Find more information on the Trek TTX time trial bike at Trek press release.
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“Everyday bike” that Lance used in the 2005 Tour de France. See Trek release for more information on Madone SSLx.
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Here's a truly neat idea — use your bicycle to frame your tent.
Topeak, which has been making gadgets for bicycles for about 15 years, has developed this solo tent called the Bikamper that doesn't need tent poles. According to the product information on the website, it appears that you use your unattached front wheel at one end and your …
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Unique tent by Topeak uses bicycle frame and front wheel instead of tent poles.
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That $286 billion transportation bill recently passed by Congress includes $100 million for pilot programs in four communities to get people out of their cars and onto their bikes.
The four are the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota; Sheboygan County, Wisconsin; Columbia, Missouri; and Marin County, California …
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American Classic Bicycle Components is recalling about 2,850 rear wheels for road and mountain bikes.
Although no accidents or injuries have yet been reported, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission reports that the hubs can fail to engage properly, creating no resistance when pedaling and causing the cyclist to lose balance.
The rear wheels and hubs were sold in the aftermarket at bicycle specialty stores since January 2005 and …
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The Courage Classic winds up on Monday, meaning there is still a Cascade pass — namely the 4,061-foot elevation Stevens Pass — to climb for 425 bicycle riders.
The cyclists already have topped Snoqualmie Pass (at 3,022 feet) and Blewett Pass (at 4,100 feet).
By the time they roll into the finish in Skykomish, the cyclists have climbed 7,068 feet on their 172-mile …
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If all went well, and I'm sure it did, Lawrence Dye (left) chalked up career mile No. 100,000 this weekend.
The 73-year-old cyclist has logged 85,000 of those miles on the Virginia Creeper Trail, a 34.5-mile rail-to-trail crushed gravel route in southwestern Virginia, since 1990.
Let me do the math. On average, Dye has knocked out 5,600 miles a year …
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Cyclist Lawrence Dye, 73, surpassed 100,000 miles on his bike in early August 2005. Some 85,000 of the total was on the Virginia Creeper Trail. Photo from the Virginia Creeper Trail Club website.
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Logo for 3-day fund-raiser bicycle ride through the Cascades in Washington state. Courage Classic raises funds for victims of child abuse.
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