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World cyclist biking through New Zealand

From the looks of Daniel Lang's Project VELAIA website, this is an ideal season to be bicycle touring in New Zealand. Not too hot. Not too cold.

Lang is a 22-year-old, self-described “velosopher, environmentalist, and often minimalistic outdoor adventurer” who is nearly 16,000 miles into an around the world bike tour.

His website is worth a look for the wonderful pictures, like the one above, as well as the stories the German traveler is spinning from the road…

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Daniel Lang pausing on New Zealand pass

More picture of Daniel Lang's journey at Velaia at flickr.com

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Live video from Redlands Bicycle Classic

The Redlands Bicycle Classic, which runs today through Sunday in southern California, is featuring live video from the start house for the 5K men's and women's time trial.

Among those racing are Tom Danielson (above, Slipstream), Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing), Rory Sutherland (Health Net) and Chris Baldwin (Toyota). Among the women, High Road, Webcor, Value Act Capital, Aaron's and Cheerwine are supplying strong teams.

The four-day event isn't just for watching pro cyclists. If you're in the area and would rather ride than watch, you can jump onto the Redlands Bicycle Classic Rotary Ride. It offers 6- to 60-mile bike tour options throughout the countryside. Also, public races for ages 3 and up are offered on Saturday morning. …

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Tom Danielson

Team Slipstream

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Tour of America bike race, maybe next year

As many predicted, the 2008 Tour of America tentatively scheduled for this fall has been cancelled. Organizers of the prospective cross-country bicycle stage race are now looking ahead to the fall of 2009.

Frank Arokiasamy, a management consultant, had unveiled plans for the bike race at last year's Interbike Expo in Las Vegas. The bike racing press immediately considered it an extreme long shot.

Meanwhile, the 2008 Tour of Virginia has been cancelled and the Tour de 'toona has been knocked back to just one day …

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Tour of America 2009 route

Proposed route for 2009 Tour of America. Postponed from 2008.

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Text this: “Bicyclist ahead, get off the cell phone”

A University of North Carolina – Greensboro professor and bicycle advocate faces at least six weeks off the bike after he was struck by a text-messaging motorist.

Mark Schulz is lucky. He could be dead. The motorist struck him at about 35 mph, knocking him to the ground. He suffered a concussion, shattered kneecap, crushed vertebrae, broken ribs and a broken sternum.

Police said Schulz was doing everything right when he was hit at 10 p.m. on March 26; he wore a reflective vest, helmet, and front and rear lights. That doesn't help if the driver isn't looking …

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No joke; more than 1 million hits on Biking Bis

Yes, that post on Tuesday about GM buying Specialized was an April fool's joke. One of a number that were posted across the web and blogosphere yesterday.

This is no joke: I checked my stat counter and discovered that Biking Bis has scored more than 1 million hits since I started keeping stats in March 2005. Exactly 1,019,684 as of right now…

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Spinning along with bike rocker Attila Horvath

Attila Horvath gets his inspiration while pedaling down the road. But unlike the moments of creativity that some of us mistakenly believe we achieve on the bicycle, Horvath's are worth hearing.

Horvath is a bike rocker, maybe the only one around. Here's a link to two bicycling songs — “Ride On” and “Flyin Free” — on his Attila Horvath MySpace page.

The musician who makes his home in Athens, Ohio, wrote an article about his work in the March issue of Adventure Cyclist, the monthly magazine of Adventure Cycling Association …

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Attila Horvath

The bike rocker. See his MySpace page and Bike Rock website.

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