out food and water in the desert, One Awesome Tour Bike Ride Across Nevada (OATBRAN) sounds like a good bet.
When I lived in California, I used to pass over Nevada at 30,000 feet heading back East. As I'd gaze out the window, I always wondered …
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A lonely stretch of highway in Nevada, taken during Habitat for Humanity bicycle tour in 2002.
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San Jose Mercury News reporter Tim Kawakami reports in his sports blog that he cut in front of a “skinny, bony, scrawny, skinny, almost ethereal blond guy” to get his media credentials at the Rose Bowl on Wednesday.
The guy was Lance Armstrong, who got into the Rose Bowl on a media pass to watch his hometown University of Texas …
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Looking for a bike ride? Check out the new cycling group in town, the Seattle Bicycle Touring Club.
Even with more than a dozen cycling clubs already in the Seattle area, there's always room for one more.
About six months old and 100 members strong, the Seattle Bicycle Club sponsors at least one ride opportunity a week for beginning, social and intermediate …
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Seattle Bicycle Touring Club website
Riders with Seattle Bicycle Touring Club pause on ride from Mercer Island to Alki Beach this past fall.
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