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Dasani blue bikes at Villa Park, Ill.

Free bikes at Illinois Prairie Path and Great Western Trail.

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Yellow Bike Project

Photo by Shaun Stewart/Daily Texan

Austin middle school student works on bicycle at kid's workshop offered by the Yellow Bike Project. See Daily Texan for more info on yellow bikes.

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Lance Armstrong: “I'm not coming back.”

Is that the final statement on “Retirement, not a Retirement” from Lance Armstrong?

In a conference call with reporters on Thursday, Armstrong said he was fed up with controversy over six-year-old urine samples and allegations they contained blood boosting agents.

As quoted in CyclingNews:

“Sitting here in my chair right now… yeah, I opened up the possibility a couple of weeks ago …

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Bicycle Quotes: Kentucky's cantankerous canines

“Besides the trees, eastern Kentucky housed a wildly variant population of canines curiously united in one over-arching intent – that was to peel the flesh from my shins like a ripe banana. This included a way-too-near miss by a Rottweiler and a valiant attempt by a three-legged collie.”

Rick Gunn, photographer for the Tahoe Daily Tribune, writing about his around-the-world bike tour …

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Before Lance Armstrong, there was Terry Fox

Two athletes stricken at a young age by cancer. Both battle the disease and raise money for cancer research in high profile campaigns.
One survives and one doesn't.
We know the Lance Armstrong story. The Terry Fox story doesn't have anything to do with cycling, but it does have something to do with courage and tenacity …

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Danish cyclist wins last mountainous Vuelta stage

Danish cyclist Nicki Sorenson won the last mountainous stage in the Vuelta a Espana bicycle race, barely out-sprinting a three-man contest for the finish line in Avila on Thursday.

Sorenson, cycling for CSC, Javier Rodriguez (Comunidad Valenciana) and Jose Acosta (Illes Balears) were the remnants of a 17-man breakaway early in the 122-mile race …

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Terry Fox memorial in Thunder Bay

Ontario memorial to Terry Fox, who ran 3,339 miles across Canada to raise money for cancer research

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Terry Fox statue in Ottawa

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Terry Fox running Marathon of Hope in Canada

Ran 3,339 miles across Canada to raise money for cancer research…

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Quesada wins Vuelta stage; Heras holds overall lead

Spanish cyclist Carlos Garcia Quesada the 102-mile 17th stage of the Vuelta a Espana on Wednesday.

The rider from Comunidad Valenciana jumped onto the last breakaway of the day and attacked on a solo run for the last 13 miles to the finish in La Granja de San Ildefonso.

Francisco Mancebo, sitting in 4th place overall, finished less than a …

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