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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 Institute symposium this week. Pruitt's point was about knee-over-pedal-spindle (KOPS), a specific aspect of bike fit, but if there's one take home message I gleaned ... (25/01) Read

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On ya bike for slice of Bangkok life

News.com.au | 01/05/08

IT seems hard to believe, but there are some people who say Bangkok is one of the best places in the world for cycling. It's also, according to Co ... Read

Quests Separate Soldier and Olympic Hopeful

The New York Times | 01/05/08

She longed to compete in the Olympics. He always wanted to join the Army. She started BMX racing at age 5. He stocked his movie collection with war films. On ... Read

Woman who foiled bike thief locked up

Telegraph | 02/03/07

A woman who chased and caught a bicycle thief ended up in police cells for 10 hours on suspicion of assault. Wendy Challis-Jones, 39, a former traffic ... Read

Sophie rewarded for bike safety

Swindon Advertiser | 11/01/07

Safety conscious Sophie Grange won a new bike as a reward for wearing her helmet while on the roads. Four-year-old Sophie was riding near her home in Upper ... Read

Bike thieves can't be touched because of legal loophole

Dearnetoday.co.uk | 11/01/07

Jessica Barlow was devastated after her Christmas present - a brand new bicycle - was stolen from outside the charity shop where she worked as a volunteer ... Read

Robbers superglue man naked to bike

Guardian | 03/05/07

It bore all the hallmarks of just another South African crime statistic: an armed gang, an abduction in broad daylight, a victim forced to drive home so ... Read

Drunk man invents story to avoid wife's wrath

Independent online | 08/12/06

A German cyclist lied to police about being mugged because he was afraid to tell his wife the truth: he rode into a lamp post while drunk and injured himself. ... Read

Riding a bike for long periods can cause difficulties

Kontraband | 02/03/07

When a new report from Harvard Medical School suggests that riding a bike for long periods can cause temporary erectile difficulties, nothing is said about ... Read

Stolen bike transports lazy thief

The Collegian | 08/12/06

One sunny afternoon, I departed The Union to bike home and get some food. I encountered one main problem, though - my bike was gone. Some rapscallion stole ... Read

Oli's mountain bike diary, part 1

BBC | 31/08/07

The days are counting down and now it�s only 10 days to the biggest MTB race of the year and my season�s goal, the World Championships. The ... Read

Cycle thieves 'dismantle' garage

BBC | 15/12/06

Determined thieves took apart a Darlington man's garage brick by brick to steal mountain bikes worth £6,000. The gang also dismantled three street ... Read

Biking to work without any brakes

Gazette.net | 24/05/07

Dan Hommer has commuted by bicycle to work for the past 30 years. Traveling from his home in Rockville, Hommer loves approaching the intersections on Tuckerman ... Read

Toledo man arrested for stealing bicycle after leaving court

Toledoblade.com | 29/06/07

When Quentin Snow Veley left the Lucas County Courthouse Wednesday, he, just moments before, had been given a month to prepare for his pending trial on ... Read

Portland friends hatch intricate plan to recover stolen bike

The Seattle Times | 03/05/07

When Dory Van Fleet stepped out of the REI store, the black mountain bike he had locked up on the street was gone. In a steady drizzle, Van Fleet walked ... Read

Shane Slater's home-made carbon singlespeed

Bike Magic | 23/11/06

This is my home-made carbon fibre singlespeed, built by me over the winter of 2004. I wanted to try a newish design so thought about getting rid of the ... Read

Cycling: Veteran rises as leaves refuse to fall

International Herald Tribune | 12/10/06

As the pack in Paris- Tours left the start in a long line and headed southwest, "the regional," or the rider through whose home territory a race passes, ... Read

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 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

Victoria Pendleton: pedal to the medal

Telegraph | 01/05/08

Gold medals are rare treasures for British athletes. But the track cyclist Victoria Pendleton already has quite a collection of them, beginning with the ... 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

Cinema-goers get on bikes to power film reel

Lancashire Evening Post | 03/04/08

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 ... Read

Wheels of fortune: The great debate rolls on between cyclists and motorists

Yorkshire Post | 29/03/07

As the Government unveils plans to invest £10m in 21st century cycling proficiency tests, Stephen Biscoe champions a return to pedal power, while ... Read

Bride on a bike for two

Manchester Evening News | 18/01/07

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 ... Read

Journey expands cyclist's horizons

Journal Sentinel | 22/02/07

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 ... 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

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

Pedal power

The Guardian | 12/04/07

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 ... Read

Bicycle sales outpace cars as firms start treadly fleets

The Sydney Morning Herald | 11/01/07

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 ... Read

La Ruta 2006

Bikemag | 09/11/06

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 ... Read

Ringing in Japan

Metacafe | 12/04/07

A Tokyoite (that is an inhabitant of tokyo) has came up with a solution for fast displacement on bike lanes without the burden of pushing a pedal : a solution ... Read

Bush Transforms Into Avid Mountain Biker

Washington Post | 30/11/06

Swapping his running shoes for bicycle pedals, President Bush bid adieu to painful runner's knees and transformed himself into a devoted mountain biker ... Read

Spinning made simple

The Sydney Morning Herald | 09/11/06

The scene in Bridget Jones' Diary where Renee Zellweger famously collapses from her exercise bike is more plausible than you think: a session of group ... Read