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NYC: More Questions Than Answers in Cuomo Admin's Tappan Zee Thinking
Streetsblog &bull Yesterday
A discussion of the plans for the new Tappan Zee Bridge by the state cabinet today makes clear one thing - that the Cuomo administration continues to race to construction as fast as possible - while leaving other facets more confused and contradictory than ever. The cost of the bridge, for example, remains unknowable. The… Full Story »
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It's Time: Cobbles Power Poll!
Podium Café &bull Yesterday
This weekend the curtain raises on the northern classics with the sport's most prestigious dress rehearsal this side of the Criterium du Dauphine. The Omloop Het Nieuwsblad -- now coming under the same Flanders Classics umbrella as the Ronde Van Vlaanderen, the race it was invented to protest -- kicks off the cobbles season with ten mostly familiar climbs and nine other named cobbles sectors straight from Kasseien Central Casting. More details later but the point is, it's time to start seeing who's got what in store for this spring. Let's start with the criteria. To win a classic, you… Full Story »
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Why Miami Is a Dangerous Deathtrap for Cyclists - Huffington Post
Google Cycling News &bull Yesterday
I used to race bicycles in South Florida, and Key Biscayne is definitely the "go to" place to train. Its bridge provides one of the few elevations in Miami for bike riders to practice climbing. There are spectacular views of… Full Story »
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Pearl Izumi Select Attack 3/4-length bib tights review
Bikeradar.com &bull Yesterday
You could spend more than twice as much as this on Pearl Izumi leggings, but the Select Attack bibs are a good value medium weight option that only show their thermal limits in sub-zero conditions, especially when worn under mountain… Full Story »
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Zille races MyCiTi bus on bicycle - Independent Online
Google Cycling News &bull Yesterday
Premier Helen Zille and some City of Cape Town officials on the dedicated bicycle lane on the Table View to Cape Town CBD route. On Wednesday morning, Premier Helen Zille hopped on her bicycle and raced a MyCiTi bus from… Full Story »
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The other side of Portland's bicycle culture - KOIN Local 6
Google Cycling News &bull Feb 21, 2012
The other side of Portland's bicycle culture KOIN Local 6 Reported by: AP Zane Fischer, sits in his hamster ball bike before a "Ben Hur"-like chariot race at Chariot Wars during a three-day Mini Bike Winter Olympics Saturday, Feb.18, 2012,… Full Story »
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Hero Cycles forays into high-end bicycles - India Today
Google Cycling News &bull Feb 21, 2012
Cycle major, Hero Cycles on Monday announced their foray into high-end bicycles with the launch of their brand 'Urban Trail', unveiling the 'Red Dot', the first product of the series." At over 45 percent, Hero Cycles has the largest market… Full Story »
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Three sides of the Susitna 100
Up in Alaska &bull Feb 21, 2012
The ugly. Yet another dynamic experience at the Susitna 100. I finished in 35:42, which was under my best-case scenario goal of 36 hours. I had one of the most incredible walks of my life during the 12-mile leg between… Full Story »
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Around the world bicycle race begins in London
Biking Bis &bull Feb 20, 2012Nine endurance bicyclists rolled out of London on Saturday for the first-ever around-the-world bicycle race. Just two days after leaving, the cyclists on the World Cycle Racing Grand Tour already are spread across western Europe; one is in Morocco. A… Full Story »
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Track Cycling World Cup London: Britain top medals
Bikeradar.com &bull Feb 20, 2012
Hosts Great Britain topped the medal table in the fourth round of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup, which was staged in the Olympic velodrome in London between Thursday and Sunday. The Brits won five gold medals of the 14… Full Story »
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Track Cycling World Cup London: Britain top the medal table
Bikeradar.com &bull Feb 20, 2012
Hosts Great Britain topped the medal table in the fourth round of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup, which was staged in the Olympic velodrome in London between Thursday and Sunday. The Brits won five gold medals of the 14… Full Story »
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Grinta in Flanders
Cycling Art Blog &bull Feb 19, 2012
I'm reading the engrossing and comprehensive book on the history of Italian cycling, 'Pedalare Pedalare' by John Foot. It is this book in mind that I write on one of my favorite Italian cyclists of all time... Fiorenzo Magni. The… Full Story »
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Bicycling may spin tourists our way - Virginia Gazette
Google Cycling News &bull Feb 19, 2012
Bicycling may spin tourists our way Virginia Gazette "We want to put a spotlight on Williamsburg as a bicycle -friendly destination." He believes we have a good chance. A 100-mile race at Salisbury University in Maryland attracted 8000 visitors, filled… Full Story »
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The Third Book About Achim, by Uwe Johnson
Podium Café &bull Feb 17, 2012
Title: The Third Book About Achim (Das Dritte Buch Uber Achim)Author: Uwe JohnsonPublisher: Harcourt, Brace & World (Originally Suhrkamp)Year: 1961 (translation: 1967)Pages: 246Order: Try Abe Books or download from Archive.orgWhat it is: A slice of modernist meta-ficton: a novel about a failed attempt to write a biography of an East German cycling star, Joachim T.Strengths: It's up there with Tim Krabbe's The Rider and Paul Fournel's Need For The Bike. Weaknesses: If authors like Jorge Luis Borges, Italo Calvino or Paul Auster don't fire your fuse there's a fair to middling chance that this one won't set your world alight.… Full Story »
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Felt F5 review
Bikeradar.com &bull Feb 17, 2012
The frame tips the scales at well under the kilo mark and has an impressively rigid front end thanks to its 1-1/4 to 1-1/2in tapered head tube, backed by a large junction with the top and down tubes. The matching… Full Story »
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What does 90% feel like?
Bicycle Blog Cycleicious &bull Feb 16, 2012
Bicycle nuts of all kinds (including those in the "Slow Bicycle" camp) have been sharing this story at the New York Times about the benefits of short, high intensity interval workouts to your health. Researchers at McMaster University in Ontario have found that relatively short, twice weekly 20 minute workouts of high intensity have as much… Full Story »
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Bicycle wins race to city - Auckland stuff.co.nz
Google Cycling News &bull Feb 16, 2012
COMPETING COMMUTERS: Mayor Len Brown with the four competitors from this year's Commuter Challenge. From left: Paul Snow-Hansen, Jo Aleh, Deane Tetley and Phil Twyford. The event, sponsored by Urgent Couriers, is designed to encourage Aucklanders to leave their cars… Full Story »
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Exergy Tour Cities Announced
Podium Café &bull Feb 16, 2012
There's a new stage race in town this year. The Exergy Tour, running 24-28 May, is a five-day women's stage race, and earlier this week, the Exergy Tour announced the course cities for this year's edition. It starts and finishes in… Full Story »
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Bicycle bottle uses UV light to purify water - Environmental Transport Association
Google Cycling News &bull Feb 16, 2012
Cyclists with a thirst for adventure and a route that takes them away from sources of potable water can now buy a bottle that uses UV light to purify water in only 60 seconds. The CamelBak All Clear Microbiological UV… Full Story »
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The Golden Time of Le Tour
Cycling Art Blog &bull Feb 16, 2012
Golden Time... Charly Gaul squeezing the famous French singer,Charles Trenet, 1958 Tdf. A wonderful look of the Tour of the 1930s-40s-50s with amazing footage of a time long gone. So many great riders too numerous to list. But will never… Full Story »
