October 2005 archive

Critical mass ride in Austin

Flickr photo by faster panda kill kill

Taking a break at 2 a.m. in September 2005.

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Cyclists sentenced in 2001 Giro doping

Five bicycle racers, including Dario Frigo, and a trainer received suspended sentences on Monday stemming from a raid by Italian police who found drugs and syringes in their hotel rooms during the 2001 Giro d'Italia.
The most well-known among the five, Frigo, also was forced to drop out of the 2005 Tour de France, reports the TdF 2005 blog, after police …

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Bicycle quote: Front handlebar basket

“I was only allowed to have a bicycle with a basket on the front. I mean, please … No wonder I'm gay.”

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Old-Fashioned bicycle basket

Available online at Basketville.

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Oregon's one-man bike-frame business has worldwide clientele

Those of you who have seen or heard of DeSalvo bicycle frames might be surprised to learn that it is literally a one-man operation. That man is Mike DeSalvo.

The Ashland (Oregon) Daily Tidings published an article on its hometown frame-builder recently, reporting that DeSalvo sells 110 to 130 bike frames a year from the shop in back of his home. …

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Sideways Bike captures attention at UK show

Michael Killian introduced his Sideways Bike invention to the world this weekend.

Will biking ever be the same? Probably so.

The engineer from Dublin, Ireland, displayed the bicycle with independently steerable front and rear wheels at the annual British Invention Show in the UK. An enterprising reporter from Reuters mentioned it in his invention show story, along with a Viagra-like …

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Michael Killian aboard Terrible Two

Another one of Killian's “sideways” bikes. More at his website.

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Michael Killian aboard Sideways bike

More Michael Killian bicycles at his website.

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Cycling the Ride for the Roses with Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong and 6,500 close and personal friends will ride their bikes anywhere from 7 to 100 miles Sunday morning on the roads east of Austin.

It's time for the 9th annual Ride for the Roses, a major fund-raiser for the Lance Armstrong Foundation.

Cyclists have raised $7.3 million for this year's ride, compared to $5.6 million in 2004, reports the …

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Too tired to cook after cycling all day

It's not uncommon to overpack when starting out on a cross-country bicycle tour.

You soon learn that the comfort of an extra sweater, long pants or other clothing isn't worth the struggle of lugging it over hill after hill.

So when Mary Tiller and Amanda Barnett set out on their cross-country trip from Anacortes, Washington, to Bar Harbor, Maine, they …

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