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Neck pain all too common in cycling

For many years, neck pain had become such a normal part of riding for a bicycling buddy of mine that he had come to expect it — just like getting thirsty on a hot day or getting out breath on a long climb. He's not alone. Neck and back pain is a common ailment for cyclists, according to an excellent article in Roadcycling.com. The authors explain in detail the causes of neck and back pain and give some suggestions on how to treat it.

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It's never too late to saddle up

I started my TransAmerica bicycle tour at the ripe old age of 34. That doesn't seem so old to me now.

Apparently the age of 55 didn't seem too old for Al Galletly, left. That's how old he was in 1993 when he rode his first bicycle trip cross-country, covering 4,500 miles and raising $300,000 for Alzheimer's research.

The Stamford (Conn.) Advocate…

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NW cycling: Register at Orting park for Daffodil Classic

Registration for this Sunday's Daffodil Classic has moved down the street in Orting (WA) from the elementary school to the City Park. Two bicycle rides also are scheduled in Oregon.

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/04/14/nw-cycling-register-at-orting-park-for-daffodil-classic/

Bicycle quote: Ichiro

“When I was a high school student, I was riding my bicycle to school and a car hit me on the side, struck my leg. It didn't break, but it was very swollen. I couldn't play for a month.”

Ichiro Suzuki, All-Star rightfielder for Seattle Mariners, talking about being hit by a car in Japan. …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/04/13/bicycle-quote-ichiro/

Bellevue (WA) council votes for multi-use trail, not bike lanes

Bellevue is going ahead with a plan to build a multi-use trail for bicyclists and pedestrians on West Lake Sammamish Parkway, instead of marked bike lanes for cyclists and a separate path for pedestrians.
By a vote of 5-0, the City Council directed the staff to find ways to fund the estimated $20 million project. Earlier in the meeting, a bicycling advocate had testified that Bellevue would find it difficult to compete for funds because the project didn't meet generally accepted professional standards concerning bicycle facilities.

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/04/12/bellevue-wa-council-votes-for-multi-use-trail-not-bike-lanes/

“Hell of the North” bike race: Boonen #1, Hincapie #2

George Hincapie became the first American ever to finish on the podium in the classic Paris-Roubaix bicycle race on Sunday, beaten at the line by Belgian Tom Boonen.

Hincapie, The Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team's favorite to win the race, raced at the head of the 3-man lead group as they entered the Roubaix velodrome. Boonen, fresh off a win at the Tour of Flanders last weekend, attacked with a half-lap …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/04/10/hell-of-the-north-bike-race-boonen-1-hincapie-2/

Bicycle classroom begins cross-country tour

The school year started Friday for teacher Joe Bowen as the 62-year-old Kentuckian began his cross-country bicycle tour. He's recreating a 14,000-mile bicycle tour he took in 1967 from Lompoc, California, to his home in Eastern Kentucky. Along the way, he's teaching kids about America.

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/04/09/bicycle-classroom-begins-cross-country-tour/

Letter: Redmond opposes Bellevue's West Lake Sammamish Pkwy plan

Here is the letter detailing Redmond's objections to Bellevue's use of a multi-use trail instead of bike lanes in improvements to West Lake Sammamish Parkway:

“Redmond does not agree that the alternative currently identified as Bellevue's staff preference should be the option selected for construction …”

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Cyclists object to Sammamish Pkwy plan; Bellevue (WA) council votes Monday

That plan to “improve” the dangerous stretch of West Lake Sammamish Parkway without adding dedicated bike lanes is scheduled for a vote by the Bellevue City Council on Monday night.

The staff recommendations are opposed by the Cascade Bicycle Club, the Friends of Lake Sammamish, and Bellevue's own Pedestrian and Bicycle Citizens Advisory Group (CAG), and the City of Redmond.

The Cascade Bicycle Club is urging …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/04/08/cyclists-object-to-sammamish-pkwy-plan-bellevue-wa-council-votes-monday/

Wrong-way cycling; unsafe at any speed

When my friends and I learned to ride bikes, our parents told us to ride against the traffic. Today, we know that wrong-way cycling is terribly unsafe, don't we? Wrong-way cycling actually makes it harder for motorists to see the bicyclists. And it's motorists seeing bicyclists that we should be most concerned about.
The issue of “wrong-way” cycling comes to the Bellevue (WA) City Council on Monday night when it considers the staff recommended plan to make improvements to West Lake Sammamish Parkway.

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/04/08/wrong-way-cycling-unsafe-at-any-speed/