Gaining Momentum
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BARTONVILLE — Area bicyclists have launched a statewide petition drive, hoping to keep other cities from adopting rules like Bartonville’s new ordinance, which limits the size of bicycling groups riding through town. More than 2,000 people have signed the petition denouncing the ordinance, according to Robin Stallings, executive director of Bike Texas. The petition went online Aug. 25. About 20 percent of the signatures were gathered at the Hotter’N Hell Hundred bike races in Wichita Falls last weekend. “Most of those names are from North Texas,” Stallings said. The group plans to leave the petition up a while longer, since...
Published on Friday 10th of September 2010 08:41:06 AM
Sens. Kerry, Brown like to bike together
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It's a bike-a-thon built for two. On Saturday, Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Scott Brown, R-Mass., will ride in the Pan-Mass Challenge, which raises money for cancer research. Apparently biking is how the two senators bond, according to the Associated Press. Kerry told the AP that he and the junior senator from Massachusetts will "just go out and have a good morning exercise ride." Brown said he prefers biking over having dinner or beers with Kerry. (Though we know Brown does go to the bar, being spotted several times at the Dubliner).
Published on Friday 10th of September 2010 08:41:06 AM
Police: Bikes Stolen From Jenna Bush Hager's Home
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Police: Bikes Stolen From Jenna Bush Hager's Home Sat Jun 19 BALTIMORE – Baltimore police say two bicycles were stolen from the home of Jenna Bush Hager, the daughter of former President George W. Bush. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says no one was at the house owned by Bush Hager and her husband when the burglary occurred Friday afternoon. He says there is no indication that whoever burglarized the home knew who lived there. Fingerprint evidence was taken, but no suspects have been identified. The bikes worth about $3,500 combined were taken from a garage, and no entry was made...
Published on Friday 10th of September 2010 08:41:06 AM
Tour de France bikes to be scanned for motors - UCI
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PARIS (AFP) – Bikes used at the Tour de France will be scanned to make sure they do not contain illegal motors, the International Cycling Union (UCI) announced on Friday. The move comes following rumours that Fabian Cancellara used 'mechanical doping' during his victories in the Tour of Flanders and the Paris-Roubaix, which the Swiss Olympic time-trial champion strongly denied. "The members of the management committee discussed issues concerning equipment used in road competitions and decided that it was necessary to bolster measures that have already been put in place (in particular the visual inspection of bicycles, a procedure that...
Published on Friday 10th of September 2010 08:41:06 AM
Pittsburghers Park Cars, Bike To Work Instead
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― Many Pittsburghers joined people all around the nation today by keeping their cars parked and taking their bicycles to work instead. It's all a part of National Bike to Work Day. "I bike from Friendship, and then I just usually head down Liberty, cross over to Penn Ave. when I get down into the Strip and I work at the Regional Enterprise Tower," said Jake Baechle, a bicyclist. Baechle says biking is about more then just saving on gas money. "It saves a lot of money, saves on gas, and it's good for the environment and it's...
Published on Friday 10th of September 2010 08:41:06 AM
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