All good bike trails must end, but some end before they ever get a good start.

Exporing some of the many bicycle trails in the Puget Sound area the past couple of summers, I've found that some bike trails begin and end in well-equipped trailheads with restrooms, drinking fountains and parking lots.

Others simply come to an abrupt end in a road culvert, padlocked gate, or a muddy trail that disappears into an overgrown right of way.

Many of these are rails-to-trails that are built on abandoned railroad beds. Rail-to-Trails Conservancy reports 1,534 completed trails covered 15,346 miles in the US ....

It seems that the integration of technology with cycle wear is “gaining speed.” You might recall a previous post on bikehacks about the turn signal jacket. Well now there is another vest with a similar concept, but this time velocity is the focus. Mykle Systems Labs states: The SPEED-VEST is a bicycle safety [...] ShareThis

Blaa prigala ogenj in odletela. Golcer e doma. Bush bi dirkal XCO. Slovenec reira prenos BMX dirke. Z gorskimi in BMX kolesarji lahko zasluite … ali izgubite. celoten clanek

Thankfully no one was killed when a cab driver in Miami drove into a group of bicyclists out for a morning ride along the scenic MacArthur Causeway on Sunday morning.

The Miami Herald reports that the cabdriver apparently fell asleep at the wheel before striking the 11 bicyclists.

Six were sent to area hospitals, where one 48-year-old is listed in critical condition and undergoing surgery at a trauma center. The other five are all listed in stable condition. The five not hospitalized were treated at the scene for road rash and other minor injuries ...

Richard Gates is a heart transplant recipient. He’s also on a bicycle tour from Cleveland to Boston to promote organ donation. And tomorrow (Monday), he comes to Albany.

According to the Albany Times Union, Gates “plans to stop at Albany Medical Center Hospital at noon Monday and may meet there with staff and a support group.”

You can find out more about Richard Gates and his tour at tourdesecondchance.com. And if you’re free at noon, it might be nice to head down to Albany Med and welcome him to our fair city.

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MORE PLEASE: The New Zealand cycling team have officially requested an extra bronze medal for their team pursuit member who missed out on racing in the medal decider.

London's biggest cycling centre opened today after a phenomenal week for British Olympic cyclists.

USA Triathlon is pleased to announce that the Redman Triathlon in Oklahoma City, Okla. will serve as the site of the 2009 USA Triathlon Halfmax Long Course and Club National Championships. (PRWeb Aug 25, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1246974.htm