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Portland friends hatch intricate plan to recover stolen bike
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 across the city to his home, upset about his misfortune. But within days, Van Fleet began to take action, bolstered by friends' ... (03/05) Read
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Endurance mountain biking relatively safe: study

ABC News | 03/07/08 iVelo
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

Two bikers go to the extreme

Hometown Weekly | 26/06/08 iVelo
Sophomores Peter McNulty and Mike Gross don't spend their summer weekends hanging out around town. They get up at 6:00am on most Saturdays, pack up the ... More

‘Bike mystery is simply baffling'

Bradford Telegraph Argus, | 12/06/08 iVelo
Residents have been left baffled by a bicycle which has been left securely locked in their private car-park for more than two months. The 18-speed dual ... More

Get In The Saddle

Daily Record | 12/06/08 iVelo
THERE are many good reasons to cycle. But if you haven't sat on a saddle for many years, you might need some new kit to get you started. First, you ... More

Teen steals bike ... at gunpoint

Ottawa Sun | 06/06/08 iVelo
A teenager wearing a black T-shirt with "shady" written on it made off with a $3,500 mountain bike in a gunpoint robbery Wednesday in Kanata, city police ... More

Giro d'Italia classifications demystified

Cyclingnews | 15/05/08 iVelo
To wear any special jersey in the Giro d'Italia is a great honour - one which all riders dream of gaining. If a rider takes the lead in one of the jersey ... More

British cyclist Tom Austin among latest victims on the Road of Death

Timesonline | 01/05/08
As the Unduavi-Yolosa Highway in Bolivia winds down 12,000ft (3.6km) over 40 miles, its sheer drops and sudden bends present an irresistible challenge ... Read

Dirtgirls

Bikemagic | 08/02/07
Alpine holiday company Flow MTB premiered its Dirtgirls women's weeks last year, and they were clearly successful - it'll be running them this summer ... 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

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

Student Hopes To Break Human Land Speed Record Using Bullet Shaped Bicycle

Science Daily | 13/09/07
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Dahle-Flesjå and Absalon the best ever?

Velonews | 05/01/07
Perhaps it's no surprise that Gunn-Rita Dahle-Flesjå and Julien Absalon earned top mountain-bike honors in the VeloNews Awards for the third year running. ... 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

Oli's mountain bike diary, part 1

BBC | 31/08/07
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Cannondale Issues Safety Recall on Lefty Forks

Cannondale | 24/05/07
Cannondale has voluntarily issued a Safety Recall Notice with the Consumer Product Safety Commission involving any 2007 and some 2008 mountain bikes equipped ... 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

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

Free-wheeling around the world

Nouse.uk | 31/05/07
York graduate Andrew Welch plans to break world records by circumnavigating the planet on a mountain bike, a journey which has been dubbed ‘Ride-Earth'. ... 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

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

Man chasing bike thief gets bitten by police dog

Katu | 26/06/08 iVelo
If you've ever been the good guy in the wrong place at the wrong time, Trevor Dieringer can relate and has the bite marks to prove it. The Fairview ... More

Dutch Tackle Bike Theft Menace

Bike Europe | 12/06/08 iVelo
After a seven year effort, the huge bike theft problem in Holland is finally being tackled in an integrated way. With over 700,000 bikes stolen every year, ... More

Lance rides bike designer's tour de force

The Globe and Mail | 06/06/08 iVelo
Sam Whittingham spends most of his day in a converted wood shop, the home of the saucily named Naked Bicycles and Design. Working alone, he twists and ... More

Carbon nanotubes found in bikes likened to asbestos

BikeRadar | 22/05/08 iVelo
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On ya bike for slice of Bangkok life

News.com.au | 01/05/08
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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
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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

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Dearnetoday.co.uk | 11/01/07
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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
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Stolen bike transports lazy thief

The Collegian | 08/12/06
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Oli's mountain bike diary, part 1

BBC | 31/08/07
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Attack Of The Eggheads

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Biking to work without any brakes

Gazette.net | 24/05/07
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Toledo man arrested for stealing bicycle after leaving court

Toledoblade.com | 29/06/07
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Shane Slater's home-made carbon singlespeed

Bike Magic | 23/11/06
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Bicycle in NYC without being killed using Ride the City

CNET Networks | 03/07/08 iVelo
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'There's Mommy, riding a bike'

Toronto Star 1 | 29/05/08 iVelo
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Afghan mine victims proudly work as bicycle couriers

Reuters | 22/05/08 iVelo
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The Sydney Morning Herald | 22/05/08 iVelo
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Konya-made bicycle-taxis on NY streets

Today's Zaman | 15/05/08 iVelo
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Bicycle-makers ride high on surging oil prices

Reuters | 15/05/08 iVelo
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Feather-boa bicycle bandits invade Vietnam's city streets

AFP | 15/05/08 iVelo
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Who'll dare to bare for naked bike ride?

Thisishampshire.net | 15/05/08 iVelo
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Google Maps captures teenage bike gaff

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Students snap up free bicycle lamps

Oxford Mail | 18/01/07
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Mayor vows 'a good look' at Critical Mass

San Francisco Chronicle | 05/04/07
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Artist is assembling sculpture out of bike parts

Ventura County Star | 04/04/08
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Act Now to Save Pedicabs

Pedal Pushers Online | 26/04/07
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The Sideways Bike: Like Surfing the Streets

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The Prague Post | 14/09/06
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Bicyclists winning a war of lanes in San Francisco

The Christian Science Monitor | 14/09/06
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