Dothan Eagle: Grandfather arrives for reunion after bike ride from Oregon
After riding his bicycle through 10 states and 3,417 miles, Greg Pierce finally coasted into his daughter’s driveway late Thursday morning. His granddaughters, Maggie, 10, Callie, 8, and Harlee, 2, cheered him and ran to give him a hug. “That’s not the man I know,” […]

The Columbian: Pollard’s pedal pushers tour bike-friendly areas
Alora Crone set off at 8:30 a.m. Saturday on the 20-mile route advertised for “experienced cyclists” during Mayor Royce Pollard’s Tour de ‘Couv bike ride. For 6-year-old Alora, a few weeks without training wheels made her experienced enough. Although Alora’s parents, Thomas and Jeanette, and 9-year-old sister, […]

Bike Radar: Tour inspires more Londoners to commute
The Tour de France may have been tainted by scandal this year, but it also inspired a thousand more Londoners to start commuting by bike.The Grand Depart was the basis for a competition to get more people cycle commuting in the UK capital. Some 250 companies took up […]

Bike Europe: Australian bike sales rise after successful Tour de France
In Australia, a growing number of people are joining racing and recreational bicycle clubs, inspired by the success of Australian professional riders overseas. Tour de France TV-audiences were up 27 % on 2006, with each live stage of the Tour de France attracting an average […]

Weight Loss Over 40: Bike Riding for Weight Loss - Tips for Beginning A Bicycling Plan
If you are one of those people who leisurely pedal around the block or over a flat stretch of scenic road, you’ve probably been riding for sheer pleasure. Riding bikes for pleasure is a good form of aerobic exercise. But […]

SMH: Charity cash gets staff on their bikes
Bosses are giving employees extra money as an incentive to ditch their cars and ride a bike to work to help cut greenhouse gases. Latest figures show about 10,000 workers now regularly use pedal power in the Sydney metropolitan area. Bicycle NSW chief executive Alex Unwin […]

Adelaide Now: Cycling’s Aussie boom
International cycling is waging a war on two fronts, but here in Australia the sport is experiencing a different type of boom. While elite cycling is plagued by problems, the sport in Australia has become so popular doctors and lawyers are choosing to network on the bike instead of the […]

9News.com: Armstrong speaks at fundraiser aimed at getting bikes for kids
Lance Armstrong credits the bicycle with his success. No surprise there. The seven-time Tour de France winner says the bicycle allowed him to travel, see the world, and allowed him to make a good living. That as he spoke at a fundraiser for a […]

Health Care Republic.com: Hospital cyclists praised for their efforts to reduce the carbon footprint
Hospital staff who took part in the Bike2Work Challenge designed to help the environment have been praised for their efforts. Staff from Colchester General Hospital took part in the event, held last month, which was sponsored by Essex County Council. […]

The Daily Sentinel: Two-wheeled wonder
Gateway Tour piques interest of 60-year-old. Michael Horn has surfed, skied and run, but none of those sports compares to the feeling he has when he’s on his bicycle. The 60-year-old Palisade man rides as much as he can, even though he was encouraged to stop after an accident broke […]

The Age: Profile: Kate Leeming
Pedal power pushes this athlete across continents and to her limits. Ask Kate Leeming about the biggest challenge of her nine-month, 25,000-kilometre bike ride through Australia and she initially talks of Western Australia’s Canning Stock Route. The route crosses four deserts and about 1000 sand dunes, some as high as 16 […]

Edmonton Journal: Like riding a bike
With a bit of planning, bicycle commuting is an easy, relaxing alternative to rush-hour madness As a kid, you were never too far away from your bike - you adorned its spokes with beads or hockey cards, and zoomed up and down the street like you were invincible. […]

Vail Daily: The most excellent bike in the world
Running a family of six, we divert a good portion of our paycheck to the local Wal-Mart. There, I race through as fast as I can grabbing bread, cereal, milk, tortillas and apple juice like a person who’s won a 5-minute shopping spree. I get in and […]

Boise Weekly: Closing the Gap - Women’s cycling gains momentum in Idaho
Women’s bicycle racing in Boise has taken a beating. The number of female racers has dropped in the last year, and local women riders are baffled but determined to get the numbers back up. The possible solution? SWICA Velo Women, a new organization aimed […]

TC Newsnet.com: Burke proves cycling isn’t just for the young
Leon Burk of Tipp City started racing bikes on a bet. Now over twenty years later, the gamble has paid off by capturing all four bike races in the National Senior Games Association’s Senior Olympics in June. “I couldn’t hardly believe it,” Burk states […]

Florida Sports Magazine: Champ Turned Bike Lobbyist
Libby Harrow is a world champion, a dedicated multi-sport racer who trains with her dog, Nike, and a woman who represents the largely anonymous servants of the public interest who make the recreational pursuits we take for granted possible. Whether you know it or not, you owe a debt […]

Oregonian Live: Mia Birk: A key spoke in Portland’s bike culture
When Mia Birk ran Portland’s bicycle program a decade ago, she received a call from a helpful paving crew chief one Friday afternoon. The crew would repave Southeast Seventh Avenue that weekend and the crew chief noticed from a city map that it was […]

India News: Cycling to enter Guinness Book after pedalling 600,000 kms
Adventurous ambitions and a very strong will to conquer has no limits and can lead man to scale dizzy heights in his life time. This adventurous will power is seeing Ramchandra Bishwas of eastern Indian city Kolkatta pedalling his way for the last 25 […]

Post-Crescent: Gloria West On the Move column: Many just want to ride their bicycle
How can anyone forget the lyrics, “I Want to Ride My Bicycle” from the old song “Bicycle” by Queen? The song may be old, as a matter of fact it came out in 1978. However, the lyrics seem to have become […]

Herald Sun: Mystery cyclist saves man’s life
A 70-year-old man who collapsed in the centre of Canberra wants to personally thank the anonymous good Samaritan who helped save his life. The passer-by, who was dressed in cycling attire and wearing a helmet, performed crucial CPR on Joe Massingham before an ambulance crew arrived. Mr […]