IRVINE, Calif. USA 2/19/08 -- Bringing premium sports apparel and footwear to its offering of industry-leading cycling and fishing products, Shimano has completed its purchase of DashAmerica, Inc. (dba Pearl Izumi USA, Inc.) from Nautilus, Inc., announces David Pfeiffer, president of Shimano American Corporation. Pearl Izumi becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Shimanos U.S. operations, and will continue to operate from its facilities in Broomfield, Colorado and Kirchzarten, Germany. The acquisition brings together two companies started by Japanese families who share a passion for cycling, said Pfeiffer. Both have strong research and development backgrounds, offer industry leading innovations, and share an obsession with quality and performance.  read more »

Click here to view this route Starts in the city and heads out following the eastern freeway, heading down eastlink trail and taking Nepean Highway/Beach Rd back up to the city. Mostly sealed trail roads, around 10Km of dirt/gravel and 10Km of travel along Nepean Highway. A trail follows Beach Rd all the way to the city, taking the Southbank trail which follows the 109 Tram route and then along Southbank up to the Arts Centre and crossing the bridge back to the starting location, Flinders Street Train Station. Total distance is approximately 130Km Tagged with: Smooth, Low traffic, Safe Length: 108.94km / 68.09mi View recent routes in: Australia Victoria Melbourne View all routes from peterng

In a StreetsWiki entry on Safety in Numbers, Andy Hamilton points to the theory stating that the more cyclists and pedestrians use the streets, the less likely they are to be injured. It's an observation advanced by public health consultant Peter Jacobsen, but others have weighed in as well.

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The International Cycling Union (UCI) on Saturday confirmed it has granted Australia a second starting place in the men's Olympic road time trial with Cycling Australia saying it had gratefully
accepted following discussions with the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC).

Cadel Evans was originally down as the sole Aussie rider but then withdrew last Tuesday because of a knee injury, ceding his berth to three-time world champion, Michael Rogers.

A Cycling Australia statement revealed Evans ...

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Cool biking stuff happens in tons of places besides Toronto.

Here's some news, views, and inspirations that I've come across in the last week.

I post all interesting Elsewhere Links as well as lots of Bike News from Other Cities over on the Links Page.  read more »

Click here to view this route St Andrews Ipswich Hospital 10km Ride is part of the Lions Ipswich 2008 Bike Rides Tagged with: Recreational, Onroad, Basic, Safe, Urban Length: 8.59km / 5.37mi View recent routes in: Australia Queensland Ipswich View all routes from ksinclair

Click here to view this route The Ipswich 100 part of the Lions Ipswich 2008 Bike Rides Tagged with: Recreational, Onroad, Intermediate, Urban, Rural, Scenic Length: 102.36km / 63.97mi View recent routes in: Australia Queensland Ipswich View all routes from ksinclair

Click here to view this route Length: 107.39km / 67.12mi View recent routes in: Australia Western Australia Perth View all routes from johntolhurst

On May 28 the curtain goes up on the 8th annual edition of the Bicycle Film Festival with a five-day run in New York City. From there it takes off on a seven-month tour of the US, Europe, Australia and Asia before landing in Portland in December for this year's final show. There's more to these events than films about people riding their bicycles. We're talking parties, bands, art shows and more parties. But at its heart this festival is about bicycling films. The New York City program shows sessions that encompass everything from animated shorts, 5-minute films about bike advocates to feature-length documentaries such as Adventures for the Cure(see trailer above). ...

Click here to view this route Final day of the tour. Tagged with: Training Length: 96.28km / 60.17mi View recent routes in: Australia Tasmania Hobart View all routes from samdenmead