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Cycling Success Measured in Frequent-Flier Miles
EARLY last year, Dr. Jason Newland, a 34-year-old pediatric infectious disease physician from Stilwell, Kan., decided he would upgrade his Cannondale road bike to something more aerodynamically suited for triathlons, where riders must fight the wind on their own, without the pack shielding them. But instead of ambling into a local sports shop, Mr. Newland flew nearly 1,400 miles from Kansas City, Mo., to Waitsfield, Vt., where he bought a custom titanium and carbon Serotta Legend Ti from a specialty-fit studio called Fit Werx. (09/05) MoreYou may also like
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
How to train for a triathlon
SunHerald.com | 29/05/08
Racing from one sport to another in a triathlon takes skill and experience. So does trying to keep up speed through three sports. Many triathletes are ... More
Carbon nanotubes found in bikes likened to asbestos
BikeRadar | 22/05/08
The material is widely used in the cycling industry as part of frames, forks steerers and seat tubes, which are regularly cut to size by professional and ... More
Scientist spends a fortnight underwater
Timesonline | 19/04/07 
A scientist emerged today after spending almost two weeks underwater in a steel box, pedalling a stationary bicycle to generate electricity and growing ... Read
Taiwan's bike industry slumps
Bikebiz.co.uk | 22/09/06
Citing factors such as anti-dumping tariffs, carbon fibre shortages, aluminium price hikes and component delay problems, two government stats measuring ... Read
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
Zero Carbon Is the Goal for Woodstock
The Washington Post | 12/04/07
Michael Esposito rides his bike all the time _ from cold nights when leaving his old job at a natural food store to warm days while passing shops selling ... 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
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
Landis hearing flips in rider's favour
Bikebiz.co.uk | 24/05/07
USADA, the US anti-doping authority, has never lost an athlete hearing. To date it's 34-0. That result may become 34-1, if USADA is not able to rebut ... Read
Cannondale Recalls Road Bicycles Due to Brake Failure
Consumeraffairs.com | 11/01/07
Cannondale is recalling its 2007 Model road bicycles. The bicycle's front brake can fail, causing the rider to lose control and fall. The recalled road ... Read
All-carbon bicycle rims cost-competitive with aluminum
Compositesworld.com | 30/11/06
In the bicycle world, carbon fiber isn't just high-tech ... it's hot. Virtually every bicycle manufacturer has incorporated carbon fiber into a portion ... Read
Ridin' With A Champ
Bicycling | 22/02/07
LeMond Bikes used the Tour of California's opening road stage finish in Santa Rosa to introduce its new all carbon Tete de Course Triomphe Ultimate. Fittingly ... Read
Stronger than steel, lighter than aluminium - and in short supply
Financial Times | 08/08/07
The roll-out of Boeing's Dreamliner has offered weighty proof that carbon fibre is at last being used to make big things in large quantities. But the ... Read
The end of the threaded bottom bracket?
Cyclingnews | 24/04/08
Cannondale was accused of needlessly stirring the industry pot when it introduced its BB30 integrated bottom bracket standard years ago. However, much ... Read
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
Cannondale Recalls Road Bicycles Due to Brake Failure
Consumeraffairs.com | 11/01/07
Cannondale is recalling its 2007 Model road bicycles. The bicycle's front brake can fail, causing the rider to lose control and fall. The recalled road ... Read
An e-bike and Cannondale topped the Eurobike Award 2006
Eurobike | 13/04/08
63 out of a total of 212 entries from 19 nations received a quality seal for superior design in the EUROBIKE AWARD 2006 competition. Sponsored by the Messe ... Read
And now! Eurobike the Movie
YouTube | 07/09/06
Bicycle in NYC without being killed using Ride the City
CNET Networks | 03/07/08
My CNET colleague in New York, Caroline McCarthy, insists there's not a single safe street for bicyclists in New York City. Don't tell that to Ride the ... 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
Pedaling through life: Love for bikes prompts business
molokaitimes.com | 26/06/08
When Phillip Kikukawa was 6 years old, he wrote a letter to Santa Claus asking for a bicycle.
Kipukawa woke up Christmas morning to find his very first ... More
When is a bike not a bike? When it's electric
The Sydney Morning Herald | 20/06/08
THEY might look like a solution to the rising oil price and global warming, but a court ruling has found some motorised bicycles cannot be legally used ... More
Coping with bike flat situations
heNewsTribune.com | 20/06/08
A bicycle tire problem can quickly interrupt - or even spoil - a day of serious open road or mounting biking.
Sometimes tire damage hazards can't be ... More
Get In The Saddle
Daily Record | 12/06/08
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
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
Tubeless Tyres Set For Breakthrough
Bike Europe | 22/05/08
The first road win on the professional circuit for commercially available road tubeless tyres took place last March at the ‘Omloop Het Volk'. The technology ... More
Pretty in pink
BBC | 09/05/08
Although not as iconic as its elder French cousin, the Giro is one third of cycling's "Triple Crown", along with Le Tour and the Road World Championships.
It ... More
Passing surgeon comes to the rescue of cyclist
Timesonline | 09/05/08
A cyclist who severed an artery when she fell off her bike was saved by a stroke of luck because one of the people who came to her assistance was a vascular ... 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
Hot sun and snakes on the road
Cyclingnews | 01/02/07
Here in Africa we use sun-screen with SPF of 40 every time we go outside, and Lene runs over at least one snake a day. Even though we've all got ourselves ... Read
A bike helmet built for road hazards
news.com | 31/08/06
From the outside, the Smart Helmet looks ordinary. It's a black, shiny BMX helmet designed to block wind noise. It has a chin bar with a built-in microphone ... 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
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
New cycling test set for children
BBC | 07/09/06
A new cycling proficiency award aimed at preparing children for the present traffic and road conditions has been launched. Bikeability will be awarded ... 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
Green machines for our selves and the planet
Tandem | 24/05/07
Bicycle riding in North America has increased in popularity in recent years and the month of May in the GTA provides much evidence of this. This weekend ... 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
Winning the Tour de France Takes Grit, Strength--And Cutting-Edge Technology
Scientific American | 03/07/08
To wear the winner's distinctive yellow jersey when this year's Tour de France ends in Paris on July 27, cyclists must make every second count throughout ... More
U B the expert: Do your own bike repairs
WalletPop | 03/07/08
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. ... 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
Is Pierre Rolland France's next big thing?
Cyclingnews | 20/06/08
It was touching to see Pierre Rolland kissing his polka dot jersey at the end of this month's Dauphiné. After getting to know him through his team ... More
Mr Who does talking on the bike
News.com.au | 12/06/08
Lined up beside gold medallists Ryan Bayley and Anna Meares, it was not exactly Phil Who?
He's a lot better than that.
But even Thuaux was surprised ... More
2,000 Naked Cyclists to Ride through 7 UK Cities
pressdispensary | 06/06/08
The World Naked Bike Ride ( www.worldnakedbikeride.org ) is now in its fifth year, and the rides in early June 2008 are expected to mobilise 2,000+ riders ... More
The wheelbarrow-bike that could be the solution to school-run traffic jams
MailonLine | 29/05/08
It looks like a wheelbarrow attached to a bike - but transport experts believe it could be the solution to school-run traffic.
Families in Richmond ... More
Common bike helmet mistakes that put riders at risk
kpic.com | 29/05/08
You wear a helmet when you ride a bike because you expect it to protect your head if you fall or crash. But safety experts warn as many as half of all ... 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 d'Italia classifications demystified
Cyclingnews | 15/05/08
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
Riding clean
Rocky Mountain News | 26/06/07
Discouraged by the direction his sport was taking, competitive amateur cyclist Doug Lovejoy started a grassroots movement last summer he hopes will become ... Read
Sitting In: It's Millar Time
Bicycling | 02/03/07
There are very few iconic cyclists — the kinds of riders who not only illuminate some elemental quality about what my friend Steak calls the human condition, ... Read
Drug claims are rubbish: O'Grady
The Sydney Morning Herald | 19/10/06
TOUR de France cyclist Stuart O'Grady has dismissed claims that almost all the sport's elite riders are drug cheats. O'Grady, who has returned to Adelaide ... Read
Introducing The ProTour Team Cars
PEZCycling | 29/03/07
PEZ correspondent, Pascal Orsini, was on the loose at Paris-Nice with his trusty camera, and unlike most who aim for the riders and their steeds, he took ... 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
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
No ear piece required
Cyclingnews.com | 31/05/07
"It's not that I refuse it," said Di Luca, referring to his lack of an ear piece which many riders in the modern peloton cannot function without. "But ... Read
The Grand Prix La Marseillaise
Procycling | 08/02/07
Jeremy Hunt, a man so often overlooked by British selectors, made a flying start to the season with a win today that said much about his qualities as an ... Read
Bike Riding Polish Governor Had No License
Masterpage | 01/02/07
When Polish police order a weaving bicycle rider to stop he fell off the bike as he tried to leave the road and get on the sidewalk. The rider turned out ... 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