COLUMN: Come one! Come all! Decide for yourself who's a clown and who's not Sep 10, 2009
Conservatives simply saw a chance to stick a spoke in Obama s bicycle wheels and they gleefully watched him kiss the pavement almost. I don t believe that liberals wouldn t have done the same thing to George W. Bush, if they d thought of it. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Cycling Becoming A Bartow Thing Aug 27, 2009
The Florida Point Series Twilight Criterium features professional cyclists, from all over the Southeast United States, converging on Bartow to catch air (both bicycle wheels leaving the ground) during the mass-start race covering numerous laps of a course through downtown. But first on Saturday morning, Bartow s annual Tour de Tow on-road cycling will take place across the Peace River basin through expansive citrus groves, around beautiful Lake Buffum, and will continue along gently rolling... (Bartow Polk County Democrat, FL)
Oklahoma Pedal Power: Local cycle club joins trek across Oklahoma (1) Aug 11, 2009
When Greenland s bicycle wheels rolled past the Kansas line, she read someone s congratulations on the pavement. The message on the roadway that was written in chalk was simple, but it meant a lot to Greenland. (Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, OK)
Man on lawnmower during beer run charged with DUI Aug 6, 2009
A French pilot on Saturday recreated the first-ever flight across the English Channel in a monoplane like the one that Louis Bleriot flew in 1909, complete with a wooden propeller, bicycle wheels and an engine about as powerful as a lawnmower ... A French pilot on Saturday recreated the first-ever flight across the English Channel in a monoplane like the one that Louis Bleriot flew in 1909, complete with a wooden propeller, bicycle wheels and an engine about as powerful as a lawnmower. (Fresno Bee)
Pilot re-creates flight from Calais to Dover Jul 27, 2009
A French pilot Saturday re-created the first-ever flight across the English Channel in a monoplane like the one that Louis Bleriot flew in 1909, complete with a wooden propeller, bicycle wheels and an engine about as powerful as a lawnmower. More News. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Bleriot XI marks centenary of historic flight Jul 26, 2009
Complete with a flowing 20th century white flier's scarf, leather aviator cap and goggles, French pilot Edmond Salis set off from Les Barraques near Calais -- since renamed Bleriot-Plage, or beach -- in a 1934 cloth and wood monoplane mounted on bicycle wheels. Identical to the one flown by Bleriot on July 25, 1909, Salis took off amid the cacophony of its hand-cranked single-engine propeller around 9:00 am (0700 GMT) with a life vest strapped to his back and watched by several hundred... (Yahoo! Asia News)
* First English Channel flight recreated Jul 26, 2009
Bleriot defied her and helped usher in commercial plane travel with an epic flight from Calais to Dover in 1909, aboard a winged contraption with bicycle wheels and wooden propeller ... Elegant and fragile, the rear is made from ash wood, bicycle wheels pass for landing gear, the wooden body is coated with rubberized linen and stabilized with thinly threaded wire. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Pilot recreates historic Channel flight Jul 26, 2009
A French pilot has recreated the first flight across the English Channel in a monoplane like the one flown by Louis Bleriot in 1909, complete with a wooden propeller and bicycle wheels. Edmond Salis took off from Bleriot Beach near Calais on France's northern coast and arrived 40 minutes later in Dover, England. (BBC News)
Geek's paradise Jun 20, 2009
The HacknMod website also has step-by-step videos for projects, which include a video display for bicycle wheels made of light-emitting diodes, and motorised shoes that allow you to travel at 13mph. Enthusiasts swap parts and information. (BBC News -- Technology)
The other pilot Jun 4, 2009
" Bleriot later confessed that when he was woken early on 25 July, he felt "dreadful" and would have been relieved if the attempt had been called off. Looking at the Bleriot XI at the Shuttleworth Collection in Bedfordshire, it's easy to understand his apprehension. Egyptian cotton wings linked by a fragile web of wooden struts and wires sit on top of a pair of bicycle wheels. Aviation in those days involved regular crashes Like sitting on the back of a butterfly is how someone described flying... (BBC News -- UK)
Behind the Recession Mar 30, 2009
I personally paid a large sum for a card valued in Beckett at 5 cents because it completed my set of 1976 Topps cards and had been darned hard to find (having probably been used in bicycle wheels to make motorcycle sounds back in the 1970s). I recently handed over a sweatsuit to a friend; it had cost more than $100 new to my niece, who had given it to me, but it did not fit me and it did fit my friend. (Townhall.com)
* Taipei CYCLE show pedals into high-gear Mar 18, 2009
Visitors look at bicycle wheels on display at the Taipei International Cycle Show at the Taipei World Trade Centers Nangang Exhibition Hall yesterday. The hall is full to capacity with 2,888 booths occupied. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Margot and Guido, a full-circle romance Feb 15, 2009
But mostly we laughed as they shared their story, and now I can tell you how bicycle wheels aren't all that circle round. Ms. Callahan, who turned 45 on Friday, grew up in Johnstown. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Mavic R-SYS Front Wheel Recall in the USA Feb 7, 2009
However, quality and reliability are major values that have made Mavic the leader in bicycle wheels, and Mavic desires to make a quality and reliability upgrade through this voluntary recall. Bernard Millaud, Mavic Managing Director, said: "Mavic is undertaking this voluntary recall program because of our uncompromising commitment to customer safety and satisfaction. Our customers rightly expect our products to be of the very highest quality, and Mavic will continue to meet that expectation.". (PR Newswire)
