Mercury News: DUI driver sentenced to 19 years in prison for death of Mtn. View cyclist
Santa Clara County Judge Rise Jones Pichon gave 19 years in prison to a Fremont felon today who capped a meth binge by lethally smashing his Oldsmobile head-on into an engineer who was spinning his bike through the sunny Palo [...]

New West.net: Tension on the streets – Kyoto Ride Conflict Calls for New Transport
Last Friday, over 130 cyclists rode together through Missoula to support the Kyoto Protocol, to raise awareness of the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to show that bicycle riding is part of the solution. The ride was organized by GlobalWarmingSolution.org [...]

Hawke’s Bay Today: Ewe lost, we won: Yule told
Hastings Mayor Lawrence Yule yesterday handed over one ewe, ready for the barbecue, to his Central Hawke’s Bay counterpart, Tim Gilbertson, following a slim defeat in the Mayoral Challenge bike ride on Sunday. The two mayors made the wager last week – whichever mayor had the [...]

Port Lincoln Times: Optimism – buying a new bike at 91 years of age
For so many people hooked on it, the love of cycling is so strong that the determination of some older cyclists to keep cycling when other forms of exercise have become impossible for them, is quite amazing. Buying a new bike [...]

Adelaide Now: On yer bike, SA MP urges
Politicians are often told where to go, but not often how to get there. Enter South Australian Greens MP Mark Parnell, who wants his parliamentary colleagues to travel by bike.
The former environmental lawyer today launched the Parliament House Bicycle Users’ Group, which will encourage MPs to use [...]

Adelaide Now: Hit-run cyclist ‘was over the limit’
An elite cyclist accused of the hit and run of another elite rider was allegedly driving with a blood alcohol reading almost twice the legal limit. Chris Chad Jongewaard, 27, of Para Hills, appeared in Adelaide Magistrates Court yesterday over an accident on February 10 that left rider [...]

The West: Broome cyclist hit by car dies
A cyclist has died in Broome when he was hit by a car in the early hours of this morning. Police spokeswoman Ros Weatherall said the man and his two friends had been at a local hotel and were returning to their units about 1.45am. Two [...]

The Times online: Pedal Power
Road proceeds should be invested in repopularising the bicycle In all the sound and fury about roads in the past few weeks, there can be few groups left that have not had their say, though the arguments of cyclists have quietly glided by. When London’s transport supremos launched the extended [...]

The Daily Targum: Two students, two bicycles, one million new trees
Imagine you had the ability to place Lance Armstrong and Johnny Appleseed into a blender and combine the two. What would come out? Just ask Matthew Cortina. The University College sophomore and friend Grant Gardner, who attends Virginia Tech, are planning to cross America [...]

Adelaide Now: Jongewaard cleared to travel
Star Australian cyclist Chris Jongewaard has been cleared to travel to the United States to take up a new professional contract after a court today varied bail conditions on dangerous driving charges. Jongewaard, 27, appeared before the Adelaide Magistrates Court over a road crash which left fellow cyclist Matthew Rex [...]