An adventurer's journal: Theres even a latrine with a seat Oct 17, 2009
5 miles of it being on sand with my skinny road bike tires. I hope it s fairly packed. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
Cerabino: Jupiter Island cycling haters turn to tacks Sep 12, 2009
Column: Jupiter Island cycling haters turn to tacks. Column: Jupiter Island cycling haters turn to tacks. (The Palm Beach Post)
Inquest: Driver likely didn't see boy killed on bike Sep 11, 2009
Travell Arrington of the 1700 block of Illinois Street had put air in his bike tires at Pilot Travel Center on West Market Street before heading home, said Bloomington police Sgt. Greg Scott ... The coroner conceded that the busy truck stop probably was not the safest place to fill bike tires. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Crime Watch (For Aug. 7) Aug 7, 2009
Two bike tires were stolen from a locked bike frame. A witness saw the suspect a white male with a shaved head ride off on a bicycle. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Invitational cyclist rescued Mar 16, 2009
Koitzsch ended up being one of only a couple cyclists who decided to keep pushing north, the operative word being "push." Koitzsch was hoping his 4-inch-wide bike tires would float him through, but they didn't. "Every day, it was snowing,'' he said. Snowmobiles with the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race would occasionally come by and pack the trail, he said, but it would only "set up for an hour or two. (Anchorage Daily News)
Climb, run, pledge Mar 14, 2009
Think of the Don Valley closed to cars, but open to the thrum of bike tires for the Becel Ride for Heart in June. Think of the pink-attired crowds in September, tromping 60K in the annual Weekend to End Breast Cancer. (Globe and Mail -- National)
MIT studentsdesigna better electric bike Feb 19, 2009
MIT trades bike tires for power generation, storage and propulsion system. The GreenWheel, developed by researchers at MIT, is relatively easy to pop onto a pedal bike since all the parts except the throttle are enclosed in the wheel. (MSNBC -- Environment)
