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Goodbye chains, hello belt-drive bicycles PDF Print E-mail

Reprinted from the LA Times

The 24 Hours of Adrenalin Solo World Championship is often a grueling showcase for the world's toughest bikes and riders, but the July event in Canmore, Canada, was something special.

Greg Martin, a 37-year-old firefighter from Ketchum, Idaho, won the single-speed division (and came in fifth overall) on a bike that didn't have a chain. It used a smooth, silent, carbon-polyurethane belt — similar to that of auto transmission and timing belts — to prove that belt-drive, a new technology unknown to most bikers, is ready for prime time.

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DIY Free Motion Cycling Rollers PDF Print E-mail

Even though Spring is almost here, it's still not quite here. But to keep in shape while we wait for it to arrive you can make your own Free Motion Cycling Rollers.

 

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Bicycles helping Wisconsin economy go 'round with $1.5 billion annual impact, study says PDF Print E-mail

This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it • Gannett Wisconsin Media • February 11, 2010

 

A new study by University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate students
says bicycling generates more than a $1.5 billion economic impact
in Wisconsin, exceeding the impact of even the deer hunting industry.

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PFK Ride PDF Print E-mail

pdklogoPedaling for Kicks

July 10, 2010

START TIME: 6 am - 8 am
Same Day Registration Begins At 5:30 am

Download the Application for more information

 

2 “FAMILY ROUTE” OPTIONS
Choose to ride from East White Oak Bible Church to Comlara
Park and back for the full 20 miles -OR- ride to Comlara
Park and take the FREE shuttle back to the church for
a 10 mile ride. Family Route riders may start riding at
any time but should plan their route to be back at East
White Oak Bible Church no later than 12 Noon if they
are planning to have the optional post ride meal.

 
Gaining a Toehold for the E-Bike PDF Print E-mail
Published: January 16, 2010
Yoshikazu Tsuno/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

TECHNOLOGY has eliminated many of life’s milder physical demands, like getting off the couch to change the channel, or going to the store to buy a book.

The latest exertion to be conquered: biking uphill.

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