Each year the Dirt Rag/Bicycle Times staff has a friendly intra-office competition and we (try to) keep track of when we ride to work. A simple grid representing the days of the week listed vertically, and our names written horizontally, is as high-tech as we get. As usual, the staff tallied some strong commuting numbers in 2009.
The staff accumulated a combined 470.5 days commuted by bicycle, covering a grand total of  … Details
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The fourth day was def the first downer for the crew. It started pretty cool, got up, went for some breakfast and decided to start the day with some nibble session at the Santa Ana skatepark. I’ve known that park from a prior visit with Bart de Jong earlier that year. It’s an OK park, mostly street. Everyone had fun there, Bruno Hoffmann almost killed himself with a hop over the fence out of a far distance bank. He slightly touched the top rail and went over his bars. Luckily nothing bad happend, as … Details
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Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong broke ground on a new cancer research center Monday while capping his preparation for the Tour Down Under, combining the charitable works and the cycling ambitions that lured from retirement 12 months ago.
Armstrong used last year’s Australian race, the first event of the ProTour season, to launch his comeback from a 3 1/2-year retirement, emphasizing at the time that his charitable and competitive objectives shared equal priority … Details
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Chris Kovarik has won his fourth National title on the sub 2 minute Adelaide course while Sam Hill crashed out on the last corner.
In a tightly fought race for the downhill title at the SRAM Australian Mountain Bike Championships in Adelaide today, Chris Kovarik won his fourth national title while world number one, and pre-race favourite, Sam Hill crashed on the final corner just metres from the finish line.Â
Hill had set the fastest time in the qualifying round to be the last rider out of the start house and  … Details
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