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"It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle." - Ernest Hemingway, By-Line

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Tour de Thousand Oaks: Break Away from Cancer Benefit Ride

The Breakaway from Cancer charity ride has already hit the streets of our nation’s capitol, (Washington D.C. for those who forgot), the scenic and historic San Francisco, and now it’s getting ready to roll in Thousand Oaks on Feburary 11th 2007

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Malcolm BMX in "Democracy"

"My administration will stand up for a clean air and clean water in this state. For too long, the Republican majority has acted as if environmental protections that keep us all safe and healthy are just so much red tape that..."

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Midnight Ridazz: The All City Toy Ride

The All City Toy Ride is being hailed as “one of the most important Midnight Ridazz rides”  to date.

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Nuts 'n' Bolts: Lubricants for Bicycles

We all know that bicycles require no fossil fuels, but we cannot claim complete independence from petroleum products.

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Disabled kids learn to ride bikes

A camp at Nova Southeastern University in Davie is offering disabled youngsters the opportunity to learn how to ride a two-wheel bicycle.

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Missoula-based cycling nonprofit looks back, plans for future

Thirty years ago, in the summer of 1976, a cross-country bicycle ride organized by a small group of folks in Missoula took place.

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L.A. Council Member Ed P. Reyes Seeks Support for Bicycle Legislation

Council Member Ed P. Reyes CD 1 encourages the city of Los Angeles to adopt new bicycle oriented legislation.

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"Bicycle Man" Recognized by White House

Known to Fayetteville, NC residents as the "Bicycle Man", Moses Mathis gave away over 500 bicycles and 50 computers on Friday, December 22nd.

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Valley hobbyists weld custom bikes in own 'Monster Garages'

Kyle "Horns" Hornbeck wheels his bicycle down the driveway, the raw metal frame glimmering in the reflection of his glasses as he leans down to admire it.

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Double-parkers clog new bicycle lanes on Grand St.

Community Board 3 passed a resolution in the spring saying it did not support bike lanes on Grand St. But by November, the city Department of Transportation had installed the lanes.

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City Should Be Bike Friendly

A bicycle friendly city is more than a city that just happens to have bike lanes. It is a city that actively encourages and educates its citizens about bicycling.

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Arrogant drivers best look both ways

Starting in the spring, city officials posing as pedestrians will be sent to high-accident intersections as part of a new crackdown on motorists who endanger walkers.

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New German Community Models Car-free Living

It's pickup time at the Vauban kindergarten here at the edge of the Black Forest, but there's not a single minivan waiting for the kids. Instead, a convoy of helmet-donning moms - bicycle trailers in tow - pedal up to the entrance.

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Cycling declines in Asia, on rise in Europe

Bicycle ownership and use has been declining in China and India, while Europe is at the forefront of measures to popularise cycling.

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Singapore fold-up bike goes against Asian tide

Chu Wa feels the small thrill of breaking Singapore's notoriously strict rules and getting away with it every time he wheels his pretend "shopping trolley" through a shopping mall or along a train platform.

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Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition Hires Safe Routes to School Expert

Safe Routes to School (SRTS) expert Chris Davis has joined the Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition team to create a pilot transportation education program for Sonoma County schools.

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Wider berth for California bicyclists sought to cut road deaths

A Santa Barbara assemblyman is fighting to change California state law -- by 36 inches.

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Steam in the streets of Milwaukee

Hell no, I am not talking about Harleys or even any motorcycles, just good ol bicycles. I mean critical mass, fixed gear, ten speed, chrome bags, just thinking of it all makes me hot.

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Ithaca family pedals for sustainability

The Harrod family has a new vehicle, one that gets really good fuel efficiency. Elisabeth Harrod says it's fueled by burritos.

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Ikea's ideal Xmas gift . . . a flat-pack bicycle

IKEA bosses today told the 500 workers at the firm's Braehead store to get on their bikes - and handed them flat-pack bicycles as Christmas presents.

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Trail's opening eyed as path to prosperity

Once known for being at the end of a famous canal, this city is ready to open a new pathway, one that civic leaders hope will make it a recreation destination and infuse downtown businesses with cash.

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Shoreline Santa Delivers Bicycles To City Children

It's hard to tell who was more delighted at the prospect of 7-year-old Julio Rafael Almanzar getting his first bike Tuesday — Julio or his father.

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Pedicab Industry Could Soon Be Pedaling With Restrictions

Pedicab drivers are gearing up to fight for their right of way as the city seeks to impose restrictions on the decade-old tourist trade.

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Misguided lefties bike, ruin world

But as hundreds of millions of Americans saddle up and clog the streets with Schwinns and Huffys, we must take a step back and shed light on the immeasurable damage these “bicyclistas” inflict upon our increasingly fragile environment.

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Cycle City, U.S.A.

Stand on the Hawthorne Bridge spanning the Willamette River in downtown Portland during rush hour and the bicyclists whiz by faster than you can count them

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How bike friendly will Austin become?

Portland pointed the way, but it will take action on planned projects, leadership and money to make cycling a priority here [in Austin]

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Little Things that Make a Bike Ride Better

Bicycle designer Georgena Terry describes her favorite gadgets

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Roswell's unique transportation loop goes beyond cars

The north Fulton suburb has finalized plans for the Roswell Loop, a connected circle of walking trails and bicycle lanes that will ring the city and link its parks, schools, natural resources and historic downtown — all without having to get in a car.

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Seattle rolls out Bicycle Master Plan

On the streets of Seattle, the balance of power is about to shift.

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Bicycle mechanics and the space age

If you have ever driven a car, flown on a plane or, as a woman, been thankful you don't have to wear corsets and large frumpy dresses - you owe gratitude to the bicycle and the mechanics who built them.

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Bike Rally at the Alt Car Expo in L.A. - Friday Dec. 8th.

You are invited to join the bike rally for the opening of the Alt Car Expo.

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I'm all for putting more vehicles on our roads. As long as they're coaches

A better organised, more attractive network could get people around faster, save tonnes of carbon - and cost almost nothing

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Teen Columnist: Bike to boost financial, environmental, healthful future

I'm an American (or so I've been led to believe), and it has become increasingly difficult for me to ignore the commercialistic ethos of our nation presented in the form of the SUV.

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Woman is sentenced for bicyclist's death

Jennifer Stark wiped away tears and nodded that she understood the maximum sentence a Champaign County judge gave her Wednesday for improper lane usage.

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Superhighways or smart growth

IF YOU WANT to avoid being killed on the highway, it’s helpful to stay off the highways.

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Wheel meet again

Pedal power is set to make a comeback as the government aims to get more people back into the saddle.

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Hungary's bikers rally in Budapest for more bicycle roads

Some 3,000 cyclists of the Critical Mass movement rode through Budapest on Saturday in a campaign for better infrastructure for cycling.

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Three Day Bicycle Race to Commemorate World AIDS Day

Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC) has arranged a three-day bicycle ride as one of the activities to commemorate World AIDS Day.

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