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Tour de France strikes back at federation's grip on the big races
The festering conflict between the sport's governing body, the International Cycling Union, and major race organisers took a serious turn yesterday when the three companies who run the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Tour of Spain, and the bulk of the world's biggest bike races, ... (15/12) ReadYou may also like
Tour de Torture: Who Is Prepared to Suffer the Most?
The New York Times | 03/07/08 
A coach once told me, “Go until you see Jesus.” Another told me, “Pedal until you taste blood.” Everybody in the Tour de France will suffer; the winner ... More
Endurance mountain biking relatively safe: study
ABC News | 03/07/08
The study examines injury and illness rates of nearly 15,000 elite and recreational riders during eight years of endurance races.
It shows hotter and ... More
Triathlon incidents may be wake-up call
Charleston Post Courier | 03/07/08
There is so much good about participating in local road races, bike rides and triathlons. For one, it gives people goals to improve their personal physical ... More
Massive challenge for Mat in 3,000-mile US bike race
Hereford Times | 06/06/08
A HEREFORD man who cycles to work in Wolverhampton is taking part in the world's toughest bike ride next week.
Mat Wilson, from Credenhill, will be ... More
Ride a bike and save the world
Canöe | 29/05/08
"Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race." - H.G. Wells
Science has had a tremendous impact on ... More
'There's Mommy, riding a bike'
Toronto Star 1 | 29/05/08
Thirty-seven years after this race started, Grace Ramos stood, holding a video camera, at what her mother called "the finish line."
In Ecuador, men ... More
What goes through the head of a pro cyclist in a five-hour race?
VeloNews | 22/05/08
Somebody once made the mistake of asking “What do you think about out there during five hour races? It can't all be focus, right?”
You asked for it! ... More
The Race Across America... 3,000 miles on a bike!
9news.com | 22/05/08
It's been called "The World's Toughest Bike Race." What more of a challenge could four 50+ year old women ask for?
On June 11th, the Colorado Flash ... More
Pupils pedal length of Africa in virtual bike race challenge
Bikeradar | 15/05/08
Some 80 schools are taking part in the first ever national Bike It virtual bike race - a 7,500-mile journey from Cairo to Cape Town, based on the route ... More
The Six Hour a Week Training Program
Pez Cyclingnews | 24/04/08 
I often hear from cyclists who would like to race but “just don't have enough time to train.” Even if you never plan to race, you can still see significant ... Read
The man who pushed his bike 175 miles – in Alaska
Worcester News | 15/04/08
AS Christian Cullinane admitted, it was no place to have the pedal fall off your bike. With temperatures touching minus 30C and the white wilderness of ... Read
Trapped in a vicious cycle
The Times | 28/09/06
Matt Carroll was looking for a mountain bike challenge but a 24-hour race called Sleepless in the Saddle was more than he bargained for. ‘Darling?” my ... Read
Teen cyclist emerges as king for a day
Herald Sun | 02/08/07
King, 18, inspired by Northern Territory-born Cadel Evans' second in the Tour de France on Sunday, demolished 64 rivals in the Gippsland event's second ... Read
Koreans win big at Vietnamese bike race
Thanhniennews | 03/05/07
Gong Hyo Suk took the mountain climbing title while his countryman Oh Se Yong took the overall race with a time of 35:38:06 hours. South Korea also snatched ... Read
Danish capital to host string of cycling world championships
International Herald Tribune | 26/01/07
Denmark has been awarded three international cycling races. The 2008 BMX world championship and the 2010 indoor cycling worlds will be held in Copenhagen, ... Read
An interview with Patrice Clerc: 'We're not afraid.'
Cyclingnews | 25/01/07
The divide between the most powerful race organisers in the world and the world's governing body of cycling has never been so deep. For over three years, ... Read
Rookie borrows bike to beat Watt
The Australian | 11/01/07
A FORMER middle-distance runner using a borrowed bike caused a major boilover yesterday, beating Kathy Watt to win the Australian women's time trial crown. ... Read
No USADA testing at 'Toona raises questions
Cyclingnews | 20/08/07
The International Tour de 'Toona, one of the two highest rated, non-championship races on USA Cycling's NRC calendar, had no US Antidoping Agency (USADA) ... Read
Pushing for reform
Cyclingnews | 16/07/07
Whatever happens during the rest of the race, Linus Gerdemann's victory in Le Grand-Bornand was an important moment for cycling and the 2007 Tour de France. ... Read
Ride to work and take the strain out of buying a bike
Independent | 20/06/08
With fuel prices rocketing, there has never been a better time to turn to pedal power. And moving into the cycle lane could be even more appealing if you ... More
IKEA Starts Selling Bikes
Bike Europe | 29/05/08
IKEA started selling bikes in The Netherlands recently. For some years it's rumoured that the furniture giant will turn to bikes as buyers and product ... More
New Players Tapping Online Channel
Bicycle Retailer | 17/04/08
Sales of cycling gear online is nothing new. A quick Internet search turns up dozens of sites—including one that scours the Web for the best deals and ... Read
Amsterdam Chooses Bicycle as Unique Selling Point
Bike Europe | 04/04/08
Amsterdam, the world's number one cycling city with some 60% of all trips in the city centre made by bicycle, wants to turn into the world's centre of ... Read
30.000 cyclists get green traffic light wave
Copenhagen Capacity | 28/12/06
Cars and especially busses have for year had the benefit of a green traffic light wave on the roads. But now it is the cyclists turn to enjoy a smooth ... Read
How To Turn a Bicycle into a Record Player
Brightcove.com | 15/02/07
This two guys, one in a purple T shirt, the other in orange need exactly 12768 Easy Steps that is 12 minutes and 24 seconds of experimental video to dismantle ... Read
The short version of the 2006 24 Hours of Moab
Cyclingnews | 09/11/06
That's right. Mother Nature moved in quick to drastically shorten the 24 Hours of Moab for soloists by two thirds. My winning finishing time was eight ... Read
Wheels of hope turn in Rwanda
BusinessDay | 03/08/07
Bright yellow, green and blue jackets stood out in the departure lounge of Kigali's international airport. Rwanda's young national cycling team was on ... Read
Well, have you ever ridden 116 miles in a day?
The Independent | 07/06/07
I'm still not quite sure why – but in a few weeks' time, I have agreed to cycle the first full stage of the Tour de France (a week before the pros do ... Read
How the Internet is resurrecting your local bike shop
SciFi.com | 05/07/07
Asked if he had done market research before he invented the Model T, Henry Ford reportedly said, "If I had asked people what they wanted, I would have ... Read
Let's change the bike laws
SFBG | 20/06/08
Should bicyclists be allowed to treat stop signs as “yields” and stop lights like stop signs? Tomorrow, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's Bicycle ... More
Season's first ride needn't be a pain
Canada.com | 06/06/08
About to pedal off on the first bike ride of the season? Ten words: Take it easy. Cool down after. Or you'll be sorry.
Saddle sores? Aching back anyone?
The ... More
Bike museum is judge's passion
Kentucky.com | 29/05/08
With so many bicycles on display, it's easy to overlook the framed, black-and-white photograph hanging on the back wall.
Taken in 1954, the photo shows ... More
Extreme marks the spot
The Sydney Morning Herald | 22/05/08
If acrobat Alexandra Harrison has learned one thing from performing in Paradise City, it's that you don't get between a BMX champ and his bike.
At ... More
Reflectivity, why not more?
Bicycle Desgn | 22/05/08
This picture, from our local bike to work day breakfast last week, shows one of the red blinkie lights on the back of my commuter bike. I have one on my ... More
Giro di PEZ: On The Pirate's Roads
Pez Cyclingnews | 22/05/08
Welcome back to Pirate's roads. Thirty-five kilometres to go and I stop once I read the big advice on the right side of the road. The Giro today is north ... More
The Fixed-Gear Trend in Santa Cruz
City on a Hill Press | 09/05/08
Taylor Holmes pedals wildly as he charges downhill from the UC Santa Cruz campus, his skin-tight black jeans quickly spinning into blurs as he struggles ... More
Laid-back triathlete works to lift himself over Ironman hump
SignOnSanDiego.com | 29/03/07
It's not as if Luke Bell's biological clock were ticking. Five weeks shy of 28, the Australian triathlete is in the prime of his career. Still, critics ... Read
A Ride On The Funky Side
Bicycling | 12/04/07
So I was watching a DVD of an old Parliament-Funkadelic concert with my daughter the other night-you know one of those funky-good-time shows from back ... Read
Tour de PEZ: Roadside Wrap-Up 1
Pez Cyclingnews | 01/08/07
If your post-Tour hangover hasn't kicked in yet – it will any day now. So to ease the pain of grand tour withdrawal, PEZ-man Bob Cullinan looks back on ... Read
The meeting of minds
The Guardian | 23/11/06
So I was sitting in the back row at the concert, waiting for the interval to finish and the music to start again. Because it was a Thursday, I had that ... Read
Very Veronica: Back From The Brink
Pez Cyclingnews | 17/08/07
Just before she was due to ride the Swedish nationals as the TT favorite, our newest pro diarist Veronica Andréasson was hit by a car while training ... Read
Matt Seaton's top 10 books about cycling
The Guardian | 31/07/07
Matt Seaton's haunting memoir, The Escape Artist, charts the physical and emotional consequences of his obsession with cycling, and his struggle with ... Read
'Cycling those carbon emissions away'
BBC | 02/03/07
The council plans to have 500 bicycles located at 25 points around the city for public use 24 hours a day. For a small charge, still to be determined, ... Read
Monsieur Felix and his bicycle tricks
Seattle Times | 08/02/07
Here's an entertainment tip if you're in the vicinity of Notre-Dame Cathedral. Go to the back of the church and find the Pont St. Louis, a pedestrian ... Read
On the Road for 4 Years and 25,000 Miles
The New York Times | 19/10/06
In a sense, cycling around the world was easy. I bought a steel mountain bike (which I had to weld back together six times), put a repair kit, tent, sleeping ... Read
The Sideways Bike: Like Surfing the Streets
Wired News | 13/07/07
This crazy contraption is Michaels Killian's Sideways Bike. Killian is a software engineer in Dublin, Ireland and he came up with the idea while tinkering ... Read
What does riding a bike have to do with building my Network Marketing/MLM business?
American Chronicle | 24/05/07
Do you remember learning to ride a bike? Picture yourself as a kid. You are 6 maybe 7 years old and you are attempting to ride your bike up a hill. If ... Read
Bike parking
Guardian | 09/11/06
You know that something is afoot if bike parking is getting trendy. When architects and academics have decided it's time to wrest control of the humble ... Read