With rare exceptions for the Smart Car, the tandem bike and whatever those contraptions are in the Dr. Seuss books, the human evolutionary process basically stopped when mankind progressed from two legs to two wheels. If you need proof of the superiority of the cycle, look no further than film, where bikes appear in some of the coolest and most nostalgic moments in modern cinema, thanks to great riders like Pee Wee Herman, the Fab Four and a little-known alien who really, really just wanted to make a house call already.
In honor of the Bicycle Film Festival, which makes its way to Denver  … Videos and more
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Everyone who rides a bike has at some point thought, “Wouldn’t it be cool to ride my bike around the world?â€
And perhaps after a few beers, you and a couple of your best buddies make a solemn vow to make this global trek, only to totally forget about it when you sobered up.
In 2010, three French cyclists—Morgan Monchaud, 27, Siphay Vera, 24, and Brian Mathé, 24—made that vow, but are actually pulling it off. They left their comfortable professional lives in business management and engineering to pedal around the globe on a $10 a day shoestring budget  … More
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Belgian rider Tom Boonen won the Paris-Roubaix race for a record-tying fourth time, successfully breaking away from the pack about 56 kilometers (35 miles) from the end of Sunday’s one-day classic.
The 2005 world champion crossed the finish line alone, before five chasing riders had even reached the velodrome in the northern French town of Roubaix.
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American cyclist Levi Leipheimer said Thursday he was lucky to be alive after a collision with a car on a training run in northern Spain left him only with a fractured fibula.
Leipheimer, 38, sustained the injury when he was hit from behind by a car last weekend as he trained alone for the Tour of the Basque Country which is currently being raced  … More
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