2009 archive

Pedals for Progress logo

New Jersey-based charity collects and ships used bicycles to developing nations. Pedals for Progress also sets up bike repair shops in those nations using local residents.

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SRAM recalls 24,000 bike chains

Chicago-based SRAM is recalling 24,000 10-speed bicycle chains with PowerLock connector links because the connector links are brittle and can crack, causing a fall hazard.

SRAM and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission recommend cyclists not ride bikes with these chains until the PowerLock connector links can be checked out at a local bike shop. SRAM is providing free replacements.

The SRAM chains were sold at specialty bicycle retailers nationwide from January through August this year. The PowerLock links were sold for $5 separately, or as part of 10-speed chains for between $35 to $85.

The chains also were installed on some Guru, Surly, Salsa, BMC, Serotta, Seven, and Ridley brand bikes…..

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Bike chain recall

Diagram of the SRAM 10-speed chains with PowerLock connector links. More information at US Consumer Product Safety Commission.

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Cavendish is 2 for 2 at Tour of Missouri; Vande Velde abandons bike race

Great Britain's Mark Cavendish keeps doing what he does best, winning bike races.

Team Columbia's sprinting sensation won Stage 2 of the 2009 Tour of Missouri in Cape Girardeau on Tuesday after a 112-mile bike race from Ste. Genevieve.

On a down note, defending champion Christian Vande Velde decided to abandon the Tour just as the stage was starting. The Illinois native and team leader for Garmin Slipstream had planned to finish the Tour despite breaking a bone in his right hand in that crash near the finish of Stage 1.

The pain of braking and shifting must have been too much …

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Teen finishes second cross-country bike tour; raises money for diabetes research

Rebecca O'Donnell completed her second cross-country bike trip this past weekend, logging 4,400 miles from San Francisco to Southwest Harbor, Maine, with her parents and brother.

She did her first Trans-America bike tour as a 3-year-old sitting in a trailer pulled by her mom or dad.

This time she did it as a 16-year-old with Type I diabetes, a serious condition that requires constant monitoring and regular injections through a catheter attached to an insulin pump.

I'm frequently amazed by the apparent difficulties that some people can overcome to enjoy bicycle travel. In this case, Rebecca had the support of her parents, Deb and Mike, and younger brother, James. At age 12, the cross-country bike tour was no small feat for her brother, either.

The bike tour, dubbed “Rebecca's Ride,” raised nearly $9,000 for diabetes research …..

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O'Donnell family on the road

The O'Donnell family riding their bicycles on a cross-country bike tour. The ride was a fund-raiser for Type 1 diabetes, as 16-year-old daughter Rebecca, right, has the disease. More at Rebecca's Ride.

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Tour of Missouri Tour Tracker

Mark Cavendish interviewed on Tour of Missouri Tour Tracker.

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Cavendish wins 1st Stage of 2009 Tour of Missouri bike race;
Defending champ Vande Velde crashes

Mark Cavendish, the fastest man on two-wheels in a short sprint, won the opening stage of the Tour of Missouri on Monday in St. Louis.

The victory in a crowded field marked the 21st individual win of the year for the 24-year-old sprinter for Team Columbia.

Thor Hushovd's Cervelo Test Team made a bid for the stage win after it appeared that Columbia's control of the peloton fell apart in the last mile or so.

Interviewed online immediately after the bike race on TourTracker, however, Cavendish said the lead-out and final meters of the race proceded just as planned …

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Valverde takes lead from Evans at Vuelta a Espana

A Spaniard finally is wearing the golden leader's jersey at the Vuelta a Espana after Alejandro Valverde made up a few seconds on former overall leader Cadel Evans on Stage 9 on Monday.

Valverde is one of the favorites to win the three-week bike race; the Caisse d'Epargne finished 2nd overall in the Vuelta in 2006.

US cyclist Tom Danielson was the 10th rider …

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Full roster for 2009 Tour of Missouri

Here's the roster for the 2009 Tour of Missouri, running Sept. 7 through 13.

It features defending champion Christian Vande Velde, as well as David Zabriskie, for Garmin Slipstream; George Hincapie, Mick Rogers and Mark Cavendish for Team Columbia; Floyd Landis for Team OUCH; Thor Hushovd for Cervelo; among a host of other luminaries.

Garmin-Slipstream

1 VANDE VELDE Christian USA

2 ZABRISKIE David USA

3 COZZA Steven USA

4 DONALD JasonUSA

5 DUGGAN Timothy USA

6 FRIEDMAN Michael USA

7 FRISCHKORN William USA

8 PATE Danny USA

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