Archive for June, 2008
Posted in June 27th, 2008
Why does riding my bicycle clear my stuffy nose? I’ve had a cold for the past few days, and when I wake up at least one nostril is totally blocked, and no amount of blowing will unblock it. One side also remains blocked throughout the day, though sometimes the sides switch. However, after about two [...]
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Posted in June 27th, 2008
A student of industrial design has made a working £15 bicycle out of industrial-strength cardboard. Phil Bridge, 21, of Sheffield Hallam University, …
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Posted in June 27th, 2008
Mr. Neal said: Yes the vehicle detection cameras can detect the presence of a bicycle. If a bicycle rider is having problems being detected. we can adjust …
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Posted in June 27th, 2008
Made by Bicycle Technologies (BT) they will weigh 6.8kg, yet they’re still very stiff and aerodynamic.
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Posted in June 27th, 2008
…ok, so this post is more like a sketch book of ideas about movement through the city via bicycle, but bear with me.
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Posted in June 27th, 2008
And keep this in mind…this bicycle patent was issued in the same year as the patent for the first automobile internal combustion engine.
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Posted in June 27th, 2008
posted by jonixkoniosThe Schwinn Bicycle Company was founded by Ignaz Schwinn in Chicago in 1895, and grew to become the dominant manufacturer of American bicycles through most of the 20th century. The story of its rise illustrates many principles of sound business operations, and its fall, which occurred in the face of the burgeoning of [...]
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Posted in June 27th, 2008
And filmmakers, over the years, have found all kinds of ways to make the bicycle the centre of their stories. They have shown us, for example, that, …
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Posted in June 27th, 2008
Timeline
2006
July 19: Landis loses the Tour de France yellow jersey after stage 16. He falls more than eight minutes behind leader Oscar Pereiro.
July 20: Landis relaunches his bid for the yellow jersey, winning the 17th stage after a 130km attack. His stage win puts him 30 seconds behind Pereiro.
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Posted in June 27th, 2008
As the bike industry continues its headlong charge for stiffer-lighter-faster hardware, Shimano is keeping up its end of the deal with the upcoming Dura-Ace road group. VeloNews got a chance to ride the 10-speed group. Here are some brief first opinions.
Although Shimano revamped the entire group, the shifters received the biggest overhaul, and feature new [...]
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Posted in June 26th, 2008
… more from digitalseller…
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Posted in June 26th, 2008
The Schwinn Bicycle Company was founded by Ignaz Schwinn in Chicago in 1895, and grew to become the dominant manufacturer of American bicycles through most of the 20th century. The story of its rise illustrates many principles of sound business operations, and its fall, which occurred in the face of the burgeoning of cycling in [...]
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Posted in June 26th, 2008
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Schwinn prospered mightily in Eisenhower America, enchanting kids with chrome swaddled cruisers, the top model weighed 63 pounds. In the 1960’s a maturing Schwinn worked on modernizing distribution, weeding out thousands of marginal bike shops in favor of well-stocked, well-run dealerships. Schwinn’s long decline began with the overheated [...]
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Posted in June 24th, 2008
Why does riding my bicycle clear my stuffy nose? I’ve had a cold for the past few days, and when I wake up at least one nostril is totally blocked, and no amount of blowing will unblock it. One side also remains blocked throughout the day, though sometimes the sides switch. However, after about two [...]
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Posted in June 24th, 2008
Really newt-y looking, which means it was slimy, dark, and alarming. I zipped by on my bicycle. I am dearly attached to my bike.
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Posted in June 24th, 2008
I used a bicycle. I did it because I’m a cheapskate and it was good exercise. Which it definitely was. There was this freshie whose flat had no…
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Posted in June 24th, 2008
Russian Denis Menchov, one of the pre-race favorites, has been named as team leader for the nine-man Rabobank squad for the July 5-27 Tour de France, the Dutch team announced in the Netherlands on Tuesday.
Menchov is a double winner of the Vuelta a España who finished fifth in the 2006 Tour de France. The team [...]
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Posted in June 24th, 2008
The newly renamed Garmin-Chipotle team unveiled its Tour de France roster, which features three of only four Americans in the entire Tour peloton.
The team, formerly known as Slipstream-Chipotle, is making its debut in the world’s biggest bicycle race, but the roster, released on Tuesday, includes several Tour de France veterans.
Garmin-Chipotle, presented by H30 for [...]
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Posted in June 24th, 2008
Assigned to Specialized Bicycle Components Inc., Morgan Hill, Calif. Filed April 19, 2006, claiming priority to provisional Patent Application No. …
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Posted in June 24th, 2008
said, "Thanks for saving our planet," because he was riding his bicycle and not driving his "beloved" (his word) Miata. Mr. Magida is beside himself that …
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