Wednesday Readers’ Forum
I am a student at Tamiscal High School, as well as a mountain biker. I would like my voice to be heard by the community while doing my part in the fight for more single-track bike trails.
Let’s say you are riding your bike down the Railroad Grade fire road. Eventually you see the Hoo Koo E Koo single-track trail on your right. It’s a perfectly sculpted trail twisting through beautiful redwood trees.
But it’s for hikers only.
On your right there is a steel post cemented into the ground with a sign riveted to it making it clear that bikes can’t be ridden on this trail. There will be a large fine if you get caught riding the trail…Â DetailsÂ
Lance Armstrong says he has “high interest” from sponsors if he takes over control of the crisis-hit Astana team.
“Considering the economy and considering global sports sponsorships, if it’s the title sponsor on Tiger’s bag, or it’s stadium rights. It’s a tough climate for all that stuff. We’ve had high interest,” Armstrong told The Associated Press on Thursday as he prepared for the start of his first Giro d’Italia.
Armstrong indicated the sponsor would come from a U.S.-based multinational company…Â Details
Lance Armstrong lashed out Wednesday at Kazakh officials who let his Astana team fall into a financial crisis on the eve of his first Giro d’Italia.
“I don’t know them, I don’t have a personal relationship with them, but I get frustrated,†said the seven-time Tour de France champion who’s riding for free this season. “These Kazakhs, they don’t return phone calls, and there’s not a lot of clarity about what is going to happen.
The American cyclist even suggested his Livestrong cancer foundation might be able step in and bail out the team, but that seemed to be a long shot.
“While as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, the Lance Armstrong Foundation would … Details