The organizers of the Giro d'Italia unveiled a mountainous route this weekend for the 2006 edition of their bicycle race across Italy.
It has many cyclists, especially the sprinters, saying, “Arresti il dolore” while the climbers must be saying, “Molto buon.”
The first of Europe's triumverate of three-week-long cycling classics, the Giro runs May 6-28. It begins in Belgium this year for …
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The 2006 route of the Giro d'Italia begins in Belgium before heading into Italy. See official Giro d'Italia website.
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Karim Bicycle is open and back in business in Berkeley about five months after police swooped in to bust an alleged stolen bicycle ring.
Berkeley police served a search warrant on June 16, entered the shop and dragged out dozens of bikes for the assembled media, who duly reported the raid, as evidenced in the San Francisco Chronicle. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/12/stolen-bike-bust-in-berkeley-is-just-that-a-bust/
The Katrina Bikes Partnership Project in Seattle closed the second weekend of its bicycle collection drive at Magnuson Park with a total 834 bikes last Sunday.
The bikes, helmets and other gear donated by Seattle area cyclists is on its way to Baton Rouge, where a delivery of bicycles from Boulder already has arrived, reports the Baton Rouge Advocate. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/11/seattle-and-boulder-bicycles-headed-to-louisiana/
Hundreds of bicycles headed to Baton Rouge for college students and residents of FEMA trailer parks displaced by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Story in the Baton Route Advocate.
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David Kroodsma is a cyclist who is preaching what he practices.
The climate researcher at Stanford plans to spend the next year and a half on his bicycle, touring down the Pacific Coast from California to the tip of Argentina.
Along the way, he plans to talk to other scientists, school students, and anyone else he encounters about global warming and how the …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/10/california-cyclist-warns-about-climate-change-through-americas/
“We are selling more bicycles now than before … Most people who come here do not complain about the prices, they believe it is a worthwhile investment.” …
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David Kroodsma is cycling from California to Argentina to call attention to the problems of climate change. His journal is at A Ride for Climate.
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Have you ever wondered what life must be like for the Kristin Armstrong, the 34-year-old former wife of Lance Armstrong?
Lance's picture seems to be everywhere; if not decked out in his Discovery Channel Pro Cycling team gear during the Tour de France, then he's posing with fiancee rock-star Sheryl Crow. They even appear together on Oprah!
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/09/former-mrs-lance-armstrong-running-not-bicycling/
Former wife of Lance Armstrong talks about her divorce and continuing to see her husband and fianee Sheryl Crow all over the media in the Dallas Morning News.
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