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Lance Armstrong held onto third place overall as the Tour of Luxembourg came to an end Sunday, putting the 38-year-old cyclist closer to the condition he'll need for the 2010 Tour de France.
Armstrong shared the podium with overall winner Matteo Carrara of Vacansoleil and second-place finisher Frank Schleck of Saxo Bank.
The leader of Team RadioShack, which won the team classification, told reporters after the race that he felt good about the finishing on the podium, especially considering the illnesses and crash that marred his spring season. He's quoted at Reuters:
“Any time you can win a race, be on a podium, in preparation it's important. I wouldn't ….
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This can be a busy weekend for two-wheeled, human-powered adventurers in Washington state.
At least six recreational bike rides (four in Puget Sound region), a couple of bike races in Seattle and clear weather Saturday and only 40% chance of rain on Sunday.
A new bike ride launching Saturday is the LifeCycle Bremerton, a fund-raiser for the American Red Cross. The West Sound Cycling Club, which has plenty of experience putting on first-rate bike rides …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/04/big-weekend-of-bicycling-coming-up-in-seattle-area/
Lance Armstrong remained in 3rd place at the Tour of Luxembourg after Frank Schleck of Saxo Bank won the most difficult stage of the race on Friday and took the overall lead.
The five-day race around the tiny country ends Sunday. Armstrong will take a week off, then compete in the Tour of Switzerland from June 12 – 20 as he tries to ride himself back into shape for the 2010 Tour de France in July.
Armstrong, 38, will sit out the Dauphine Libere bike race that starts Sunday and runs through June 13. While considered a tune-up for the Tour de France, so is the Swiss bike race ….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/04/armstrong-coming-around-at-tour-of-luxembourg/
More than a dozen well-wishers on bicycles accompanied Kent Peterson as he left his home in Issaquah on Thursday morning to compete in the Tour Divide that starts later this month.
Kent is one of the Seattle area's most well-known and respected bicyclists. He's been writing at his Kent's Bike Blog about tackling the 2,745-mile, self-supported mountain bike race for several months.
A few weeks ago, he put out the word that he'd complete his practice (he doesn't “train”) by riding from his home to Banff, Alberta, for the start of the race. Anyone would be welcome to join him.
Those who showed up represented the broad spectrum …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/03/kent-peterson-rides-off-for-tour-divide-mountain-bike-race/
Bicyclists who use Nokia cell phones won't have to find electrical outlets to recharge them much longer. The company says it will start selling chargers that are powered by bicycles before the end of the year.
Aimed at cell phone users in developing countries where electric-power can be scarce, the chargers uses a small electric generator that spins on the bicycle's front tire.
The electricity from the dynamo is carried by wire to the cell phone holder mounted to the handlebars. Touring bicyclists can easily stuff that attachment in their front bag if their handlebar “dashboard” already is crowded with headlamps, bells, altimeters, bike computers and GPS devices.
The faster and longer you ride …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/03/bicycle-travelers-can-recharge-cell-phones-as-they-ride/
Four Los Angeles policemen got starring roles in a video shot in Hollywood on Friday night, but their actions earned them desk jobs while the department investigates their clash with bicyclists.
This video shot by a witness shows police officers making an arrest during a critical mass ride on Friday night, then one of the policemen kicking at a passing bicycle.
Several policemen then go to the witness. The camera falls but continues filming while police, carrying nightsticks, order the man to “Get down” and “Get up!”
The video has been viewed more than 91,000 times at YouTube and is reminiscent of a video …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/03/internal-probe-of-cops-actions-during-critical-mass-bike-ride/
Six bicyclists injured a few years ago on the newly laid South Lake Union Trolley (S.L.U.T.) tracks are suing Seattle.
The Seattle Times reports that the lawsuit claims that the city was warned about the unsafe conditions before the December 2007 opening of the trolley line, but it went ahead with its plans anyway.
The tracks were installed in a groove in the pavement that can catch narrow road-bike tires and flip a bike. Dozens of cyclists fell victim to the tracks.
Since the opening of the 1.3-mile trolley line, the city has installed warning signs …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/02/bicyclists-sue-seattle-for-slut-injuries/
Started talking to this guy about the weather and his RSVP jersey along the Burke-Gilman on Tuesday and discovered that he was taking a very special bike ride.
His name is Bill Glaeser and his 70th birthday is Wednesday. Thanks to Tuesday's break in the chilly “liquid sunshine” that's been inundating the Seattle area the past week or so, he chose to celebrate his birthday with a 70-mile ride a day early. He's been taking such a ride for the past four years.
I've read about people doing this over the years, so I started my own tradition by riding 60 miles on my birthday back in January. An old college friend who lives in Portland saw what I did, and so knocked out his own birthday ride this spring.
It's a ride that's just going to get longer every year, and I hope I'm up to it at Bill's age.
That jersey, by the way, is from the 2005 …..
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/02/hats-off-to-cyclist-on-his-70-miles-at-70-years-bicycle-ride/
Bicyclists riding the paths of the Erie Canalway in New York this summer shouldn't be surprised if some communities all but roll out the red carpet when they arrive.
The towns would be following suggestions in a 28-page booklet that explains why it makes economic sense to encourage and embrace two-wheeled visitors in their communities.
Entitled “Bicyclists Bring Business: A Guide for Attracting Bicyclists to New York's Canal Communities,” the book is used in roundtable workshops offered by Parks & Trails New York and the New York State Canal Corporation in canal towns.
Although we might like communities to cater to traveling bicyclists for altruistic reasons, it's a matter of dollars and cents to business people. According to the booklet:
“When a particular bicycling destination is so appealing to bicyclists that they come from some distance away to enjoy it, the dollars they bring with them can be significant” ……
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Here's an emotional video from a cross-country bike rider whose journey didn't go exactly as planned. Not that many long-distance bicycle trips do. That's part of the adventure.
But this is an experience that Australian Janeen McCrae, aka Noodle, doubtedly could have done without. As she explains in her video:
“I was riding my bicycle across America. I was having such a good time. Then I wasn't riding my bicycle across America. I was in a ditch.”
A couple of weeks ago, very early in her coast-to-coast bicycle trip to raise $4,262 for Team Fatty and Livestrong — $1 per mile — she suffered a crash. She was on a downhill ….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/05/31/an-australians-interrupted-transamerica-bicycle-tour/
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