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Former US Postal Service cyclist Frankie Andreu tells the New York Times in Tuesday's editions that he took the blood-boosting drug EPO in 1999.
You know Andreu. He's the former American cyclist and current OLN commentator who interviews racers before and after stages of the Tour de France. He and his wife, Betsy, testified earlier this year that they overheard former teammate Lance Armstrong tell his cancer doctors in 1996 that he used EPO and other performance-enhancing drugs. Armstrong has vociferously denied that charge. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/12/former-cyclist-and-oln-commentator-frankie-andreu-admits-to-doping/
It's a smaller company that Burley Design workers returned to Monday morning after the Eugene, Oregon-based trailer and bike maker was purchased by a local businessman last week.
One of the first moves was to lay off all 104 employees Friday; 65 return to work Monday morning and the other positions were eliminated. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/11/new-burley-owner-puts-focus-back-on-bike-trailers/
At least in the UK, motorists pass more closely to bicycle riders who wear helmets than they do cyclists who ride without a helmet.
The study by traffic psychologist Ian Walker at the University of Bath found that the average motorist gets 3 inches closer to helmeted cyclists when passing; motorists also pass male cyclists closer than female cyclists. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/11/uk-motorists-give-less-space-to-helmeted-bicyclists/
Floyd Landis will launch his defense against doping charges next week when his attorney submits materials to a US Anti-Doping Agency review board that there's insufficient evidence to proceed against this year's Tour de France winner.
In a press release posted at FloydLandis.com, attorney Howard Jacobs says he and a team of scientific experts found “inconsistencies in the testing protocol and methodology” after reviewing 370 pages of documents provided by the French lab. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/09/anti-doping-agency-to-begin-floyd-landis-review/
See Greg ride. America's first Tour de France winner Greg LeMond is cycling in this year's Dam2Dam Thumbs Up! Bike Tour, scheduled to begin Sept. 30 in Wenatchee, Washington.
The bicycle tour, featuring 25-, 50-, or 100-mile routes follows the Columbia River between Rocky Reach Dam and Wells Dam to the north. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/09/greg-lemond-to-show-up-for-dam2dam-bike-ride/
A long-simmering dispute between Moses Mathis, who has given away thousands of bikes to kids, and the Fayetteville-Cumberland County Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Committee has boiled over.
The King committee has sold a warehouse that Mathis leased for $1 to an Atlanta-based company that builds affordable housing for college students. Mathis has 90 days to vacate. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/08/north-carolinas-bicycle-man-has-to-pack-up-and-move/
You might say I don't get out much, but I saw some bicycle signs that were new to me during my bicycle tour of Washington State's Olympic Peninsula last week.
The one posted above — “Winter Storm Trail Bypass” — directs travellers to an alternative route on the Olympic Discovery Trail near Port Angeles. Apparently winter storms roaring down the Strait of Juan de Fuca can make this upper gravel path dangerous. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/07/the-signs-of-bicycling-life-on-the-olympic-peninsula/
You'll probably see news reports about the Tour de Force bicycle ride from New York City to Washington DC sometime over the weekend.
Beginning Friday, about 100 police officers from around the US will hop on their bicycles at Ground Zero in New York City and begin a 265-mile bike ride down the East Coast to the Pentagon in Washington DC. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/06/the-other-tdf-the-tour-de-force-bike-ride/
Jane Tomlinson wants people to know that even someone with terminal cancer can live a full life. That idea brought her to the US to ride her bicycle cross-country.
Since doctors diagnosed the 42-year-old mother with metabolic breast cancer six years ago and gave her six months to live, she's been competing in marathons and triathlons, sometimes while undergoing chemotherapy. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/06/terminal-cancer-patient-finishes-cross-country-bike-tour/
I attached my gear-loaded trailer and front panniers to the bicycle last week and headed down the driveway for the Olympic Peninsula. As you can see from this first-night self-portrait at Chimacum about 10 hours later, it was going to be a good trip.
It had been quite a few years since the last time I loaded up the bike for a self-supported tour, and this trip reminded me about some things I had learned from earlier trips: …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/05/10-bike-touring-lessons-learned-and-re-learned-on-the-olympic-peninsula/
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