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  30 Days of Cycling – A conundrum of inconvenience

  On day one of my 30 Days of Cycling, I figured out: 1. I both hate and won’t do without certain cycling-related things. 2. I’m a whiny, unappreciative ...

  On February 3, 2014 / By Bikezilla
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  2014 Team kit overview

  (featured image courtesy of Inrng; see editor’s note below) AG2R I have a grudging respect for a team who, in the face of universal bitching over their corporate ...

  On January 26, 2014 / By Rebecca Love
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  Memento mori – salvation in a bicycle

  This entry is written by Abus Locks Haiku contest winner Su Zi. The child pedaled the bicycle through the small, quiet neighborhood, pleased with the  clicking sound it ...

  On January 22, 2014 / By Su Zi
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  Bike dreams

  Bikes. They’ve always been part of my life. But, not always in whatever way I want them to be at the time. Right now it isn’t so much ...

  On December 6, 2013 / By Bikezilla
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  Bye Bye, Cancellara

  25 Sept 2013 – The Elite Men Individual Time Trial. La Gazetta dello Sport had Tony Martin, Fabian Cancellara, Bradley Wiggins, and Taylor Phinney as the ones to ...

  On November 15, 2013 / By Wei Yuet
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  The secret video of Lance’s Bad Day

  This piece was updated at 11pm on Friday, November 8th, 2013. On May 20th, 2010, Floyd Landis’ allegations of extensive doping by Lance Armstrong and others was made ...

  On November 8, 2013 / By sarcastitom
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  Racing elites

  LADIES, I checked the numbers and they say you should upgrade to Slightly More Awesome I’m a pretty mediocre bike racer, but this weekend, my name made cycling ...

  On November 5, 2013 / By Shane Ferro
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  Why do cyclists ride on the road?

  First, let’s get the “But, why don’t they ride on the sidewalk?” questions out of the way. In many places riding the sidewalk is illegal. The list of ...

  On October 15, 2013 / By Bikezilla
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  Bicycle story #2 – Maymay, D, and the old padlocked mountain bike

  D had passed this bike, chained and locked to this stretch of fence, many times. It was an old bike. A mountain bike. It was pretty good once, ...

  On October 8, 2013 / By Bikezilla
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  It’s not my fault you’re not in the break

  Being back in the fold of being a ‘bike racer’ again this year and being the unanimously untalented rider that I am means I’ve dabbled across a number ...

  On October 8, 2013 / By DanEllmore