2006 archive

Recall: Syntace USA's bicycle handlebar stem

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission and Syntace USA have announced the voluntary recall of 2,300 F99 (Force 99) bicycle handlebar stems.
The CPSC reports the bicycle stems in question can crack or break under normal conditions. No incidents …

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Syntace bicycle handlebar stem recalled

Consumer Product Safety Commission and Syntace USA recall bicycle handlebar stem; F99 or Force 99 model.

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Armstrong favors Ullrich in Tour de France

Here's a recent picture of Jan Ullrich, who seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong says is the cyclist to beat this year.

“I saw the pictures of him at his (T-mobile) team presentation a couple of days ago and he looks in great shape.”

I'm not saying that Armstrong doesn't know what he's talking about, but he must be seeing different pictures than I am. …

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Jan Ullrich

Jan Ullrich at team presentation at Mallorca. T-Mobile website.

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Jan Ullrich 2006

Photo from Ullrich interview at T-Mobile website.

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To flip or not to flip, that is the question

I was returning from a bike ride on Christmas Eve when I paused, then started to make a left turn at a four-way stop in my neighborhood.
A brown Ford Explorer pulls out in the intersection toward me. I sit up in the saddle, yell, “Hey,” and point at myself then him — sign language for  “First me, then you.”
He blows his horn, I look back (by this time I'm out of the intersection) and flip the bird at him and his laughing buddy. Then …

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Bus passenger assaults cyclist in Portland on film

A Portland bike activist is suing the city's public transit agency in an assault case that was caught on film by the bus's cameras.

The BikePortland.org website is covering the case in which bike advocate and city employee Randy Albright claims a TriMet bus nearly struck him as it passed.

Angered, Albright caught up with the bus, pulled up in …

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Bus passenger hits bike rider in Portland

Photo from BikePortland.org website

A Portland cyclist has sued the Portland bus tranist agency, TRIMET, after a passenger got off the bus, struck him, then got back on.

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Tour of California bike race maps released

At long last, the Amgen Tour of California released the detailed route maps of its inaugural bike race on Tuesday.

Now cyclists can check out the 600-some miles of cycling routes on their bikes, and spectators can figure out the best vantage points for the eight-day race from Feb. 19-26.

The tour organizers also released a list of the 16 teams that are …

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Near fatal cycling accident for UT's Vince Young as a child

University of Texas quarterback Vince Young showed how to bob and weave to avoid some big tackles in the Rose Bowl this year.

Maybe he learned the importance of keeping an eye on traffic when, at age 6, he slammed his bicycle into the side of a van in an accident that almost ended his life.

News8Austin reports that Young spent …

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