American cyclist Tyler Hamilton confirms that he's signed with a cycling team for 2007, but won't say who it is.
The newly minted Euro cycling team Tinkoff Credit Systems earlier had made overtures to Hamilton. CyclingNews makes the possible connection, but Eurosport flat out reports it as a done deal. …
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(Updated) The latest news of the weird concerning the doping case against American cyclist Floyd Landis is that someone has hacked into the French lab's servers and is sending bogus e-mails.
French police are investigating the virtual break-in after fake e-mails from the Chatenay-Malabry lab near Paris were sent to other anti-doping groups, such as WADA, the IOC, UCI, etc. The e-mails questioned the lab's responsibility in the Landis doping case and attached internal documents.
Although this is probably an outside job, it gives credence to the speculation that the lab isn't run as tightly as it should be. …
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Some roads “were more like huge stretches of human-sized potholes or a collection of head-sized rocks. Sometimes I thought local transport officials built these “roads” just to play a cruel joke and fool people into believing there was actually a legitimate way to get from one place to another.”
— Patrick Cook-Deegan telling about his 2,800-miles bicycle tour across Southeast Asia this summer to raise funds for a school in Laos. …
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Patrick Cook-Deegan cycled here. See Cycle for Schools.
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Towns in Florida and Arkansas are looking forward to seeing tourism dollars rolling into their communities on bicycles.
The small town of Lake Helen, located southwest of Daytona Beach, hopes to become the state's biking mecca through the newly opened Florida Discovery Bicycle Center.
The center is the first in the state to combine adult bicycle touring and safety training. It's a joint effort by the Florida Bicycle Association, the town of Lake Helen, and the River of Lakes Heritage Corridor …
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The Florida Discovery Bicycling Center
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Wanted: Warehouse and repair space for bicycle giveaway programs.
It seems that once a person or a group decides to repair and give away used bicycles, the biggest challenge is to find some free or low-cost real estate to house the operations.
Bikes for the World, a Washington, D.C. group that collects unwanted bicycles and ships them to developing countries, is seeking about 2,000 square feet of warehouse space.
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Members of the House and Senate bike caucuses fared very well in this week's mid-term elections, and members are slated for top committee appointments.
The changes could bode well for bicycling-related legislation, such as the Bicycle Commuter Act. The act would enable employers to qualify for a tax deduction by paying employees to bicycle to work.
The League of American Bicyclists reports that of the 157 House bike caucus members, 138 were reelected …
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If you want to mingle with the elite pro cyclists, you might get a chance if you volunteer for the 2007 Amgen Tour of California, which runs Feb. 18 – 25.
The Union Cycliste Internationale-sanctioned bike race covers some 700 miles of California highway and visits 12 host cities during its run. Volunteers are needed along the course and at the arriving and departing cities.
Among the positions sought are …
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While it might seem funny that there are adults who don't know how to ride a bike, apparently there are people who are afraid to ride because of some childhood trauma. They're afraid, but they still want to try it.
The Bicycle Riding School in Somerville, Massachusetts, is the only place I've heard of that teaches adults how to get over their fear of falling off their bikes. Nearly 2,000 people have learned to ride bikes there in the past 20 years.
There are many bicycling clinics that teach adults how to safely ride in traffic or improve their skills in road racing or mountain biking. What the Bicycle Riding School does is teach adults how to get over their phobia. …
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