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Get your cycling kicks on Route 66

Cyclists who want to taste a small slice of Americana at 12 to 14 mph might be happy to know that the League of Illinois Bicyclists and the state have published a map of Illinois' Route 66 Trail.

Roger Kramer's Favorite Cycling Tours brings us the news that the maps with north to south (Chicago to St. Louis) cue sheets are available online.

For safety reasons, much of the 380-mile route doesn't actually use Old Route 66. You can't get many kicks if you're worried about getting run down on a busy highway. …

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Route 66 in Illinois

A photo from The Mother Road: Historic Route 66 website. Shows a two-lane still in use between Springfield and St. Louis.

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Three for the road — family to bicycle cross-country on a triplet

A Florida family is taking to the road this spring to bicycle from their  home to Washington state to prove “you can do anything.”

Ron and Kate Nunes, with their 6-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, right, are pursuing the cross-country bicycle tour to raise awareness and funds for a group that offers support for orphanages in China. …

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The Nunes bicycling on triplet

Elizabeth Nunes, 6, looks back at the camera from the rear seat of a triplet powered by parents Ron and Kate Nunes. More about their ride at their journal at Crazy Guy on a Bike.

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Six top cycling teams in Tour of Georgia bike race

Next month's Ford Tour of Georgia bicycle race will feature six ProTour cycling teams in what organizers are touting as the only 2. Hors Classe race in North America.

Signed to compete are Team CSC (Denmark), Phonak (Switzerland), Davitamon-Lotto (Belgium), Prodir-Saunier Duval (Spain), Discovery Channel (USA), and Quick.Step (Belgium).

Although team rosters are not due until April, TdG organizers say they have commitments from 2005 winner Tom Danielson (Discovery), and 2006 Tour of California and Paris-Nice winner Floyd Landis (Phonak). …

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Donor gives $1,500-plus for first cycling rights through Pennsylvania tunnel

How much would you pay to be the first bicyclist to pedal through a newly completed tunnel on a major rail-to-trail network?

An anonymous donor has ponied up $1,576 for the honor to ride a bicycle through the soon-to-be completed Big Savage Tunnel on the Allegheny Highlands Trail in Pennsylvania. But the donor isn't making the ride; it's a gift to a cyclist who will be named at the April 8 grand opening ceremony.

The Big Savage Tunnel is a 3,300-foot-long cut …

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Scenes from the bicycle subculture

A few weeks ago I wrote about a short piece about the film B.I.K.E. (Black Label bike club documentary), an entry at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

A writer over at Dirt Rag has seen the film, and offers this review — B.I.K.E. Movie Review. The film will be shown at the 6th Annual Bicycle Film Festival, which may be coming to a theater near you this summer. 

It sounds like it's as much about the filmmaker as it is about New York's chapter of the Black Label Bicycle Club, the group of “tall bike” riders that the film is purportedly about. …

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Cycling the new East Lake Sammamish Trail near Seattle

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There's nothing like being one of the first cyclists on a new bike path to instill that pioneering spirit.

After hearing from the Cascade Bicycle Club that the 11-mile East Lake Sammamish Trail between Issaquah and Remond was set for an opening ceremony Tuesday, I thought I'd head out there early.

I found a packed gravel trail — I'd call it a bike path but walkers and joggers were using it too — that had very few tires mark running through it. …

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Bob Roll launches biking blog

Bob “Tour DAY France” Roll is one of the newest members of the blogosphere.

The slightly twisted cycling commentator for Outdoor Life Network since 2000 is a former bike racer and author. Known as Bobke (Boob-ka), his new website comprises links to columns he's written for OLN, a Q and A, as well as his blog, entitled The Blog-ke. …

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Milan-San Remo bike race results; watch it Sunday on OLN

Not surprisingly, Milan-San Remo reads like quite a battle, with a 24-year-old QuickStep cyclist taking control of the sprinters at the close of the 6 1/2-hour race over 180-some miles.

Italian Filippo Pozzato (QuickStep) won the classic, followed closely by Alessandro Petacchi (Team Milram).

The only American in the bike race, Guido Trenti, played a part in helping teammate …

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