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Bicyclists riding en masse through a city. Bicycle advocates demanding safer streets. Bike messengers racing around with documents. Cheap imports. Is it the 2000s or the 1890s?
An interesting story printed Monday in the Akron Beacon Journal about the bicycle craze in that city in the late 1800s reads like it could have been written about the bicycle issues of today.
Cyclists were the first to seek better roads, according to author Mark Price.
Cyclists were early promoters of street improvements. They argued that bad weather made Akron roads nearly impassable for six months a year. …
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Now that the first week of the 2006 Tour de France is behind us, I'm curious about your level of interest compared to last year. The blog poll is posted at right; feel free to explain your answers below this article in a comment if you wish.
This is certainly a Tour in turmoil.
The vacuum left by Lance Armstrong's retirement has sucked away a lot of US fans. OLN reports the viewership of its first four live Tour reports is down nearly 50%. …
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A troubling secret about Floyd Landis' health is coming out just the day after he climbed into 2nd place overall in the 2006 Tour de France.
The highest placed American cyclist in the Tour, and a favorite to win the race, suffers from a degenerative bone disease that gives him chronic pain and will require hip replacement surgery a few weeks after the Tour. He adopted his unusual time trial position on the bike to reduce the pain. …
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French cyclist Sylvain Calzati showed us why there's a group of cyclists who gamble on a breakaway at the Tour de France everyday — sometimes the peloton doesn't catch up.
That's what happened Sunday on the 112-mile stage from Saint Meen le Grand to Lorient. Calzati and 5 other cyclists broke away from the peloton about 25 miles into the stage, and the AG2R cyclist stayed ahead the rest of the race. …
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Here's a bigger shock than the Stage 7 results on Saturday: Lance Armstrong says he's showing up to support the sport of cycling and his Discovery teammates for the final week of the Tour de France.
Didn't he say at one time that he never wanted to step foot in France again, or words to that effect? …
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T-Mobile cyclist Serhiy Honchar won the individual time trial on Saturday, gaining the yellow jersey and beating all the top contenders who had planned to use the stage to catapult themselves into the Tour de France lead.
In fact, the only favorite who could afford a smile at the end of the day was American Floyd Landis (at left in Tour of California), who finished 2nd in the stage and boosted himself to 2nd in the overall standings. …
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Felt Mountain Bicycles is recalling about 700 bikes sold during the past two years after reports that the steel brake attachment can come off the frame.
The Lake Forest, California-based company imports the bikes made by Kinesis in Taiwain. …
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Riding in an organized bicycle tour means lots of camaraderie, prepared meals, luggage and maintenance services waiting at the end of the day, even police motorcycle escorts at times.
Just don't let down your guard about the dangers posed by motor vehicles. Three cyclists on group bicycle tours — two in Colorado — have died in collisions with motor vehicles in the past few weeks …
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It's Robbie McEwen crossing the finish line first at the Tour de France again and again this year. The Australian cyclist followed Davitamon-Lotto teammate Gert Steegmans on a perfect lead out for his 3rd victory on Friday.
In fact, after a number of miscues in earlier stages, it looked like the sprinters' teams were finally getting it right as the peloton drove into Vitre at the end of the 117-mile Stage 6. …
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This shouldn't surprise anyone. The number of viewers tuning in to the first four stages of OLN's Tour de France coverage has been nearly cut in half this year with the retirement of Lance Armstrong.
Tour coverage at the Outdoor Life Network, once known as the Only Lance Network, has crashed 49% to 207,544 people. Combining the number of people watching live and taped replays raises viewership to 749,472. But that's still a 47% drop. …
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