The Bicycle provides me a break from reality, a place and space where nothing else matters. This is my Ode to the Bicycle.
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Graeme Obree has redesigned his Beastie prone bicycle ahead of an attempt to break the human-powered land speed record and, potentially, the 100 mph (161 km/h) barrier at the same time. The radical changes made to the now complete bicycle have improved both visibility and aerodynamics. It was tested at Prestwick airport at the end of June.
The new-look Beastie has a reshaped Kevlar and fiberglass shell. “The front section is rounded,” Obree tells Humans Invent, “then it widens out and widens out and then comes … Pictures and more
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Blue Mounds, Wis. (July 5, 2013) — The 2013 USA Cycling Amateur & Para-cycling Road National Championships returned to the road race courses at Blue Mound State Park, east of Madison, Wis., on Friday, where four Stars-and-Stripes jerseys were awarded.
The 17-18 men’s road race began the day. More than 90 riders battled it out, with Logan Owen (Bremerton, Wash./California Giant Cycling), who already owns eight cyclo-cross national titles, finally claiming victory at road nationals. Owen found himself pitted against Stephen Bassett (Knoxville, Tenn./ Kentucky Flyers Cycling Inc./Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team p/b Motorex) on the final climb, eventually edging Bassett by just two seconds. Curtis White (Delanson, N.Y.) crossed the line in third … More
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PORTLAND, Ore. – A retired couple from Boise, Idaho, has embarked on a nearly 4,000-mile cross-country journey and they’re raising money for wounded warriors along the way.
Darrel and Roseann Mooney just recently set off on a four-month tandem bicycle ride that will take them from Washington state to Washington, D.C. Through sponsors and other donations, they’re helping out Comfort for America’s Uniformed Soldiers (Cause), which provides services for military men and women who were wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan … More
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