People with serious afflications occasionally bicycle across the US to show that their conditions can be overcome. Few, if any, have biked cross-country with terminal cancer.

But that's what the 42-year-old UK resident Jane Tomlinson is doing. Diagnosed with incurable metastatic breast cancer in 2000, Tomlinson has put the pain and exhaustion behind her and reached the halfway point of her trans-America bike tour. ...   more »

"C" average college students rejoice! You too can grow up to be head of the largest bicycle company in the US and the second largest in the world with $600 million in sales.

Richard Burke, the chairman of Trek Bicycles, tells Inc. Magazine in the July issue that he didn't really excel in his studies at Marquette University, and he quit his first two jobs right out of college before he was fired. ...   more »

Since a doping allegation is no frivolous matter in the sport of cycling, Floyd Landis skipped the Jay Leno show Friday night for an interview by Larry King on CNN.

"I'm going to do my best to defend my dignity and my innocence," the Tour de France winner told King.

Lance Armstrong spoke on the show in support of Landis' character. ...   more »

The Seattle Weekly newspaper takes a look at bicycle commuting this week in an article aptly entitled "Vicious Cycle."

Reporter David Neiwert is right on target as he writes that even though Seattle has a reputation across the country for being bicycle friendly, that doesn't mean there's plenty of room for improvements. ...   more »

We may know as early as Monday the results of an analysis of Floyd Landis' "B" sample and whether the American cyclist will be able to keep his 2006 Tour de France championship.

Making his first public appearance on Friday, Landis told a press conference that he has naturally high testosterone, and that he would undergo further testing to prove the high testosterone ratio is due to natural physiology. ...   more »

Tour de France winner Floyd Landis -- who has tested positive for elevated levels of testosterone -- denied that he took the performance-enhancing drug to gain a boost during the bike race, which ended Sunday.

When asked by Sports Illustrated columnist Austin Murphy if used testosterone, Landis responded: "No, c'mon man." ...   more »

There's a certain sound that accompanies Lance Armstrong on his ride on a couple of stages of RAGBRAI. It's a roar.

As 7-time Tour de France winner Armstrong rides his bicycle in the Wednesday and Thursday stages of the RAGBRAI bike ride across Iowa, bystanders and other riders cheer. ...   more »

Say it ain't so, Floyd. Was winning the Tour de France so important that you had to resort to cheating? Let's hope not.

Even after several top cyclists were expelled prior to the Tour over doping allegations, I'm still shocked to hear that Floyd Landis tested positive for the banned substance testosterone in a sample taken after his historic Stage 17 victory. Another analysis is scheduled.

It's like talking with a friend on a bike ride and getting blindsided by a low-hanging branch at the side of the road. ...   more »

Remember all the talk last year regarding the biographical movie about Lance Armstrong? The celebrity and movie blogs are now saying Armstrong's new pal, Jake Gyllenhaal, is interested in playing the lead role in that Armstrong movie.

Gyllenhaal, who starred in Brokeback Mountain, has been cycling with Armstrong in southern California and met him to Paris to see the end of the Tour de France last weekend. ...   more »

Committed to riding the Thursday stage of RAGBRAI, Lance Armstrong showed up early on Wednesday for some pedaling between Waukee and Newton.

A 7-time Tour de France winner, cancer survivor and all-round celebrity, Armstrong's appearance is likely to cause a ruckus wherever he goes, but no more than at a bicycling event that draws nearly 10,000 cyclists. ...   more »

Tour de France winner Floyd Landis, left, is trying to curb speculation that he's changing teams; he says he'll stay with his current team, which is switching its title sponsorship to San Francisco-based iShares next season.

Meanwhile, US cyclist Levi Leipheimer signed with the Discovery Channel team. ..   more »

RAGBRAI bicycle tourists get parties and pie. Cycle Oregon cyclists get warning signs and tacks in the road.

At least those are the extremes of two separate bicycle tours that started last weekend in Iowa and Oregon.

The Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa is legendary. ...   more »

I woke up at 5 o'clock this morning, just like I have every morning for the past three weeks to happily watch the Tour de France live on OLN out here on the West Coast.

After putting on the coffee, I turned on OLN partly out of force of habit and curiosity. No Phil or Paul. Just some guy sitting there wearing a "gimme hat" talking about how to catch big-mouth bass. That was the final realization. The Tour de France is over. So, after trundling my daughter off to day camp, I jumped on the bike for ride instead of prying open the laptop. Now I'm OK. Are you OK?

After the ride, I found an article at DepressioNet that espouses physical activity, especially bicycling, as a good treatment for depression. ...   more »

Bicycle riders in Portland, Oregon, are fuming over comments made by a radio program's host who broadcast insensitive remarks about cyclists injured in traffic accidents.

The remarks, reported in Jonathan Maus' BikePortland blog, set of a firestorm of protests from cyclists who are variously seeking an apology, a retraction, or retribution. Portland cyclists who battle traffic everyday aren't taking this lying down. ...   more »

"I'm glad we didn't have to make that choice. Church is very important to us. We felt in our hearts he was going to win. He is not one to take second place." ...   more »