Michael Barry was back in the spotlight in 2008, winning his first race since the 2005 season with a dramatic stage victory at the Tour of Missouri. He also rode to fifth in the Tour of Ireland and finished ninth in the grueling Olympic road race in Beijing.
The 32-year-old Canadian returned to form this year [...]

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Kevin of Ft. Wayne recreated a level of Guitar Hero riding his bicycle through the neighborhood. The song is “Prisoner of Society” by The Living End with the difficulty level set to “hard”. Of course it’s possible that this is a viral video produced to promote Guitar Hero, but nonetheless it’s very creative. via Waxy [...]

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Price: $38 to $225
Sizes: 16, 38, 60mm and full disc
Web site: www.wheeltags.com
Wheeltags is a manufacturer of stylish graphics for high profile rims and disc wheels. With over a dozen (and growing) styles to choose from you can find the perfect match to make your bike just that much more unique. If Wheeltags doesn’t provide a [...]

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This video for bike virgins runs through all of the parts and nomenclature of a 10-speed bike. The soundtrack to the video was done by bangin’ and clangin’ bike parts. It reminded me of that classic Frank Zappa appearance on The Steve Allen Show where Frank and Steve played bicycles. Bicycle Anatomy for Beginners [via [...]

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Behind the story there is always a greater story, one which is often missed.
The Tour of Lombardy unfolded in traditional fashion: a breakaway, a gauged acceleration in the peloton, the knife-stabbing attacks that seal most riders’ fate, and then, finally, the winning attack and the defeated sprints for the places of honor. The [...]

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Cycling is a great activity. What though do you do with your bike when you stop someone like the shops for example or take you bike to work or school? Well you need some where secure to put it or some way of securing your bike so no one will steal it. What you need [...]

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Ukrainian cyclist Yaroslav Popovych has signed a two-year contract with the Astana team, which boasts seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong on its books.
The 28-year-old Popovych joined up once more with team boss Johan Bruyneel whom he rode for when at the Discovery Channel team from 2005 to 2007.
Popovych, who was considered a possible [...]

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Bicycle production increased 3.2 percent in 2007, bringing the number of new bicycles manufactured to 130 million annually, according to Worldwatch Institute estimates published in the latest Vital Signs Update. Two-thirds of this production continues to take place in China, which has long been an industry leader. More and more cities are announcing plans to [...]

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Beth Landon-Griffith (Hagens-Berman) and Zach McDonald (Classic Cycles) emerged triumphant on Sunday as the Seattle Cyclocross series visited a gooey course at the Bremerton fairgrounds.
With several inches of rain in the week leading up to the race and many local rivers on flood watches, the course was already wet. Sunday began with showers that diminished [...]

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Here’s how we roll in Santa Cruz, California. Most of these are along the sidepath along West Cliff Drive. Click on the photos for details.

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I’ve been having some fun creating stuff for my Zazzle gallery.
Of late, I’ve added a biking / cycling design and making bumper stickers and mugs so far. T-shirts and other fun stuff will be added this weekend.
It’s amazing how easy it is to make all kinds of stuff nowdays, without needing to own any specialized [...]

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Roberto Heras, the Spanish rider who saw his 2005 Vuelta a España title stripped for a doping offense, is still holding out hope that he can return to the professional peloton.
Unlike other riders who’ve returned from doping bans to secure teams, Heras has had trouble finding a contract, especially among ProTour squads that have been [...]

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In a time where the hipster/urban/fixie culture is attracting more bicycle companies than moths to a candle, it is interesting when the opposite happens. A well known company in the fixie world comes out with a 29?er. Milwaukee Bicycle Company is their name, and here is their 29?er rig for you to check out.

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Toyota-United rider Ivan Stevic is facing a lifetime ban by the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) for use of a prohibited substance, possession of prohibited substances and illegal trafficking of prohibited substances dating back to 2004.
As first reported on Cycling Fans Anonymous, the Serbian cyclist was implicated in the infamous Oil For Drugs scandal that also [...]

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Riding a bicycle is an increasingly popular activity for recreational as well as practical purposes. However, sometimes it becomes necessary to remove, replace, or clean certain parts of the bike. Custom fixed-gear bikeA track bicycle is a type of bicycle (ridden with a single, often fixed gear) that is popular in urban areas for its [...]

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Leonardo Piepoli, one of seven riders to fail drug tests at the Tour de France, has demanded a counter-test, according to the French national anti-doping agency (AFLD) on Wednesday.
Piepoli, one of four who tested positive for a new strain of a banned blood booster EPO called CERA, will be controlled in the coming weeks AFLD [...]

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Lance Armstrong and I have a few things in common. We both participated in the 1987 Hotter N Hell Hundred Century Ride in Wichita Falls, Texas, we both like bikes, and we both use Twitter , as do several other bike bloggers and bike industry people. Carlton lists several bike trade tweeters over at BikeBiz.com. [...]

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Gustav Larsson, the silver medalist time trialist from the Beijing Olympic Games, has penned a three-year contract extension with Saxo Bank-IT Factory (formerly CSC-Saxo Bank).
Larsson was rumored to be considering a deal with Caisse d’Epargne, but the 28-year-old Swede decided to stay with Bjarne Riis.
Larsson — who finished 14th in this year’s Giro d’Italia along [...]

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“Bicycle Today, Automobile Tomorrow” was released in 1969 and produced with input from the Inglewood, CA police, the Inglewood, CA school district and the Los Angeles Board of Education. The idea is that children who learn to ride their bikes in traffic will become better automobile drivers as adults.

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