Daily Archive: October 3, 2005

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Goatheads sticking in a tire

Goatheads, aka puncture weed, are the scourge of bicyclists.

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Helen Roberts, cycling to Louisiana

Colorado cyclist Helen Roberts is biking to Louisiana to raise funds for hurricane victims. Website is TheHeartRide.org.

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Bike the Pike in Pennsylvania

You've heard of Rails to Trails. How about turnpikes to bike pikes?

In southern Pennsylvania, cyclists can have the expressway to themselves where an abandoned stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike is being turned into a bike path.

Bike 2 Pike runs about 8.5 miles …

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Colorado woman cycles toward hurricane destruction

I've seen stories about people fleeing Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on bicycles; this is the first about someone cycling toward the stricken areas.

Helen Roberts is bicycling from Aspen, Colorado, to Baton Rouge to raise money for the hurricane victims and volunteer with the Red Cross. The 43-year-old cyclist embarked recently on her Cannondale pulling a Burley trailer loaded with …

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