Manchester Evening News
IT may look like a giant bicycle but bride Sadie King didn't have to worry about the limo turning up late for her wedding. Sadie, 29, was taken to church in her ruby-coloured wedding dress by dad Rod King, who decided a pedal-power car was a great way to mark his daughter's special day. (18/01)
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Penny farthing. Even the name of the bike is out of the ordinary.
Dreamed up by British engineer James Starley in the late 19th century, the "highwheeler" ...
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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 ...
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The row of gleaming bicycles being assembled on the factory floor of Giant Manufacturing, one of the world's biggest bicycle-makers, will soon hit streets ...
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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 ...
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I've noticed a dramatic increase in the number of bicycle riders in my hometown this summer, many, I presume, driven to pedal by the rise in gas costs. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Remember that trusting cyclist who let a complete stranger “try out” his KHS bike – only to watch him pedal away, never to return? The story has a (sort ...
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Ok, I have to say this is the craziest way to control Google Earth I've seen yet (even crazier than the ping pong ball interface). This guy Mike has used ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Gold medals are rare treasures for British athletes. But the track cyclist Victoria Pendleton already has quite a collection of them, beginning with the ...
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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 ...
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Cinema-goers will be swapping comfy seats and popcorn for push bikes as Lancashire's first pedal-powered film gets underway.
It's likely more eyes ...
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As the Government unveils plans to invest £10m in 21st century cycling proficiency tests, Stephen Biscoe champions a return to pedal power, while ...
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Quinn Baumberger set off on his bicycle from the edge of North America last May, seeking to help those losing their vision to macular degeneration. Quinn ...
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“At the end of the day, even with a plumb line, with lasers, this is still an educated guess.” Dr. Andy Pruitt, speaking at the Serotta International Cycling ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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In his first three years at secondary school, Kevin Kane's mum was spending more than £5 a week from her tight family budget so he could get the ...
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SALES of bicycles outpaced those of motor vehicles in 2006, as more people turned to pedal-power to cut petrol bills. The industry-backed Cycling Promotion ...
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Just 20 years old, Amador said it was an honor to debate the title with such a great athlete. “He is very humble and shy, but he does show what he is made ...
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