Could amateur cyclist AJ Smith be the next Lance Armstrong?
'>Could amateur cyclist AJ Smith be the next Lance Armstrong?
Who knows, but the bicycle racer from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, did win the “Race to Replace” contest Saturday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway sponsored by the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team. …
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Amateur cyclists compete at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Aug. 12 in the Race to Replace..
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“And the more you get out there and talk about it, I have to talk about it. The best is just to let the process play out and get out of the media. … I would have encouraged him just to lay low. …
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Bill Cook's cross-country bicycle adventure ended in Washington, D.C., this week.
The 70-year-old retired journalist's 3,248-mile recumbent bike tour ended 49 days after it started in Seattle, where he left with a supported tour organized by the Adventure Cycling Association. …
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A Tacoma, Washington, couple's ride of a lifetime ended on a rural road in north-central Wisconsin earlier this week when Bob Burton, 55, was struck by a car as he rode his touring bike.
His wife, Anita, who had ridden ahead a little while before the collision, said:
“It was an instant thing. We had a beautiful road. Two feet (of shoulder) and then the white line. The person who hit him did not see him.” …
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Bob Burton of Tacoma died Aug. 8 in Wisconsin while on a cross-county bicycle tour .
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Bob Burton, a cyclist from Tacoma, Washington, died in Wisconsin on Aug. 8 when he was struck by an automobile
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City officials in Toronto are investigating whether their distinctive post-and-ring bicycle stands have a flaw that enables thieves to steal bike locked to them.
The city has installed some 16,000 of the bike stands since 1985, making them a common landmark of the Toronto streetscape.
But bike thieves may have found a way to break the ring and remove the bike, lock intact.
Toronto's transportation services division issued a press release on Friday seeking information from cyclists who believe their bikes might have been ripped off because of defective post-and-ring. …
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The City of Toronto's Transportation ServicesDivision is investigating its post-and-ring bicycle stands after recentreports that bike thefts may have involved rings being broken.
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If you happen to be in Indianapolis with your bicycle on Saturday, you might want to head down to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to ride with Lance Armstrong in the “Race to Replace.”
“Race to Replace” was initially coined as the slogan to find a Discovery Channel teammate able to lead the team at the 2006 Tour de France after Lance Armstrong's retirement from the sport.
This “Race to Replace” being ridden at the home of the Indy 500 is the public relations and cancer fund-raising event …
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