Forty disabled athletes, including six war veterans and five women, braved the 1,000-foot climb up Wabash Hill during hand-cycling races Thursday — opening day of the 2009 Redlands Bicycle Classic.
Carlos Moleda, a 45-year-old former Navy SEAL paralyzed by gunshot wounds during the 1989 invasion of Panama, was one of the lucky ones. He had competed on the grueling 3½-mile course once before.
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2009 Northstar Bike Park Operating Schedule
June 11th – June 28th
Fridays: Gondola, Zephyr – 10 AM to 7 PM
Saturdays and Sundays: Gondola, Zephyr, Vista – 10 AM to 5 PM
Mondays-Thursdays- Closed
July 2nd – September 7th
Thursdays: Gondola and Zephyr – 10 AM to 5 PM
Fridays: Gondola, Zephyr, and Vista – 10 AM to 7 PM
Saturdays and Sundays (including Labor Day): Gondola, Zephyr, and Vista – 10 AM to 5 PM
Mondays-Wednesdays – Closed
September 11th – October 18th
Fridays: Gondola, Zephyr, and Vista – 10 AM to 7 PM
Saturdays and Sundays: Gondola, Zephyr, and Vista – 10 AM to 5 PM
Mondays-Thursdays: No Lift Operations
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Many of the country’s finest custom bicycle frame builders will converge on San Diego April 3-5, 2009 for the 2009 San Diego Custom Bicycle Show. The event, which will take place at San Diego’s Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center, will highlight the amazing skill level of custom bike frame builders, both full-time professionals and part-time hobbyists. Admission is $15 per day ($25 for Saturday and Sunday), and for frame builders, a 10′ x 10′ booth space can be secured for only $450. The price for a bicycle trade booth will be slightly higher.
“California is home to some of the finest custom frame builders in the world,†says Brian Baylis, a custom frame builder himself and the Publicity Chairman of the non-profit San Diego Custom Bicycle Show, Inc. “The show will be an opportunity for frame builders to learn more about their craft and also a chance for consumers to meet the frame builders and even order a custom made frame.  Details
After fracturing the world’s most famous right collarbone this week, Lance Armstrong said something pretty smart: “It could have been worse.â€
A broken leg or torn knee tendon could really have derailed the comeback of the seven-time Tour de France champion. But broken collarbones? Gallic shrug. They happen all the time in cycling, where speed and jostling riders often turn races into demolition derbies.
Just ask Stuart O’Grady, who has participated in 12 Tours. The Australian has only a hazy count of his collarbone fractures. “Six, seven times†is his best guess, the most recent being at last weekend’s Milan-San Remo race in Italy. For good measure, he fractured a rib and punctured a lung, too, but expects … Details