2006 archive

Clair Duckham

Bicyclist Clair Duckham at his 97th birthday party with the Dayton Cycling Club, which he helped start in 1961.

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Trans Canada bike tour cyclists

Leah Scafe and Bryn Runkle, two UBC students biking from Vancouver, BC, to Newfoundland.

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May is National Bike to Work month

See a lot more folks on their bicycles today? Yes, it's spring, and it might be a beautiful day where you live. It could also be people bicycling to work for National Bike to Work month.

With gasoline prices hovering at $3 a gallon, I can't think of a better time to suit up for a ride. …

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Bike month 2006

Information about National Bike Month

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Cycling Chicago's windy waterfront

Would you consider Chicago's breezy waterfront a good place to bicycle?

Maybe not. But a bike ride along the path adjacent to Lake Michigan takes cyclists past many of the city's popular tourist sites. …

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Do you often forget anniversaries?

You won't want to forget this one. Thirty years ago marked the first of the TransAmerican bicycle tours that coincided with the celebrations surrounding the Bicentennial year.

This summer the Adventure Cycling Association is throwing birthday bashes in several cities to celebrate the year that 4,100 cyclists took to the road to prove that two wheels are better than four. …

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Cadel Evans wins Tour de Romandie bike race

Here's a big surprise from the Tour de Romandie that concluded Sunday in Switzerland.

With everyone, including me, saying the final 12.7-mile individual time trial would be a duel between leader Alberto Contrador and 2nd place Alejandro Valverde, it's Australian Cadel Evans who smokes both of them.

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Network name change: OLN vs. Versus

When you plop down to watch the Tour de Georgia on Cyclysm today (4-6 p.m. ET) at the Outdoor Life Network, be informed that Comcast-owned network OLN is changing its name to Versus this fall.

Interesting that a network that originated with field and stream shows would take a word from ancient Latin as its new moniker. …

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Cyclysm Sundays

Cyclsyn Sundays on Versus (aka Outdoor Life Network)

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Sunday showdown in Tour de Romandie bike race

Look for a mano a mano battle between two Spaniards for the title at the final stage of the Tour de Romandie bike race on Sunday.

Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) leads Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) by just 6 seconds going into the day's 12.6-mile individual time trial in Lausanne. …

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