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Who do you think will win the 2010 Tour de France?
Will it be a repeat win by one of the former champions like Lance Armstrong, Alberto Contador or Carlos Sastre? Or will a new cyclist — such as Cadel Evans, Christian Vande Velde, or one of the Brothers Schleck — climb to the top step of the podium in Paris?
I'm running a poll here in the right column where you can vote. I'll post the results Saturday morning before the Tour de France prologue starts in Rotterdam. Then we'll follow that favorite to see if he does finish on top when the race ends July 25.
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A faulty fork steer tube is the culprit in the latest recall by Felt Bicycles.
The recall of 2,100 bicycles follows seven reported steering tube breaks, according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission which is cooperating with the recall.
Felt recommends that anyone who owns a 2009 Felt model B12 (pictured), B16 and S32 road bicycle to stop riding it immediately and contact a local Felt Bicycles dealer for free inspection and repair….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/30/felt-recalls-more-than-2000-road-bikes/
The bicycle has been around in one form or another for more than 150 years, but you might be surprised that researchers are still studying how we can ride one without it falling over.
Actually, I thought Albert Einstein had it right when he said:
“Life is like riding a bicycling. To keep your balance you must keep moving.”
Maybe that explains more about life than it does about bicycling.
There's a lot more to it than that, as a three-day symposium — Bicycle and Motorcycle Dynamics 2010 — is scheduled for this fall (should I say autumn) at the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands.
Participants will hear about bicycles, motorcycles, unicycles …
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Matthew Lee rolled into Antelope Wells, New Mexico, early Tuesday morning under the cover of darkness to win the 2010 Tour Divide mountain bike race.
Lee finished the both breath-taking and grueling race down the spine of the Continental Divide in 17 days, 16 hours and 13 minutes. It was his sixth victory.
Winning this year meant that Lee overcame the weather, the theft of his bicycle, a mid-route course change due to a forest fire, and the tragic loss of fellow Tour Divide cyclist David Blumenthal.
He averaged about 158 miles a day over dirt track and gravel road ….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/29/matthew-lee-wins-tour-divide-mountain-bike-race-again/
It's deja vu all over again for Lance Armstrong fans who read the following Tweet on Monday:
“And yes, this will be final Tour de France. It's been a great ride. Looking forward to 3 great weeks…… Doh, sorry, meant “my” final Tour.”
Last time he announced his retirement, he was a 33-year-old with an unprecedented six Tour de France championships to his credit. He made that announcement to a roomful of reporters before the start of the Tour de Georgia in 2005.
He went on to win the Tour de France that year — number 7, and made good on his pledge to retire — for 3 1/2 years ….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/29/armstrong-says-hell-call-it-quits-2010-tour-de-france-will-be-his-last/
Three friends on a cross-country bicycle tour to raise money to fight breast cancer are on their way home without reaching their destination.
They're abandoning the Pink Pedal bike tour they created because the fourth bicyclist, their friend John Anczarski, was struck and killed by a motorist in New Mexico last week.
Supporters of the Pink Pedal bicycle tour project created this video in tribute to their 19-year-old friend's role in the bicycle tour.
Our deepest condolences to the family of John Anczarski and his friends. That was a noble cause they were on, and it's a shame that it ended tragically.
Anczarski was a resident of Ringtown, Pennsylvania, and a student enrolled at the University of Colorado …..
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Seven other Americans competing at bike race
When July rolls around, you'll know where to find cyclist George Hincapie — somewhere in the peloton of the Tour de France.
2010 is no different. Hincapie will competing in his 15th Tour de France when it rolls out of Rotterdam on July 3.
That's a string exceeded only by Joop Zoetemelk, who competed in, and completed, 16 Tours de France before retiring in 1986. The Dutch cyclist, who now runs a hotel in France, won the Tour de France in 1980.
[Zoetemelk was stung by allegations that the only reason he won was because Bernard Hinault abandoned because of knee problems. Joop made the valid point: “Surely winning the Tour de France is a question of health and robustness. ….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/27/george-hincapie-returns-for-15th-tour-de-france/
Two weeks of amazing Rocky Mountain highs are done for bicyclists who rode The Denver Post Ride the Rockies and the Bicycle Tour of Colorado.
Together, the bike tours covered 1,002 miles of Colorado blacktop and summited 14 mountain passes, 7 on each bike ride.
Celebrating its 25th year, Ride the Rockies is one of the oldest mass bicycle tours in the nation, probably surpassed only by the Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Around Iowa.
One of this year's highlights was bicycling along the Rim Rock Drive in the Colorado National Monument. See the video for scenes along the route ….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/26/2-colorado-bike-tours-wrapped-up-more-on-tap-later-this-summer/
Bike Colorado is hosting a rally next Tuesday to protest the bicycle ban imposed earlier this month in the tiny gambling town of Black Hawk.
The Rally to End Bike Bans is scheduled from 5:30 to 6 p.m. Tuesday on the west steps of the Colorado State Capitol Building in Denver. Everyone is welcome to attend. Check the Facebook page for more details.
The statewide bicycle advocacy group is fighting the ban because they fear it may set a precedent for other cities that take the wrong-headed approach to impose a bicycle ban to “promote safety.” That's how Black Hawk City Manager Bill Copp explained the ban a couple of weeks ago …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/25/colorado-bicyclists-to-protest-black-hawks-bike-ban/
Tragedy struck the Tour Divide Mountain Bike Race on Thursday when competitor Dave Blumenthal died from injuries he suffered in a collision with a pickup truck the day before in northern Colorado.
Blumenthal, 37, was pronounced dead at a Denver hospital. He leaves behind his wife, Lexi, and 4-year-old daughter Linnaea.
The outdoorsman from Vermont was competing in his first Tour Divide, which started June 11 in Banff, Alberta. After crossing the Wyoming-Colorado border, he had spent Tuesday night at the Brush Mountain Lodge near Slater and was heading toward Steamboat Springs when the crash occurred.
A Colorado State Patrol trooper told a Vermont newspaper (ArgusTimes.com) that Blumenthal and the pickup driver were heading in opposite directions ….
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