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. …
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Jane Tomlinson, a 42-year-old UK resident, is bicycling across the US. She's been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Photo from husband's blog on BBC.
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“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. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/30/trek-ownerfounder-richard-burke-tells-all/
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. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/29/floyd-landis-defends-himself-on-larry-king-show/
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. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/29/the-good-and-bad-of-seattle-bicycle-commuting/
Seattle installed 11 of these “bicycle circle” bike racks on old parking meters in the Capitol Hill neighborhood in 2005.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/28/parking-meter-in-bike-rack/
Danish journalist and photographer Joergen Leth narrates a photo essay on the Tour de France at Magnum Photos.
We're talking 35 mostly black and white images taken over the years of the Tour and its environs. Add a little accordian music for a pleasureable experience. Magnum Photos, a cooperative owned my its photographer members, has …
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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. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/28/landis-says-his-high-testosterone-is-natural-more-results-due-monday/
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.” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/28/floyd-landis-rejects-doping-claims/
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. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/27/a-roar-follows-lance-armstrong-across-iowa/
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