The organizers of Spain's three-week-long bicycle classic are borrowing from races in France and Italy this year — lots of mountains.
Eurosport.com calls the 2006 Vuelta a Espana “One for the Climbers.”
The 1,900-mile bicycle race begins August 26 in the city of Malago on the Costa del Sol, ending September 17 in Madrid. More information in available at VeloNews…
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Vuelta a Espana
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This reminds me of a dream I once had before a century ride. You know, like one of those anxiety dreams about showing up to school in your underwear.
Oh. You've never had one of those either? Just me?
From the Channel 4 website in Jacksonville:
“Orange Park man seen riding bicycle with no pants”
(Actually, it's the man without the pants, not …
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(UPDATED)What better gift for a boy or girl than a bicycle parked under a Christmas tree.
Here are a couple of stories of people in Chattanooga and rural North Carolina who collect and repair bikes for others this holiday season.
Parker Smith, a co-host on 96.5 FM (The Mountain) in Chattanooga, recently put out the word over his morning show that his friend, Carliss Dempsey, was seeking used bicycles …
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Photo by Pidge at flickr.com
The photographer writes:
Christmas in Saigon – the most surreal thing I've ever seen. An animated Santa who smoked and rode a bicycle, carrying gifts of pomelos and rambutans.
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Floridian Jim Musante had planned to take a solo cross-country tour on his bicycle back in September.
Just a couple of days after leaving San Diego, however, he hooked with two University of Washington students — Matt Kopicky and Seth Berling — and they decided to make the trip together.
Wise choice.
They were following the same bike route across …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/12/09/cyclist-hooks-up-with-partners-on-cross-country-bicycle-tour/
Floridian Jim Mustane recently returned from a cross-country bicycle ride. Article in the Orlando Sentinel.
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Can't get your kid to wear a bicycle helmet? Want to stand out in the crowd of 8,000 cyclists at next year's RAGBRAI?
Nogin Sox might solve your problem. The Temecula, CA, outfit makes soft-foam helmet covers in several styles — screamin' frog (right), T-Rex, ladybug, spiked mohawk, exposed brain, or nail head.
It's said that desperation is the mother …
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One of the helmet covers offered by Nogin Sox. More products at http://www.noginsox.com/services.html.
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Photo by KB9TUF at Flickr.com
Photo of GOBA 2005
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