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LeBron James Bikes to Work “All the Time”

Posted (Not Necessarily Written) By on Feb 15, 2012 in Cycling News

by Ben Fried This Twitter photo of LeBron James biking to American Airlines Arena before facing off against Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls last night has gone viral on sports news sites all over America. There are some interesting sociological currents swirling around LeBron James, bike commuter. While the photographer labeled James a “manchild” for taking to [...]

Peter Lee - A photo, taken by a local named Peter Lee, surfaced on Twitter: James atop an oversized mountain bike, backpack strapped to his shoulders, tattoos peeking out from a black lycra jersey.
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LeBron Hops in the Peloton

Posted (Not Necessarily Written) By on Feb 15, 2012 in Cycling News, Featured, Wall Street Journal

JASON GAY JANUARY 31, 2012 wsj.com Look, I know we’re all supposed to dump on LeBron James for the rest of our lives, until he cures a global disease, or, far less likely, the vengeful Cleveland Cavaliers win an NBA title. But the LBJ hate parade has become a little tedious, a little last year, [...]

Photo by Choh Wah Ye.
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The Zen of urban cycling

Posted (Not Necessarily Written) By on Feb 07, 2012 in Cycling News, Featured

BY JOEL GWADZ 27 JAN 2012 2:49 PM http://grist.org/biking/finding-the-zone-the-zen-of-urban-cycling/ I am a mountain biker and mountain bike racing is a big part of my love for cycling. There’s only one problem: I live in the city. To get to the hills, I have to put my bike on the car and drive an hour out [...]

Justin Hurst on his route in Palo Alto. Photo: Karen T. Borchers/Mercury News
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UPS Delivering Holiday Packages Via Bicycle

Posted (Not Necessarily Written) By on Dec 10, 2011 in Cycling News, Featured

excerpted from sfist.com This should please those commenters whose knee-jerk response to any and all posts regarding transit woes is “Get a bike.”: UPS, who lately has been bombarding us with those ads with the white-board guy in a lady wig, is going inadvertently green this holiday season. Due to the unsustainable costs of renting extra [...]

Artist Dan Price, who teaches at the School of the Art Institute, calls the project “an interesting challenge.”
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Artists shift gears to build with bicycle parts

Posted (Not Necessarily Written) By on Dec 08, 2011 in Cycling News

By Mary Houlihan Staff Reporter/mhoulihan@suntimes.com November 29, 2011 7:22PM View the Gallery… Asking artists to create sculptures from high-tech bike parts could only come from a mind that loves both art and bikes. David Zimberoff, the marketing guru at SRAM, a Chicago company that manufactures bicycle components, fits the bill. Looking for a way to celebrate [...]

Velocity Australia
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Velocity to be made in USA

Posted (Not Necessarily Written) By on Nov 10, 2011 in Cycling News

(Brendale, Aust.) Brothers and partners, Tom and John Black will begin manufacturing rims in Jacksonville, Floridain February 2012.  Currently, all Velocity rims are made in Australia, but production will cease in Brisbane by the end of November. Tom Black, the founder of Velocity, will be relocating from Australia to Florida where he will continue to oversee rim production at Velocity’s new manufacturing factory.  Velocity’s distribution centre will continue [...]

Greg Borzo - On Aug 2, 2009, Janet Rowley received the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, for her pioneering work in cancer research.
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Self-Propelled Professors

Posted (Not Necessarily Written) By on Oct 31, 2011 in Cycling News, Featured

By Greg Borzo momentumplanet.com Since the 1940s, 84-year-old Janet Rowley and 86-year-old Donald Rowley have been biking, off and on, all over the University of Chicago campus, first as students and then as faculty and physicians. They credit their biking with helping to maintain their health – and their pocketbooks. Janet is professor of oncology [...]

Antwane Pritchett, 10, works on a bicycle with the help of Reginald Graham, 15, in Chicago. Graham is a bike mechanic apprentice at the Blackstone Bicycle Works, a bike shop that has an after-school program where young people can earn a free bike by working at the shop for 25 hours. Graham has earned several bikes. Pritchett was working to earn his first bike. Two years ago, Graham put on a bike mechanic’s apron for the first time, and something clicked. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)
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A Bike Means Freedom For South Side Chicago Kids

Posted (Not Necessarily Written) By on Oct 31, 2011 in Cycling News, Featured

CHICAGO — Each time 15-year-old Reginald Graham builds a bicycle, the process begins with a ritual. He goes to the back room at the shop where he often works after school and scans the bikes and bike parts. Many are donated. Some are found, abandoned on bike racks. The key, Reggie says, is to find [...]

Claire Hungerford
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Fast Tracked

Posted (Not Necessarily Written) By on Oct 26, 2011 in Cycling News

By Isaac Dalke September 28, 2011 chicagoweekly.com The old U.S. Steel Mills have been abandoned for almost 30 years. Prairie has fought through the vast fields of concrete, asphalt, and steel; most of the permanent structures have been torn down or have disintegrated over time. This industrial district, which stretches along two and a half miles [...]

Green Bike Lane
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Newest GOP Hostages: Bicyclists and Pedestrians

Posted (Not Necessarily Written) By on Sep 20, 2011 in Cycling News

By karoli crooksandliars.com A year ago, two women riding their bikes in the 2010 Cool Breeze Century Ride were struck from behind by a truck entering Highway 1. They survived with serious, but survivable, injuries despite being thrown from their bikes and tossed into the guardrail. They were lucky. You might wonder why on earth cyclists would [...]

Seven blocks of State Street will be closed to traffic from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 1. | Scott Stewart~Sun-Times file
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‘Open Streets’ event to close seven blocks of State Street for five hours

Posted (Not Necessarily Written) By on Sep 13, 2011 in Cycling News, Featured

By Sandra Guy Business Reporter/sguy@suntimes.com September 6, 2011 2:10AM Seven blocks of State Street will be closed to traffic from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 1 to make way for an “urban playground” featuring relay races, yoga classes and a temporary skate park — and organizers assure residents that no plans exist to [...]

Stearns Bridge
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Stearns Road Bike/Pedestrian Bridge Celebration on September 17, 2011

Posted (Not Necessarily Written) By on Sep 05, 2011 in Cycling News, Featured

Hi EBCers: I just received this from the Dupage Trail Patrol email list and wanted to pass it on. If you haven’t been out to see the great work they did on the new bridge connecting the Illinois Prairie Path to the Fox River Trail systems go check it out (or drop by the ribbon [...]

The Function of Tires
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How the PumpTire Works

Posted (Not Necessarily Written) By on Sep 02, 2011 in Cycling News, Featured

Uploaded by videopumptire on Jul 14, 2011 Short video showing the technology behind the pumptire as well as a prototype demo showing a pressure rise from 22-52psi. Check us out at www.pumptire.com

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Off the chain! City slams bicyclist with $1,500 in fines for running red lights

Posted (Not Necessarily Written) By on Aug 29, 2011 in Cycling News, Featured

BY TANYANIKA SAMUELS DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Bicyclist Juan Rodriguez fought a ticket he got for running a red light on his bicycle and lost – big time. Manhattan bicyclist Juan (JC) Rodriguez didn’t learn his lesson after running his first red light. Or his second. But the third time may be the charm – because it [...]

Michael Kirby Smith for The NYTimes - Two groups sought removal of the bike lane that was installed in 2010 along Prospect Park West in Brooklyn.
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Judge Rejects Groups’ Effort to Remove Bike Lane

Posted (Not Necessarily Written) By on Aug 25, 2011 in Cycling News, Featured

By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM Published: August 16, 2011 nytimes.com A judge on Tuesday dismissed an effort by Brooklyn residents to remove a hotly contested bicycle lane installed by the city on Prospect Park West, in one of the most closely watched controversies over a signature policy of the Bloomberg administration. The decision represented a significant [...]

Public Bikes - Bicyclists like this one might not literally stop and smell the roses, but their leisurely rides let them wear regular clothes, chat with other riders and pedestrians, and notice more sights.
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Slow Bike Movement: Not all cyclists in a hurry

Posted (Not Necessarily Written) By on Aug 11, 2011 in Cycling News, Featured

Celeste LeCompte, Special to The Chronicle Thursday, July 28, 2011 San Francisco is boomtown for bicycling. And with more riders comes more diversity. Among the growing population of bicyclists are those who eschew speed and spandex in favor of sitting upright and slowly making their way through town in whatever they happen to be wearing [...]

North Shore Century
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The North Shore Century – Sunday Sept 12th, 2011

Posted (Not Necessarily Written) By on Aug 04, 2011 in Cycling News, Featured

Excerpted from the Evanston Bicycle Club website: The North Shore Century offers incredibly scenic biking along Lake Michigan on routes of 25, 50, 62, 70 and 100 miles, through the towns and villages from Evanston to Wisconsin.  Riders pedal down tranquil tree-lined streets, experience luxurious neighborhoods, view unique architectural treasures, and feel the refreshing breezes [...]

Jennifer Vance at Milwuakee Ave, Damen Ave, and North Ave, Chicago, IL
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A Revolutionary American Model of Cycling

Posted (Not Necessarily Written) By on Aug 02, 2011 in Cycling News, Featured

The Good Life The hottest revolution in American cycling doesn’t have a name, a mission, or a coherent identity. But if you slow down long enough and look around, you might notice it—and join in the fun. By Jeanne Emery Created 2011-05-31 13:18 Bicycling.com I COULDN’T WAIT FOR MY SON TO TURN SIX MONTHS OLD. Not because his smile became more infectious, even as his stream-of-conscious babbling seemed [...]

Larry Smith racing on a recumbent bike. — Courtesy Smith
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A Whole New Ride: Three-Wheel Bicycles

Posted (Not Necessarily Written) By on Aug 01, 2011 in Cycling News, Featured

Recumbent tricycle gains ground by: Joan Mooney | from: AARP Bulletin | August 1, 2011 aarp.com David Lawson first tried a recumbent tricycle when his chiropractor told him that commuting to his job at the University of California, Santa Barbara, on a mountain bike was wreaking havoc with his neck and posture. Lawson had been an avid [...]

Typographic Bicycle
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Dad’s office is a bicycle

Posted (Not Necessarily Written) By on Jul 30, 2011 in Cycling News, Featured

cnn.com KXAN|Added on July 29, 2011 A Texas man desperate to find a job creates his own advertising business doing what he loves. KXAN explains.

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