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20070313Status: Complete Viewed: 1154 times 24 hours on spin bikes By Amanda Crissup Marietta Daily Journal Staff Writer;from Wendy Gardiner — Pete & I did 24 hours on spin bikes OUTSIDE of Gold’s Gym in Acworth on Tuesday. We did it as a fundraiser for the Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation and as a training ride for RAAM. http://www.mdjonline.com/articles/2007/03/12/95/10250833.txt Streetfilms: Enrique Penalosa Talks about the Transportation By John From the Streetfilms website: As mayor of Bogota, Colombia, Enrique Penalosa accomplished remarkable changes of monumental proportions for the people of his country in just three years. Penalosa changed the way Bogota treated its … http://bcgp.blogspot.com/2007/03/streetfilms-enrique-penalosa-talks.html Anti Bike Policies Revealed This Week from Philidelphia Bicycle News Thanks to bicyclists who dared to ask we have found that two major institutions have anti-bike policies buried deep within their paperwork. Amtrak, Amtrak has resisted bikes on trains. Philadelphia International Airport… http://bcgp.blogspot.com/2007/03/anti-bike-policies-revealed-this-week.html Raisin Hope: Counting my blessings By Saul Raisin Crédit Agricole Professional Cycling Team So here I am in Dalton, Georgia, the town where I was born and raised. As you probably know by now, my life was thrown into turmoil last April when I crashed in the opening stage of the Circuit de la Sarthe. It’s been a tough, tough year… http://www.velonews.com/diaries/rider/articles/11878.0.html Weight Lifting for Road Cyclists By Jesper Therkildsen Ric Stern, British cycling coach and busy writer in a couple of bike forums, is pretty convinced that it is not possible to benefit from strength training if you are a well trained cyclist. I don’t agree with him for two reasons: … http://www.training4cyclists.com/weight-lifting-for-road-cyclists/ Community helps man get his life back on track Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA,USA Besides Meteyer, who is competing in the Mountain Bike Triathlon — a quarter-mile swim, 9.7-mile bike ride and 2-mile run — all five of his children and a … http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/swift/307032_mary12.html Damming cycling with faint praise By Philip Having switched from a motorcycle to pedal-power I’ve had first-hand experience of just how uncool the bicycle is. On a motorcycle you can channel Marlon Brando in The Wild One or Steve McQueen in The Great Escape. … http://www.spinopsys.com/archives/906 Article on Cycling in NYC By Michael Green In addition, the city is now considering new restrictions on commercial pedicabs (bicycle-cabs), which would greatly diminish the “safety in numbers” affect of cycling in the city. The issue of cyclists’ right to the road is such a hot … http://bikeblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/article-on-cycling-in-nyc.html Bicycle Rider In Good Condition After Hit-And-Run WJACtv.com - Johnstown,PA,USA A bicycle rider is in good condition after being injured in a hit-and-run Sunday, officials said. Investigators said Nicholas Pasko of Johnstown was riding … http://www.wjactv.com/news/11232497/detail.html Bicycle crash kills 10-year-old girl Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - Ontario,CA,USA BARSTOW A 10-year-old girl riding a bicycle was struck by a pickup truck and killed Sunday night, coroner s officials said. Paramedics took Kayla Crawford … http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_5417760 Boomers reveal gap between beliefs, behaviors By VICTOR HULL CHICAGO — If life’s like a football game, baby boomers keep trying to push back the goal line. The boomers, a new survey shows, define old age as beginning at 66. Last year, a similar survey pegged the number at 65. On average, boomers — the generation whose members were born from 1946 through 1964 — think they’ll live to be… http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070310/NEWS/703100409/1011/NEWS01 Railway bicycle, Entroncamento railway station, Portugal By admin http://www.photorails.eu/blog/2007/03/13/railway-bicycle-entroncamento-railway-station-portugal/ OT: for parents of teenagers Underground Railroad Bicycle Route Finished By nospam@example.com (GetOutdoors) … a network of clandestine routes by which African freedom seekers attempted to escape for many years before and during the Civil War. Read about the Underground Railroad Bicycle Route at the Adventure Cycling Association. http://www.getoutdoors.com/goblog/index.php?/archives/1604-Underground-Railroad-Bicycle-Route-Finished.html NY DOT Proposes Solution to Houston Street Cycling Danger from Steetsblog In response to the deaths of three cyclists on Houston Street in two years and the ensuing community pressure to make the area safer for biking, the Department of Transportation is proposing to establish two new bike lanes along streets running parallel to traffic-heavy Houston Street. http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/03/12/dot-proposes-solution-to-houston-street-cycling-dangers/ Report from Atlanta: Don’t Walk This Way from Streetsblog I can’t get behind Prevention Magazine’s ranking of New York as 39th among the nation’s most walkable cities. But after spending three days in Atlanta for a conference recently, I have no problem understanding why it rates 86th. Stuck, like most of the city’s legions of conventioneers, in the area around the… http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/03/09/report-from-atlanta-dont-walk-this-way/ A bicycle built for fun Core77.com - New York,NY,USA An American industry survey recently revealed that the number of casual bikers had dropped nearly 50% in the previous decade, whereas the number of cycling “enthusiasts” has nearly tripled in the same time… http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/a_bicycle_built_for_fun_5702.asp Shimano and IDEO build bicycle for ‘fun’ By Marco http://www.design-emotion.com/2007/03/13/shimano-and-ideo-build-bicycle-for-fun/ ONE SERIOUSLY EXTREME BICYCLE By Gerry Lauzon But some people shell out that kind of cash for a road racer that just looks like any other racer out there. You won’t go unnoticed on this thing ever! We are living in great times and I sense that the Custom Bicycle is about to come … http://howtofixbikes.blogspot.com/2007/03/one-seriously-extreme-bicycle.html 3 charged in White Plains bicycle sting — White Plains,NY,USA WHITE PLAINS - A police sting aimed at bicycle thieves did brisk business Friday afternoon, leading to three arrests in less than an hour. … http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070313/NEWS02/703130336/1018/NEWS02 Woman hurt in bicycle wreck The Express Times - Easton,PA,USA A Tewksbury Township woman was flown to a hospital Monday afternoon after she fell from her bicycle and banged her head on an ice-covered road. … <http://www.nj.com/news/expresstimes/nj/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1173760228181040.xml&coll=2> Cycling sets gold standard BBC Sport - UK It is little wonder that the performance directors of several sports have travelled to British Cycling’s headquarters in Manchester to try to learn their … http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/6426233.stm Global Warning By Urban Commuter This photo comes from the BBC Weather photo of the day. Aside from the intense energy it displays, I absolutely love the parallels it can represent regarding global warming: Here is a ferocious sea, wildly rampaging the coast; … http://cycling-london.blogspot.com/2007/03/global-warning.html Help your diet by springing into fruit By Brian White Filed under: Food and Nutrition. Spring is almost here and that means fresh fruits may soon be in season at your local grocery or health food store. I love fruit (most than vegetables!) — because it is a naturally healthy way to eat … http://www.thatsfit.com/2007/03/12/help-your-diet-by-springing-into-fruit/ Siel’s 100-Mile Diet Adventures Finale How can I say I’m doing the 100-mile diet when I drink coffee — several cups of it — every day? Well. I should also add that I also eat chocolate and bananas, also stuff that’s grown far, far away. The way I eat, in fact, … http://feeds.treehugger.com/~r/treehuggersite/~3/101117739/siels_100mile_d.php How you can stop procrastinating and start your diet SheKnows.com - Scottsdale,AZ,USA You want to lose weight, so you promise yourself you’ll go on a diet. But how many of these diet promises have you broken? How many times have said you’d do … http://sheknows.com/about/look/7897.htm Author’s site http://www.mariaslastdiet.com/ OUR SWEET ENDING: HEALTH CONSEQUENCES WITH HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN By garyyang As stated earlier, a high fructose diet induces an uncontrolled production of energy and fat as well as an overall increased appetite, resulting in increased caloric intake. Together, these health consequences associated with a high … http://www.scq.ubc.ca/?p=731 Six Tips To Help You Get Started On A Healthy Diet By Catherine Morgan Obviously there is much more to good nutrition, but we need to start somewhere, taking baby steps is better than not taking any steps. Don’t do it all at once, make small changes, and gradually work your way into eating a healthier diet … http://catherinemarie.wordpress.com/2007/03/12/six-tips-to-help-you-get-started-on-a-healthy-diet-lose-weight-dieting-tips-6-steps/ Triathlon Training: How Much Time? By Raymond Britt How much time do you need to train to compete in triathlon? How much extra time do you need to devote to becoming a high performance triathlete while not short-changing the important things in your life? … http://raybritt.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/triathlon-training-how-much-time/ TO team seeks bicycle safety Ventura County Star - Ventura county,CA,USA Mike Cicchi jumped at the opportunity late last year to help find ways to improve bicycle safety in Thousand Oaks. Cicchi joined the Bicycle Advisory Team, … http://www.venturacountystar.com/vcs/co_valley/article/0,1375,VCS_166_5414120,00.html James Daley: The Cycling Column Belfast Telegraph - Belfast,UK Dublin becomes the latest European city to join the cycling revolution this summer, following cities such as Lyon, Paris and Brussels by launching a cheap … http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/features/motoring/article2353948.ece Improve your gait and prevent injuries One of many articles to read from realbuzz.com a community for sports, running, health fitness, diet nutrition, the great outdoors, travel entertainment. Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:00:00 GMT editorial@realbuzz.com 292Wednesday, 7 March 2007 … http://www.realbuzz.com/en-gb/RSS/index?pageID=2105 Signed up for the 2007 Vermont 100 Endurance Run By Joe Reger, Jr. Just like my first few seasons in triathlon, my goal is to learn. To talk to the veterans and gain some perspective. To internalize the distance… let it slap me around a little bit. For me there’s no better way to learn than just … http://www.joereger.com/entry-logid1-eventid5679-Signed-up-for-the-2007.log ‘Evan Almighty’ Director Will Produce Cycling Spoof Next By Jessica Barnes The Hollywood reporter has announced that Tom Shadyac, director of Bruce Almighty, has signed to produce the cycling comedy Tour de Frank for Universal. The comedy pitch by Andrea King and Andy Marx is being produced through Shadyac’s … http://feeds.cinematical.com/~r/weblogsinc/cinematical/~3/101462685/ |