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Spare spokes mounted on Novara at Seattle bike expo

REI has added some interesting details to its Novara Randonee. For instance, it comes with a rear rack, as well as two mounted spare spokes.

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Ready for randoneurring at 2007 Seattle Bike Show

Here's a Davidson Handbuilt Bicycle all tricked out for randoneurring at the 2007 Seattle International Bicycle Expo. The Seattle-based bike builder has more than 30 years in business.

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Co-Motion Americano at 2007 Seattle bike expo

One of the touring bikes getting a lot of attention at the 2007 Seattle International Bike Expo was this Co-Motion Americano, painted in tomato red. Based in Eugene, Oregon, Co-Motion primarily makes road, touring and racing bikes, as well as tandems. Many models come in a “co-pilot” style, that features frame couplings for shipping or …

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Joe Kurmaskie getting laughs at 2007 Seattle bike show

Author and humorist Joe Kurmaskie — known popularly as the Metal Cowboy — entertained cycling fans at the 2007 Seattle International Bike Expo. He talked about his latest adventure, taking his two young sons on a cross-country bicycle trip. The boys rode on a trailer-bike and a trailer, completing a 14-foot rig that Kurmaskie piloted. …

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Big crowd for Frankie Andreu at 2007 Seattle bike show

All the seats were filled and cycling fans lined the aisles for Frankie Andreu at the 2007 Seattle International Bicycle Expo. He said he was still on the fence regarding the Floyd Landis case.

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Speaker Frankie Andreu listens at 2007 Seattle bike expo

Versus cycling commentator and former pro Frankie Andreu talks to fans after speaking at the Seattle International Bicycle Expo. He gave a behind-the-scenes look at Tour de France. Andreu, a 20-year pro, rode inthe Tour nine times.

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Frankie Andreu says he's unsure about Landis case at Seattle bike expo

The place to learn some inside scoop about the Tour de France on Saturday was inside the noisy former seaplane hangar that hosted the 2007 Group Health Seattle International Bicycle Expo.

Cycling commentator and former pro Frankie Andreu (left) — himself a veteran on nine Tour pelotons — said the 2006 Tour de France was one of the “most amazing” he'd ever seen, because he never knew what was going to happen next.

That uncertainty continues to this day, as Andreu says he can't guess what the future holds for Tour winner Floyd Landis, who prepares to answer doping charges at an administrative hearing in May.

Andreu noted that Landis and his defense team have pointed to “a lot of inaccuracies” at the French lab that analyzed the urine samples that led to the doping accusations. But, “we've only heard from one side,” he said. He wants to wait to hear from the other side — the anti-doping agency and its witnesses — before he decides about the case. …

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Audience for Andreu at Bike Expo

SRO to hear Frankie Andreu speak at 2007 Seattle International Bicycle Expo.

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Frankie Andreu at Seattle Bike Expo

Former pro cyclist Frankie Andreu talks to fans at the 2007 Seattle International Bicycle Expo on March 10.

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Underground Railroad bike route is complete

The 2,058-mile Underground Railroad Bicycle Route is finished and ready for action.

Actually, the route has been there since before the Civil War, when escaped slaves from the Deep South followed the Tombigbee to the Ohio River and beyond to freedom in Canada.

It's just now that the Adventure Cycling Association has completed more than three years of research and planning to chart that route along bike friendly, low-traffic roads from Mobile, Alabama, to Owen Sound, Ontario.

The recent completion of the last three sections of the five-section route has caused a minor buzz in the press, and at least one community along the route is preparing to welcome touring bicyclists with open arms (i.e. free camping in parks)….

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