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20070225Bicycles in the News for Sunday, Feb25th2007 Who should sponsor Tour de Georgia or Discovery? by webgeek atlbike.org In a recent story, one writer made the case for Amgen sponsoring the team, soon to be formerly known as Discovery. Yes, that might help create a positive image for prescription drugs in an ever growing sceptical world. At first glance, that made good sense to me and it still does. Thinking about these “funding” issues, who should really step up to plate… http://atlbike.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=38 A New York Summer Bicycle Dream By dailytransit Sticky, warm, sun doused summer morning Standing outside a bagel shop just south of Houston The city churns in all boroughs But it’s quiet on this street. Coffee meets lips through a plastic lid intermediary … http://thedailytransit.wordpress.com/2007/02/24/a-new-york-summer-bicycle-dream/ Weight Cycling: How Does It Affect You? == American Chronicle - Beverly Hills,CA,USA Although specialists can`t say for sure how weight cycling is related to health problems, some studies showed a connection to high cholesterol, … http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=21236 Bicycle Book Quoting By Scooter New-fangled sports, rambling, and cycling threatened rank, order, and culture. Leon Bloy perceived this link when he told an editor in 1900 that ‘la bicyclette tuera le livre’ [Scooter: the bicycle will kill the book] (Ceci tuera cela … http://nodtonothing.blogspot.com/2007/02/bicycle-book-quoting.html It’s not just for exercise anymore == Valdosta Daily Times - Valdosta,GA,USA Check out the Valdosta Daily Times’ Two-Minute Drill for more information on running and cycling. Cyclists can meet for rides on Tuesday, Thursday… http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_story_056010739.html?keyword=topstory View Wednesday Morning of my back yard and my driv…By SueJ View Wednesday Morning of my back yard and my driveway view from the garage. Yes, I get that much sun. One of these years I’ll go on gardening adventures. Yes, I shoveled that all by myself. Yes, it was really light, fluffy snow. … http://bicyclecu.blogspot.com/2007/02/view-wednesday-morning-of-my-back-yard.html Cycling fans celebrate == Battle Creek Enquirer - Battle Creek,MI,USA As the founder of the Trek Bicycle Corporation, Burke has made history of his own at the helm of the nation’s largest bicycle company, changing the way … http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070224/NEWS01/702240308/1002 Marshal helps cyclists enjoy smoother ride == Ventura County Star (subscription) - Ventura county,CA,USA A former runner, Nicholls started cycling two years ago after suffering an injury. Having just moved to Ventura, she decided to join the Channel Islands … http://www.venturacountystar.com/vcs/other_sports/article/0,1375,VCS_256_5375989,00.html Junior High School teacher cycling to work to raise funds for == West Central Tribune - Willmar,MN,USA The science teacher is well on the way to his goal of riding his bicycle to school 100 days to raise money for solar panels to be installed above the main … http://www.wctrib.com/articles/index.cfm?id=16971§ion=homepage In marathon of life, they go distance == Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA Dick has towed, pushed or carried Rick in a number of events that include the Boston Marathon and the Ironman Triathlon World Championships in Hawaii. … http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/columnists/orl-george2507feb25,0,4798092.column?coll=orl-news-col Bicycle rodeos teach kids safety ropes == Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA … co-founder of the cycling advocacy group, CycleMobility. CycleMobility organized the first Broward Bicycle Week in 2003 and formed a partnership in 2005 … http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flpmcbike0225feb25,0,3970399.story?coll=sfl-news-browardcomm BALL WATCHER TURNS TRIATHLETE == Electric New Paper - Singapore,Singapore ‘The images of extreme physical challenge stuck with me, so when a friend suggested the concept of training for a triathlon, I was curious… http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/sports/story/0,4136,123816,00.html Heat The Big Factor At Langkawi Ironman == Bernama - Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia Nina Kraft, the 2004 World Triathlon Championship runner-up in Kona, Hawaii, suffered a similar fate in the women’s professional category… http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news_sports.php?id=248558 Alexander the great! == Nowra South Coast Register - Nowra,New South Wales,Australia CRAIG Alexander has cemented himself as a legend of Australian triathlon taking out his fourth and back-to-back Australian Long Course Titles at Huskisson … http://nowra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=sport&subclass=general&story_id=560378&category=General Drizzly Day By bunnygirl(bunnygirl) After going to quite a bit of trouble last night to come up with a route for this morning, I woke up to rain. It wasn’t heavy rain, and it wasn’t cold out. I very nearly went and ran anyway. But it seems like everyone at my office is … http://tri-bunny.blogspot.com/2007/02/drizzly-day.html NOTICE TO ALL OUR FAITHFUL READERS How to Fix Bikes By Gerry Lauzon(Gerry Lauzon) Hello every one. This is just a friendly notice to all the thousands of readers of this blog that big changes are on the way. I am redesigning all of my blogs and this one will be the last. I figure I’ll learn and make mistakes on the … http://howtofixbikes.blogspot.com/2007/02/notice-to-all-our-faithful-readers.html Christopher Brauchli: Bicycle Racing and NASCAR: Doping Brings By Editor/CommonDreams http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0224-22.htm. http://www.newscenter.org/2007/02/24/christopher-brauchli-bicycle-racing-and-nascar-doping-brings-them-together/ Finally time for cycling to crack down on doping == MSNBC - USA He’s a likable guy, and while we don’t know each other personally, in cycling’s close-knit world I’m probably just one or two degrees away from the man… http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17305426/ Oregon Man’s Bicycle Journey Brings Him To South Mississippi == WLOX - Biloxi,MS,USA You may have seen “Rainbow” and his traveling companion, his dog Rita, here on the Coast in the last day or two. They are bicycling around the country… http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=6134403&nav=6DJI There come a moment By romanmica@gmail.com (Roman Mica) It has taken me 6-years to get to even get to this point in my triathlon career. The first year of racing I never had the luxury to make this decision as it was already made for me. I started training and racing with little regard or … http://www.everymantri.com/everyman_triathlon/2007/02/there_come_a_mo.html Floyd got Frenched. By scoobysdad …and so it turns out the French “technicians” not only improperly handled the samples provided by Floyd Landis at last years Tour, but also provided improper access to unauthorized individuals. You remember the samples, right? … http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=67164 More Cycling is Big in the USA News By Velochimp Go Clipless has a nice writeup on a recent USA Today article that talks about how cycling is growing in the US. The fans lining the roads of the Tour of California definately show that there is a large interest in the sport, … http://velochimp.com/2007/02/23/more-cycling-is-big-in-the-usa-news/ 27 degrees this morning, which meant slick *and* s…By SueJ No excitement, but several 20-foot-ish stretches of “okay, nice gyroscopic bicycle, I *know* this is ice we’re rolling over, kindly stay true and straight and I won’t touch steering or brakes!” It worked ;) Two more inside rides. … http://bicyclecu.blogspot.com/2007/02/27-degrees-this-morning-which-meant.html The Times Applauds Cycling… The Times of London, That Is. == StreetsBlog - New York,NY,USA Here’s an editorial one wouldn’t expect to see in The Times: An unabashedly pro-bicycle manifesto anointing cycling as “the cheap, green answer to so many … http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/23/the-times-applauds-cycling-the-times-of-london-that-is/ |