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Wheels of fortune: The great debate rolls on between cyclists and motorists
As the Government unveils plans to invest £10m in 21st century cycling proficiency tests, Stephen Biscoe champions a return to pedal power, while Sarah Freeman bemoans the modern menaces on two wheels. (29/03) ReadYou may also like
Anti-doping case against Landis may be in jeopardy
Los Angeles Times | 02/03/07 
The French laboratory that produced incriminating doping results against Tour de France champion Floyd Landis may have allowed improper access to the American ... Read
Technician defends Landis work
Los Angeles Times | 17/05/07
A technician in a French laboratory who played a central role last summer in determining Tour de France champion Floyd Landis tested positive for testosterone ... Read
Riis: No regrets about Basso
Velonews | 26/04/07
Perhaps more than anyone, Team CSC manager Bjarne Riis is watching with interest the latest developments concerning defending Giro d'Italia champion Ivan ... 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
Cycling champ Malcolm Lange steps down
Independent Online | 16/05/07
Malcolm Lange, one of South Africa's greatest and most successful cyclists, will end his illustrious career at the Pick 'n Pay 94.7 Cycle Challenge on ... Read
Abu Dhabi to Host World's Richest Cycling Race
Asia Travel Tips | 08/03/07
Challenging routes and stages in and around Abu Dhabi, the capital of the Persian Gulf state of the United Arab Emirates, have been unveiled for November's ... Read
Bruyneel defends decision to sign 'the best rider in the world'
Velonews | 23/11/06
Discovery Channel team manager Johan Bruyneel on Saturday responded to the critics over his decision to sign Italian star Ivan Basso. Bruyneel's decision ... Read
Olympic champion parks her bicycle
Calgary Sun | 02/11/06
Olympic champion cyclist Lori-Ann Muenzer has decided not to try to defy the odds one more time. Muenzer, who won the sprint gold medal at the 2004 Athens ... Read
All you need to know about: mountain-biking
Guardian | 07/06/07
Oli Beckingsale is the British mountain bike champion and Commonwealth Games silver medallist. Keep your tyres soft Unlike a road bike, where you want ... Read
Giro d'Italia champion Ivan Basso testifies before doping commission
The Chronicle Journal | 03/05/07
Giro d'Italia champion Ivan Basso testified Wednesday before the Italian Olympic Committee's doping commission in a hearing that could lead to a suspension. ... Read
The Soigneur
Pez Cyclingnews | 02/03/07
She's been the soigneur to many champions in the world of pro cycling from Ivan Basso and Jens Voigt to sprinters like Robbie McEwen and Stuart O'Grady. ... Read
It woz the lab wot did it, says Landis lawyer
Bikebiz.co.uk | 14/09/06
Howard Jacobs, the attorney acting on behalf of Tour de France champion Floyd Landis, has revealed his hand. There's no talk of Jack Daniels, cortisone ... Read
BMX bike racer continues on a winning streak
Intermountain Catholic | 31/05/07
Quintin Long began BMX (Bicycle Moto-cross X) racing only five months ago. He is already a champion and has won eight first place trophies. He rides at ... Read
Legal testosteron
IFilm | 01/02/07
Japanese researchers have found a legal way for their cycling champions to produce testoteron. These imagesTVinsert go without comment. Read
Who'll dare to bare for naked bike ride?
Thisishampshire.net | 15/05/08 
IT is the cheeky, head-turning protest that has a serious message.
Sporting nothing but their birthday suits and helmets, scores of people will take ... 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
Reinventing the wheel
Daily Princetonian | 24/04/08
Chances are you've never seen a bicycle made out of bamboo. If you picture a bamboo bike as wobbly or lopsided, though, think again, because when juniors ... Read
Andrea's Patagonian Adventure
Pez Cyclingnews | 25/01/07
It's not uncommon for aging pro racers to put off retirement for another year or few because they just don't know what to do next. Recently retired ex-CSC ... Read
Their Kingdom for a Bike: It's Polo on Two Wheels
The New York Times | 03/05/07
You do not have to be a king to play polo. You do not need a 300-yard grass field, a long-handled mallet or a helmet. In fact, you do not even need a horse. ... Read
Artist is assembling sculpture out of bike parts
Ventura County Star | 04/04/08
Under a slight drizzle and with the ocean as a backdrop, Petaluma artist Mark Grieve began assembly Thursday of an 18-foot welded sculpture of dozens of ... Read
Suicide squirrel in opera-hating kamikaze bike spoke mangle
The Register | 07/09/06
A Helsinki squirrel dived into the bicycle wheel of passing opera singer Esa Ruuttunen, hospitalising him and killing itself. The squirrel - apparently ... Read
Insider's tour of Marin, on two wheels
Los Angeles Times | 08/12/06
WAITING for my latte at Tiburon's Cafe Acri, I was surrounded by a dozen men in powder-blue spandex. Their legs were closely shaved, and they walked in ... Read
Australian cyclist fits continental tyres
The Raw Story | 02/11/06
Last year, 53-year-old German fitness freak Achim Heukemes ran the equivalent of two-and-a-half marathons every day for 43 days to set a record for the ... Read
Basic training gets bike riders in gear for the trail
Seattle Post Intelligencer | 31/08/06
Falling off a pair of spinning wheels happens too fast for your life to flash through your mind, but you usually can get a curse word out and -- surprisingly ... Read
Women encouraged to get on bikes
Oxford Mail | 31/05/07
Women are being urged to get on their bikes this weekend as part of a scheme to get more women on two wheels. The Five Miles to Fabulous rides are taking ... Read
Sore Butt? Greasy pant-leg? Bad date-on-wheels? Ask Mr. Bike
Miami New Times | 24/05/07
The other day, I was griping to Mr. Bike on the phone about how much crap I had hauled to work on my bike that morning. “Have you thought about getting ... Read
Big wheels OK, say UCI
Bikemagic.com | 14/12/06
Gary Fisher has managed to persuade the UCI to allow 29in wheeled bikes to take part in mountain bike races. He's been working on the UCI for several ... Read
To grasp disaster, bike New Orleans
International Herald Tribune | 07/09/06
We start on high ground. It's hot and muggy, not a pleasant day for a bicycle ride. Then again, New Orleans never was all that pleasant in the late summer, ... 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
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
South Africa: Putting Rural Children On Wheels
allAfrica.com | 26/04/07
RON Thompson is happiest when riding his bike. He has devoted his time, energy and money to finding ways of putting thousands of poor people, and especially ... Read
Early starts and late finishes
Cyclingnews | 18/01/07
It's early afternoon, and the velodrome is nearly empty. The detritus of the previous night's partying has formed a layer of filthy ooze that covers ... Read
Cycle classic a money-spinner for KZN
Independent on line | 19/10/06
The wheels of tourism will be spinning even faster this coming weekend - and it's not even peak holiday season. More than 8 000 local and international ... 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
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
Attack Of The Eggheads
Bicycling | 25/01/07
“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 ... 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