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Questions over funds dog Kimmage-backing Twitter personality

By On May 2, 2013 · Leave a Comment

By Matthew Beaudin Published 2 hours ago comments Tweet Share Share <!– –> Print Latest Headlines Results: Tour of the Gila stage 1 Listen: Kiel Reijnen, Taylor Shelden lay out Gila Vacansoleil drops Rujano from Giro over investigation Petacchi downbeat after UCI refuses Omega Pharma transfer Whatever punches Paul Kimmage has thrown at cycling — [...]

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Cyclists and Faith Find a Common Cadence

By On March 21, 2013 · Leave a Comment

The Rev. H. Miller Hunter, Jr., of Christ Church in Raleigh, N.C., began his sermon on the fourth Sunday of Lent with a tandem ride with God. I did not trust Him, at first, in control of my life. I thought He’d wreck it; but He knows bike secrets, knows how to make it bend [...]

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Leaving new viewers on the table

Op-ed: Cycling TV needs a big change for the sport to survive

By On March 1, 2013 · Leave a Comment

By Michael Aisner Published 4 hours ago comments Tweet Share Share <!– –> Print Michael Aisner argues that with so much focus on pedal-by-pedal racing coverage, we miss the chance to tell cycling’s most engaging stories to potential new fans. Photo: BrakeThrough Media | VeloNews.com Table of Contents The need for change Do we even [...]

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Press Release – On-line survey: strong early turn

By On March 1, 2013 · Leave a Comment

In just one week since its launch, the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) online survey “A Bright Future for Cycling” has been completed by more than 3000 people. The survey, managed by Deloitte, opened on February 21st and will run until March 15th. Responses are anonymous and confidential, and will assist the UCI in deciding what [...]

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Travel Europe: A cycling trip through Germany and AustriaThe Danube Bike Trail …

By On February 19, 2013 · Leave a Comment

We’re spinning along the meandering route that edges the banks of the Danube from Passau, Germany, to Vienna, Austria, whizzing past castle ruins, ancient abbeys, orchards and vineyards. To read the whole story, visit here: http://www.thestar.com/life/travel/2013/02/19/the_danube_bike_trail_hailed_on_a_ride_for_our_faux_lederhosen.html

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A BRITISH couple cycling around the world have been killed by a truck in Thailand.

By On February 18, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Peter Root and Mary Thompson, both 34, set off on their adventure in July 2011 and had cycled through Europe, the Middle East and China – even passing through Iran and Afghanistan. The couple, both artists from Guernsey, died in an accident on Thailand’s notoriously lethal roads last week. They were riding when they were [...]

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Bike shops ride westside cycling trend

By On February 12, 2013 · Leave a Comment

More west Houston residents are opting to leave the car in the garage and reach for a bike, and that makes an opportunity for several local shops dedicated to meeting the needs of local cyclists. The store owners, often bicycle enthusiasts as well as entrepreneurs, closely follow trends in a business they find both tough [...]

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Reon Nolan: Saved by cycling

By On February 8, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Nolan, now 31, was born into a destructive family with gang connections, where drugs, alcohol and stealing was their way of life. “When my father was murdered when I was 11 I really started going bad,” Nolan told Cycling Central. “My attitude was:‘stuff the world, someone’s killed my Dad.’ I was left alone with no [...]

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Minister for cycling: UK will never be like the Netherlands

By On January 30, 2013 · Leave a Comment

The Department for Transport is making what they’re billing as “a big announcement” on cycling this morning. All I know at the time of writing is that this will include £9m (£7.5m from the DfT and the rest from rail companies) for a big expansion of cycle parking at stations. That’s interesting, if not so [...]

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The Crowd

Never forget, cycling is simply people on bikes

By On January 26, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Roar Guru 0 Have your say This past week the first World Tour race of the year started, the Tour Down Under. Yes, actual guys on actual bikes living and riding in the present time! Given all the noisy news we’ve had to digest (and are still digesting, unfortunately) in the normally quiet off-season, I [...]

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