Border Patrol agents call it el Tour de Los Estados Unidos. The winners of this Tour gain illegal entry into the US from Mexico on bicycles they use to cross the border.
The rundown bikes cost $20 to $25 each. They run the gamut from mountain bikes to Chinese models with wing handlebars. The reflectors are removed; one bike was painted camouflage green, while others are spray painted black.
The immigrants ride the bikes at night on hiking trails or unused desert roads. The Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, right, is a favorite route.
“Usually you hear what sounds like off-road truck tires coming toward you down the road 'cuz there's so many of them” …
Did it seem that you read more about bicycling deaths last year? That's because you did.
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration reported this week that 784 “pedalcyclists” died in traffic accidents in 2005; that's an increase of 57 deaths over 2004.
While overall highway fatalities rose 1.4% in 2005 …
Police across Indiana are mourning two cyclists killed on a cross-state bicycle charity ride to raise money for fallen comrades.
State Police Lt. Gary Dudley, 52, left, and former Lake County Police Chief Gary Martin, 63, right, were killed in the collision as they rode their bicycles on Tuesday. A third cyclist, retired Indianapolis Police Officer Spencer Moore, was airlifted to a hospital for treatment. …
The Tour of Benelux ended on Wednesday in a finish more reminiscent of a roller derby match. Stefan Schumacher swung into the path of George Hincapie about 60 yards from the finish line, nicking Hincapie's front wheel and sending him crashing to the ground.
Awarded a time bonus, Schumacher made up his three-second deficit and beat Hincapie by one second in the Tour of Benelux, an eight-day stage race through Belgium and the Netherlands. …
Principals in a Kansas school district are prohibiting children up to third grade from riding their bicycles or scooters to school. That might not sit too well in some Oregon school districts, which encourage children to walk and ride to school.
The Lawrence school district enacted the ban last spring after a 6-year-old kindergartner was struck and killed by a minivan as he rode his scooter to school. Police said a shrub at the intersection obscured the motorist's view. ….
American George Hincapie held onto his overall lead in the Tour of Benelux on Monday, while Belgian cyclist Tom Boonen won the sprint stage from Hasselt to Balen.
A Discovery Channel cyclist, Hincapie took the overall leader's claret jersey with a time trial win on Sunday. …
You want pictures of touring bikes? Fully Loaded Touring Bikes has pictures of touring bikes — nearly 100 of them.
Ron W's “tribute to the fully loaded touring bicycle” gallery shows the many makes and styles of touring bicycles out on the road and the different ways their owners load them up. …
With the ongoing controversies about drugs, drug labs and drug-enforcement czars, it's easy to forget that most cyclists are still cranking away out there on the blacktop.
One of those is American cyclist George Hincapie, who has taken the lead of the 8-day Tour of Benelux in Belgium and the Netherlands. The Discovery Channel cyclist did it by winning the 10-mile Stage 4 time trial on Sunday. …
I'm testing out my newly acquired Yakima trailer the other day, and a guy on a singlespeed comes up alongside and shouts, “Nice rig!”
It didn't occur to me then, but I realized later that I've stepped up from riding a bike to piloting a rig.
I'm planning (probably not too carefully) a few days off for a bike tour in a couple of weeks, and my LeMond Tourmalet isn't really designed for carrying much gear. …
OLN bicycling commentator Phil Liggett was interviewed about the Floyd Landis affair last weekend by Carlton Reid of UK-based BikeBiz, a bicycle industry newsletter. Reid posted the interview online at YouTube.com in his Cycling News & View series.
“I'm still very skeptical about the whole thing,” Liggett says. “The Laboratory (Châtenay-Malabry) is unscrupulous to say the least, because they shouldn't know the sample they're testing.” …
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Border Patrol agents call it el Tour de Los Estados Unidos. The winners of this Tour gain illegal entry into the US from Mexico on bicycles they use to cross the border.
Police across Indiana are mourning two cyclists killed on a cross-state bicycle charity ride to raise money for fallen comrades.
With the ongoing controversies about drugs, drug labs and drug-enforcement czars, it's easy to forget that most cyclists are still cranking away out there on the blacktop.
I'm testing out my newly acquired Yakima trailer the other day, and a guy on a singlespeed comes up alongside and shouts, “Nice rig!”
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