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Bicycles Are Crowding Up On Caltrain - San Francisco Gate
biking to and from caltrain has become so popular that cyclists are regularly kept from boarding when space on the trains for their two-wheelers runs out. when wildy boarded a train last week with his bike, he said a conductor told him to get off ...
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This Old Bike: Serious Degunking Of T100 Under Way
a little warm weather and a heated work area can certainly make a job go much quicker and easier. a week ago, i complained about numb fingers from toiling in an unheated workshop getting "this old bike" torn down. i was also sweating how the frame might be surreptitiously taken to a do-it-yourself car wash to be degreased.
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Bike Gear For Your Commute
asheville –– for uta brandstatter, gas lines are not a problem — she just rides right past them. brandstatter, a nurse, rides her shiny new commuter bike from her home in woodfin to her job in biltmore village two of the three days she works each week.
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Belleville Bike Path Gets Crossing Lights - News-democrat
belleville -- bicyclists will be a little safer in belleville, thanks to a lighting project under way. workers this week are installing crossing lights on the bike path near major roads in town, including east main street downtown. the lights will ...
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Caltrain Says It Will Boost Bike Space - Santa Cruz Sentinel
faced with growing frustration from bicyclists who are tired of being turned away from packed caltrain cars, officials pledged thursday to find a way to allow more bikes on board. the rail agency's board also approved its bicycle access and parking ...
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Bike Ride Punctured
even though there are still negotiations taking place, it appears as though the bandanna day bike ride is doomed.
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High School Bike Series Wraps-up With Popular Course
the most exciting race was saved for last at this year's yukon schools athletic associations' mountain bike series.
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Bailout Scare Talk - Los Angeles Times
if i were in congress, i'd hold out. every representative who voted no on the bailout got something totally sweet in the bill that passed the senate. jim ramstad (r-minn.) changed his mind once he got the health insurance for mental illness he's been ...
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Colton Plans To Raze Wall Blocking Bike Path - San Bernardino County Sun
colton - city officials say a block wall owned by a longtime colton resident will likely be torn down this week or early next week. the razing was set in motion after the 4th district court of appeals decided last week to uphold a lower court's ...
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Bike Park To Debut In Village
plainfield -- more than a year ago, a group of local mountain bikers pitched the idea of a free bike park to plainfield park district officials.
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Ride-ct: 'this Old Bike' Update And Other Biker Briefs
it's now disassembled and parts are scattered across connecticut. that's only a slight exaggeration of the status this week of the 1969 triumph t100r daytona undergoing restoration by "team t100." while the motor components (rockers boxes, cylinder head and cylinder block) sit on a countertop in a workshop in falls village, the tins (gas tank and fenders) are on a workbench in my basement and ...
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Caltrain To Explore Ways To Fit More Bicycles On Train Cars - San Jose Mercury News
caltrain officials said today they will look for ways to accommodate more bicycles aboard train cars in response to the growing frustration of bicyclists who are routinely turned away from full trains. the rail agency's board approved a bicycle ...
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Australian Gp: Kawasaki Preview - Motorsport.com
kawasaki's john hopkins and anthony west arrive in australia determined to build on the promising results last time out in japan, with west in particular looking to put on a good show at his home race after a difficult season so far. west made his ...
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8:53 P.m.: Volunteers Open Bike Collective
anderson — a new initiative got rolling this week to put more bicycles on city streets. modeled after bicycle exchange programs in larger cities, the shadeland bicycle collective aims to provide newly repaired bikes at little or no cost to those who need them.
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T100 Update: Color Me Gun Shy About Bike's Paint Scheme
progress waned a bit this week on the restoration of the 1969 triumph t100r daytona. other than bead-blasting some foot pegs and the seat pan and attempting to clean the inside of the oil tank, there wasn't any time to work as income-producing obligations, notably a new part-time job that's requiring full-time training, took priority.
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Another Cyclist Fallen - Minneapolis Star Tribune
aija millers heuer grieved on sunday at the site where sister-in-law virginia heuer was struck and killed while riding her bike saturday morning. four twin cities bicyclists have died in collisions with motor vehicles in recent months, possibly ...
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Bombs Targeting Worshippers Leave 20 Dead - Cnn
baghdad, iraq (cnn) -- suicide attacks outside two shiite mosques killed at least 20 people in baghdad on thursday as worshippers left early morning prayers to mark the end of ramadan, the interior ministry said. the suicide bomb blasts also wounded ...
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Caltrain Says It Will Boost Bike Space
rail agency passes parking plan, but larger problem is aboard trains
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Peek At The Week
submissions for peek at the week are required 10 days preceding the date of publication. send to: anne lunde, managing editor, pioneer press, 130 s. prospect avenue, park ridge il 60068. information may be faxed to (847) 696-3229 or e-mailed to alunde@pioneerlocal.com.
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Ironman Marathons: More Miles Than Some Of Your Cars - Lockport Union-sun
lockport — the message at the bottom of sam pasceri’s e-mails says it all. “i refuse to tip-toe through life only to arrive at death safely.” having now competed in five grueling “ironman” competitions, pasceri not only walks the walk ...
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