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It's obvious that the press has swooped into Bootleg Canyon like so many vultures to ride the bikes and test accessories set out in the desert by 130 exhibitors at the two-day Outdoor Demo for Interbike.
Among the bloggers with passes to the show, the most prolific by far has been Graham at Go Clipless. The guy did write-ups on at least 7 mountain bikes the first day, many of them 29ers. Among them the Intense Spider 29,Turner Sultan, Niner R.I.P. 9, and Cannondale Caffeine 29er and Rush Carbon, Diamondback Mission 3, and Monocog Flight 29 …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/26/interbike-in-the-dirt/
The League of American Bicyclists has added eight more communities to its list of Bicycle Friendly Communities, expanding the number of honored cities to 58.
Leading the list of cities added this year is Jackson, Wyoming, with a silver designation. Others, judged bronze, are Carmel, Indiana; Louisville, Kentucky; Roswell, Georgia; St. Petersburg, Florida; and Sacramento, San Jose, and South Lake Tahoe, California. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/26/eight-more-communities-are-bicycle-friendly/
The last North American appearance of the 2006 Bicycle Film Festival rolls through San Francisco this Thursday through Saturday, Sept. 28-30.
Featured is the documentary B.I.K.E., about New York City's Black Label Bicycle Club. There also are films about the history of BMX racing, the life and death of Tour de France cyclist Tom Simpson, and a 500-mile bike tour across Europe to join protests against the World Bank …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/26/bicycle-film-festival-in-san-francisco/
Out for a Sunday bike ride, Andrew Heitner had pasued on a Miami drawbridge when it unexpectedly started to open.
Heitner grabbed the railing and started yelling for help. As the span reached it full upright position, Heitner had a decision to make — his body or his bike. He told a Miami TV station:
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/25/miami-cyclist-dangles-from-bridge-examines-priorities/
Connecticut state senate candidate Paul Doyle and more than two dozen supporters hit the campaign trail with a 33-mile bike tour last weekend.
A proponent of frequent exercise, Doyle's choice of a bicycle to get out his message was a good idea since World Carfree Day fell on Friday this year. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/25/hitting-the-campaign-trail-on-a-bicycle/
You'll be hearing a lot about new bikes and gear — and booth babes — as the Interbike International Bike Expo makes its annual five-day run in Las Vegas this week.
In fact, as you're reading this Monday morning, hordes of big-time bike buyers and journalists are heading out to Bootleg Canyon near Boulder City, Nevada, for two days of hands-on bike testing on trails and the open road. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/25/this-is-interbike-week-in-las-vegas/
Cyclist Floyd Landis received word this week from the US Anti-Doping Agency that he's been formally charged with using performance-enhancing drugs during the Tour de France bicycle race.
The next step, a hearing before a three-person arbitration panel, could occur by January. The 30-year-old American cyclist has said he wants that hearing to be open to the public.
If Landis fails to convince the arbiters that the tests carried out by the French lab were flawed, the whole thing will end up in the lap of the Court of Arbitration of Sport. That's the last stop before Landis would be suspended from professional cycling for two years and lose his Tour de France title. He's already …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/23/floyd-landis-case-moves-ahead-to-open-hearing/
How's this for a way to finish a three-day bike tour in mid-September?
Snow greeted the 435 cyclists on the final day of the 109-mile Mickelson Trail Trek last weekend, reminding them that the Black Hills of South Dakota can offer blustery weather while the rest of us are enjoying late summer temperatures.
This was the 9th year for the bicycle tour that uses the 114-mile George S. Mickelson Trail that runs between Edgemont and Deadwood in southwestern South Dakota. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/22/a-snowy-mickelson-trail-trek-in-south-dakota/
… on your torso, on your shades, in your portfolio, etc….
The branding of Lance Armstrong is heading into your home. The kitchen to be exact.
Housewares manufacturer Chantal, in cooperation with the Lance Armstrong Foundation, is introducing a line of products in yellow stamped with the LiveStrong emblem. The Chantal products include tea kettles, tea pots, coffee and latte mugs, large and small serving plates, and more. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/21/lance-armstrong-on-your-wrist-on-your-bike-in-your-home/
A county prosecutor in Indiana says there's no basis to file charges against a truck driver involved in a collision that killed two policemen on a charity bicycle ride in August.
Indiana State Police Lt. Gary Dudley, 52, and former Lake County Police Chief Gary Martin, 63, were killed when a truck rear-ended a support van for the bike ride and shoved it into a group of cyclists. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/20/no-charges-in-bicycling-deaths-of-indiana-policemen/
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