February 2008 archive

Team High Road jersey

George Hincapie's pro cycling team, Team High Road.

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Jersey for Team Astana

Team Astana, the pro cycling team headed by Johan Bruyneel and featuring Alberto Contador, Levi Leipheimer and Chris Horner.

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Folsom bridge

Bike bridge over  the American River at Folsom, California.

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January tale of the tape

Bicycling is almost always fun for me, but I get tired of rolling over the same old routes. It's fun to visit someplace new where every bike ride is a new adventure.

I spent much of the past week in Sacramento for some high school functions with my son, and I made the best of my free time with some decent bike rides.

I googled “bike rental Sacramento” before I left, so I already had a map of area bike rental shops when I got there. Although the weather was supposed to be “Seattle-like,” my days for rides were sunny. Lucky me …

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Cyclists on curvy section of bike trail on American River

Bicycle riders speed along a curvy section of the Jedediah Smith Memorial Trail in the American River Parkway in Sacramento in late January.

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Quote: Bob Roll on bike riding in the US

“A lot of Americans will see a cyclist and just believe you’re the Antichrist for no reason, and they will try to run you over or try to come so close to you that it will scare you away from riding bikes. That’s a huge problem that’s unique to this country. That would never happen anywhere else in the world. Not China, not the most brutal dictatorial regime on Earth. It would never happen to you in Italy or Denmark or Switzerland or England or France or Spain or Russia or Vietnam or India or Afghanistan. … This country has a long way to go in terms of tolerance for cyclists. The vitriol of motorists never ceases to amaze me.” …

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Chico bike ride to support injured cyclists

The Chico Velo bicycle club is launching a very worthwhile fund-raiser bike ride later this month to support local bicyclists who have suffered injuries while bicycling.

The first beneficiary is Ed McLaughlin, a longtime bicycle advocate and cycling coordinator for the Northern California club. He did a header over his handlebars when he hit a bike-path pole on a group ride in December and damaged his spinal cord. He's only regained the use of an arm.

The bike ride features two options of six and 20 miles, either through Bidwell Park or among the blossoming almond orchards on rural roads …

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Poster for Tour de Ed fund-raiser bike ride

Tour de Ed raises money for the Chico Cyclists Care Fund, to held Butte County bicyclists who are injured while bicycling. See Chico Velo.

 

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2008 Tour of Missouri route

Host cities for the 2008 Tour of Missouri. More at “Tour of Missouri announces host cities; adds another stage”

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