2010 archive

Two cyclists

Two bike riders head across the Centennial Trail Bridge in Spokane at the Gonzaga Campus.

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Taylor Phinney wins Stage 4 at Tour of the Gila

Taylor Phinney won the Stage 4 criterium at Tour of the Gila on Saturday. A member of the Trek-Livestrong development team, it's the second win in a row for the under-23 development team.

Phinney's teammate Jesse Sergent won Friday's individual time trial.

After Saturday's 43-mile criterium, Levi Leipheimer had the overall lead by 59 seconds. Tom Danielson was second …

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Jesse Sergent

Member of Trek-Livestrong under 23 development team wins individual time trial at Tour of the Gila.

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Sierra Cascade Bicycle Route maps now available

The wait is over for anyone wanting a set of bicycle maps to explore the length of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Range.

The cartographers at Adventure Cycling Association finished dotting the cities and crossing the intersections on the 2,389-mile Sierra Cascade Bicycle Route and the results are back from the printers.

The bike route from Sumas, Washington, to Tecate, California, is available on a set of five maps that went on sale Friday at the Adventure Cycling website.

More than 200 bicycle enthusiasts showed up for a sneak peek at a couple of the maps earlier this month when the route was unveiled in Seattle.

It was joy to see the maps, not only because of their wonderful presentation but also for the potential of adventure they contain. They're printed on durable stock and also contain information about where to find food, lodging and bike shops …

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Former NYPD cop guilty of lying about shoving cyclist

Faces up to 4 years behind bars

A former New York City policeman was unable to convince a jury that he was knocked down by a bicyclist at a Critical Mass bike ride two years ago.

Perhaps it was what jurors saw in this YouTube video that shows Patrick Pogan taking out cyclist Christopher Long. It has been watched more than 2.3 million times.

Pogan was convicted of filing a criminal complaint that contained false statements — essentially that the cyclist knocked him down by steering his bicycle into him. Clearly, it was the other way around …

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Cinco Armstrong — Lance's fifth child is on the way

If you're Lance Armstrong with nearly 2.5 million followers in the Twittersphere, this is how you issue a pending birth announcement:

“Getting ?'s today about someone I'm following, a certain @CincoArmstrong. What to say? Yet another blessing in our lives. I cannot wait!”

Suzanne Halliburton at the Austin-American Statesman quickly deciphered the message and got a confirmation from the hometown cycling hero Thursday night.

It will be Armstrong's fifth child …

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Yellowstone Trail road map

Coast-to-coast automobile route from the ealry 1900s.

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Following the red brick road; the Yellowstone Trail

RedBrickRoadAs I paused at this quiet spot to shoot this red brick road near Redmond the other day, I had a hard time believing that this was a section of the transcontinental Yellowstone Trail highway back in the early 1900s.

At one-time it buzzed with automobiles heading back and forth across the Northern Tier states. People traveled it for business and pleasure.

Today it's a 1-mile-long connector between the busy Redmond-Fall City Road (Route 202) and Union Hill Road on the outskirts of Redmond. A historical marker notes that it's the longest remaining brick road in King County.

Now renamed 196th Avenue NE, the present alignment of Mattson Road ….

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Leipheimer continues to dominate Tour of the Gila

New team kit for Team Mellow Johnny's for Tour of Gila on TwitpicLevi Leipheimer won the leader's red jersey in the Tour of the Gila after the first stage in 2009; he's still wearing it in the New Mexico bike race after Stage 1 in 2010.

Riding once again for Mellow Johnny's (a proxy team for the RadioShack pro cycling team), Leipheimer took the Stage 1 mountaintop finish on Wednesday ahead of No. 2 finisher Tom Danielson, a member of the DZNuts team (a proxy for Garmin-Transitions pro cycling team) …..

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Bicyclists aren't ready to rumble when they ride

An attempt to make travel safer for everyone by installing rumble strips seems to be making some roadways more hazardous for bicycle riders.

Big surprise, right? Nobody thought of those darn bicyclists.

Well, the Adventure Cycling Association, the League of American Bicyclists and the Alliance for Biking and Walking are calling attention to this growing problem before it gets worse for those of us riding the highways and back roads.

At issue are the recessed rumble strips that are being ground into roads and highways across the country. The rumble strips grab the attention of motorists who might be otherwise distracted …

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