There's a split log “park bench” at the top of Dreaded Hill in the Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park in Orange County, California.
It marks the approximate location where Mark Reynolds was attacked by a mountain lion as he fixed the chain on his mountain bike and was killed in 2004. …
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Cyclists who feel a bottomless need to protest big oil and the use of non-renewable energy take to the streets twice a year — depending on their hemisphere — in the World Naked Bike Ride.
March 12 was the southern hemisphere's turn; protesting cyclists in the northern hemisphere take to the streets on June 10.
Explains the World Naked Bike Ride website:
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Poster for Seattle's 2005 version of the World Naked Bike Ride.
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Joe Kurmaskie, the Metal Cowboy, will be in Seattle on Tuesday to talk about his latest cross-country cycling adventure with his two sons.
The author took to the road with his sons, ages 5 and 7, on a 14-foot-long rig that crossed 17 states from Portland to Washington DC last summer.
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A cyclist checks out a split log bench built by friends of Mark Reynolds, a southern California mountain biker who was killed two years ago in a mountain lion attack.
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“Thanks to cyclists being cautious and conscientious, the accident rate was lower than expected. Even with the rain we had 121 incidents. The average is between 120 and 160. …
“These injuries, from falling, are par for the course and nothing unexpected.” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/13/bicycle-quote-1-dead-and-8-serious-injuries-in-bike-tour/
Many bicycle tourists will recognize that Mark Maund has solved a nagging problem — how to fund a bike tour.
Maund is cycling the 15,000-mile perimeter of the US. He started July 8, 2005, in Keyport, New Jersey, and is now in Florida. He's in no hurry. He expects it will take him a couple of years.
How does he pay for his adventure? …
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Cycling the perimeter of the US. .See website at 2005-2007 North America Cycling Expedition.
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As it turns out, the nine second lead US cyclist Floyd Landis gained on Wednesday was enough to lead all the way to the finish in Nice, four stages later.
The Pennsylvania native has become the second American ever to win The Race to the Sun; the first was Bobby Julich who accomplished the feat in 2005 on Team CSC. …
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US cyclist Floyd Landis held onto his slim 9 second overall lead in the Paris-Nice bike race on Saturday.
If he and his teammmates on the Swiss Phonak team can hang on for one more day, he'll become the second American to win The Race to the Sun.
The bike race was first run in 1933 and became a permanent cycling feature in 1951. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/11/floyd-landis-needs-1-more-stage-for-paris-nice-bike-race-win/
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