2006 archive

Hills in Giro d'Italia Stage 7

Maps at official Giro d'Italia website.

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Robbie McEwen pulls hat trick at Giro d'Italia bike race

Australian sprint specialist Robbie McEwen won his third stage of the Giro d'Italia bike race Friday, the 11th of his career.

The Davitamon-Lotto cyclist sat on Tomas Vaitkus's wheel as the peloton raced to the finish in Forli, then drove past him in the last 100 yards to take the win. Olaf Pollack (T-Mobile) finished second, and took the overall lead from teammate Serguei Honchar. …

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A TransAmerica bicycle tour in 1984

I always get a little distracted this time of the spring. It seems that no matter what I'm doing, a part of my brain is spinning around to remember what I was doing at this time in 1984.

That's the year my friend Bruce and I took leaves of absence from our jobs and began a cross-country bicycle trek on May 13. …

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More Bike Touring at TransAmerica Bike Tour 1984 …

You can read the journals my friend and I wrote on our 1984 cross-country bicycle tour. See the index at TransAmerican Bicycle Tour.

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Cross-country bike ride on a recumbent

A 58-year-old Virginia farmer has finished his cross-country bike tour from San Diego to St. Augustine from the seat of a recumbent bicycle.

Why a recumbent? Chris Parish, left, says it eased the strain on his neck and arms, which suffer from arthritis. Also, it's the bike he got in a trade for a bale of hay. Why did he do it? “A lot of people ask me that, and I have no good answer.” …

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Chris Parish, cross-country cyclist

Fifty-eight year old Virginia farmer rides cross country on his recumbent

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Team time trial shakes up Giro d'Italia bike race standings

The top 10 racers in the Giro d'Italia bike race are mostly cyclists from Team CSC, T-Mobile, and Discovery after those three teams finished 1, 2, 3 in Thursday's team time trial.

The biggest benefactor of Team CSC's 1-second win over T-Mobile and 39-second margin over Discovery was Ivan Basso, who moved up to fifth place, 11 seconds behind current race leader Serguei Gonchar of T-Mobile. Gerolsteiner's Stefan Schumacher, bike race leader for the past two days, dropped to 8th place, 31 seconds back. …

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Bicycle child carriers recall

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled 14,000 Schwinn Deluxe Bicycle Child Carriers.

If you own one of these carriers, you should stop using it immediately. The CPSC says if the unit is not fully seated on the rack, the plastic guide tabs on the carrier can break, causing the seat to fall off the bike. …

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Recall: Schwinn Deluxe Bicycle Child Carriers

Schwinn Deluxe Bicycle Child Carriers recalled by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.

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Heinz Stucke gets his ride back; he can continue bike tour

World cyclist Heinz Stucke is back in the saddle again after his bicycle was stolen earlier in the week. An unidentified person found his stolen bicycle in a park in Portsmouth, England, and notified police.

The 66-year-old German has been travelling around the world since 1962 — 44 years. The only thing more amazing than that feat is that he's done it all on the same bicycle. …

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