2011 archive

Seattle Cranksgiving poster

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Olympica Cranksgiving poster

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Bellingham Cranksgiving poster

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Biking Bis gift shop

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Grants from Bikes Belong encourage safer bicycling

A group promoting crosstown bikeways in San Francisco (see video at left) and a community bicycle center in Portland are among seven recipients of Bikes Belong grants this fall.

Other urban bicycle projects on the grant list include the linking of two bike lanes in Atlanta, and bikeway extensions in Memphis and Grand Rapids. Grants also are going to research studies on the economic impact of bike use in Minneapolis and Greenville, South Carolina.

In all, the bike industry association issued $62,500 to the projects. Together they show the broad scope of bicycle programs that are active in the nation's urban areas ….

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Community Cycling Center

Portland-based bicycle center. http://www.communitycyclingcenter.org/

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Tour des Trees coming to Oregon in 2012: Ride your bike, plant a tree

A week-long bicycle tour that celebrates the common tree and raises money for tree research is rolling into Oregon next year.

It marks only the fourth time that the Tour des Trees bicycle tour has visited the Pacific Northwest. The inaugural ride rolled from Seattle to Oakland in 1992, then started in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, in 1997 and Seattle again in 2002.

Next year's Stihl Tour des Trees (Aug. 5-11, 2012) encompasses a 585-mile loop that includes Pacific Coast rain forests and the central high deserts. When they aren't bicycling, tree lovers will be planting trees or offering tree-education programs to kids.

While the warning “On your left!” is a common refrain ….

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Stihl Tour des Trees

A cyclist celebrates finish in Washington DC in 2011.

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World-traveling bicyclist overcomes disabilities

The fact that Dejan Zafirov lost one leg and injured the other in a work accident hasn't stopped him from his goal of bicycling around the world.

The Macedonian cyclist rolled into San Francisco on Friday after completing a two-month cross-country ride on his fully loaded bicycle.

He already has toured on his bicycle in South America, Europe, and Asia. His tour across the US was launched to inspire his fellow countrymen and raise money for adaptive sports equipment at home through his Citizens Association Gaia.

Dejan rides his bicycle with a prosthetic right leg to compensate …

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Dejan Zafirov

Macedonian bicyclist is traveling the world to prove that disabilities can be overcome. He rides with a prosthetic right leg.

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