October 2005 archive

Camp stove

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One day soon — bicycle from Pittsburgh to DC on bike path

The Great Allegheny Passage sounds like something blazed for grisly pioneers in deerskin, not cyclists in spandex.
But a group of folks from everyday walks of life is creating this rail-to-trail route.
They say that as early as 2006 it will carry cyclists all the way from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cumberland, Maryland, a distance of about 150 miles.
At Cumberland, cyclists can pick up the C&O Canal towpath, which is an ever-descending path along the Potomac River all the way to Washington DC …

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Author of Oregon's bicycle bill dies

Donald Stathos, the former legislator who penned Oregon's bicycle law, died Thursday at age 81.

The Republican state representative was responsible for Oregon's law that set aside 1 percent of all state highway funds to build and take care of bike and hike paths.

An obituary in The Mail Tribune reports that several other states have since passed similar laws….

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Lance's and Roberto's bikes auctioned off; charities richer

For those of you at home who are keeping score, the Lance Armstrong bike beat the Roberto Heras bike in the charity auction sweepstakes this week.

The diamond-studded Madone 5.9 SL donated by Trek to Richardson's Bike Mart in Dallas brought $75,000 at the Lance Armstrong Foundation's gala auction in New York City, reports BikeBiz.com.…

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Memorial bike ride Sunday for California cyclist

A memorial bike ride for elementary school teacher Michelle Mazzei is scheduled in Menlo Park, California, on Sunday.

Mazzei, 34, a fourth-grade teacher at Oak Knoll School, died after being struck by a car on Oct. 2. Sheriff's officials said the driver, Theodore Charles Thornbrough, 68, of Westminster, Colorado, was distracted while reading a roadsign and veered the 1998 Mercedes 560 SL …

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Michelle Mazzei

Menlo Park Elementary School teacher Michelle Mazzei, who died in collision with automobile on Oct. 2.

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C and O Canal flat bicycle tire rescue

Photo by Feuillu at Flickr

Working on a flat along C&O Canal towpath in Maryland.

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Cycling on C and O Canal

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A pair of cyclists, one loaded, one not, pedaling along C&O Canal towpath in Maryland.

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Trail for biking from Pittsburgh to Washington DC

The Allegheny Trail Alliance is a coalition of seven rails to trails organizations building the Great Allegheny Passage, a 150 mile biking and hiking trail connecting Cumberland and Pittsburgh. The connection between the Passage and the C & O Canal Towpath is expected to be finished in 2006, allowing cyclists to ride from near Pittsburgh to Washington, DC, on …

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Who said there's no math in bicycling?

Let's say I coast down a hill near my house at 20 mph and return at 10 mph. What's my average speed on the hill?

No. The answer is not 15 mph. …

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