Mountain biking: Mountain biking focus for former Olympian

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Graves (29), a professional mountain biker since 2002 and a member of the Yeti Cycles-Fox Racing Factory team, is sponsored for mountain biking and not BMX. "After Beijing I concentrated on mountain biking for two years and realised I didn't want to go ...

Seeing Europe from a different perspective

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Biking to the grocery store is one thing. But biking 1600 miles in hail, rain and extreme heat while going up and down hills across several European countries for two months straight is quite another. Red Wing residents Michelle and Robert Meyer biked ...

Gene Hackman recovering after getting hit by a car while biking

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Gene Hackman was hit by a car while biking in the Florida Keys on Friday. The Oscar-winner was "taken to a hospital for routine tests after being bumped from behind while riding his bike today in the Keys," his rep Susan Madore told OnTheRedCarpet.com. ...

Biking to raise awareness

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"Biking is what I do in my free time. I've done a few races, charity events." However, Wade said he's never ridden his bike such a high number of miles on a day-to-day basis. "Once I get started, my body will get used to it and it won't be extremely ...

Biking community pushes for safer roads

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AMARILLO, Texas - On the heels of a tragic incident, Amarillo's biking community continues to push for safer roads. 46-year-old David Isom and 47-year-old Anna Isom of Amarillo were riding their bikes together Thursday when a car struck them, ...

Good News For Local Cyclists: Rainier Cycle Sports Comes to University Place

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By Kim Thompson Since University Place's only bike shop, Spoke and Sprocket, went out of business last year, the city has been without a biking resource. Bike business, Rainier Cycle Sports, opened its doors in the former Spoke and Sprocket location at ...

City project gives North Portland school a biking boost

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The new bike lane and bike parking in front of Cesar Chavez School on N. Willis Blvd. Biking continues to improve for residents of North Portland. The City just unwrapped a small but important improvement that will improve bike safety during pick-up ...

Biking should have a place in Metroparks

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However, with obesity and medical expenses increasing, "good" must include recreational opportunities that encourage the entire community to get moving, and mountain biking should not be left out. Lake Metroparks has mountain biking as well as hiking, ...

Catching Up: Tandem biking couple reach 17000-mile destination

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"As surprising as it may sound, you really get used to the physical aspect of biking, and pedaling becomes a backdrop to the larger reality of passing slowly and intimately through the countryside. The constant flow of sights, sounds, ...

Biking With Alligators

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And then I realized I was going to be biking 15.4 miles. With alligators. (A side note about my bicycling ability: I'm okay with the pedaling part. However, I have two main issues when riding a bike: a) getting on the bike, and b) getting off the bike. ...