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June 30, 2006

Summer Sizzle: Cool mountain resort caters to canines, too

Famous couples, horses and poodles have all flocked to Karuizawa over the years, and for good reason. With the Tokyo summer looming, it's the perfect time to scope out mountain retreats that offer relief from the urban

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Posted by Michael at 02:11 PM

Bush turning 60: 'It's not that old'

He talks about the March of Freedom around the world, but it's the March of Time at home that's on President Bush's mind lately. No matter how fast he pedals that mountain bike, no matter how much he towel-snaps foreign leaders, the Yale-by-way-of-Texas frat boy is facing the big 6-0 next

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Posted by Jason at 11:28 AM

Biking: Valley filled with covered bridges for cyclists

I once met a couple of cyclists who thought it would be a cool bike trip to bicycle through all the covered bridges in Maine. I don't know if they ever did it, but the idea has stayed with me through the

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Posted by Sean at 10:52 AM

The News Journal - www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com - Mansfield, OH

600 block of North Main Street, Mansfield -- A 46-year-old man reported early Thursday the theft of a $100 mountain bike from a sidewalk. Gibson Avenue and South Main Street, Mansfield -- Two girls, ages 16 and 17, were issued summonses for a curfew violation at 1:32 a.m.

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Posted by Richard at 10:48 AM

June 29, 2006

Busy forest for the Fourth

The Forest Service is prepared for one of the biggest recreation weeks of the year, as forest visitors come to enjoy camping, hiking, mountain biking, fishing and a variety of other recreational activities in the

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Posted by Bob at 05:38 PM

Mountain Mayhem 2006

It's taken a couple of days for the last whiffs of lactic acid to leave our legs, and the "never again" is now a "when's the next one . This usually happens after a big enduro event, and the 9th Mountain Mayhem was no disappointment, it was a

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Posted by Murray at 01:53 PM

Cycling: Attitude On Wheels

Floyd Landis never saw the stump that sent him flying. Screaming down a steep descent during his first lap at the 24 Hours of Canaan, a mountain-bike relay race in West Virginia, Landis strayed from the track into a patch of weeds. When his front wheel hit the concealed stump Landis was propelled into the air like a circus clown shot from a cannon. "The wheel took on the shape of the stump,"

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Posted by Peter at 01:44 PM

Next stage for Armstrong presents another big climb

Lance Armstrong's life has changed dramatically. There is now no typical week for Armstrong, 34. He keeps a busy schedule crammed with visits with his children in Austin, corporate promotions and the occasional mountain bike ride. Most of his time is focused on defeating the disease that almost killed him in

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Ready to take your mountain biking skills to the next level? About a dozen slots are still available in a free mountain biking clinic, which will be taught by professionals Adam Craig and Brig Brandt, avid mountain biker Jonathan Finnoff, and former professional Chris

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Floyd Landis never saw the stump that sent him flying. Screaming down a steep descent during his first lap at the 24 Hours of Canaan, a mountain-bike relay race in West Virginia, Landis strayed from the track into a patch of weeds. When his front wheel hit the concealed stump Landis was propelled into the air like a circus clown shot from a cannon. "The wheel took on the shape of the stump,"

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The mountain bikers at Silverton Mountain are going down, down, downhill fast. The ultra-steep ski area just outside of Silverton will be open for summer downhill and freeriding starting on Friday and continuing through July

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In the relatively young sport of mountain biking, it's difficult to decide which is more remarkable: that the Specialized Stump Jumper celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, or that Edmund "Ned" Overend celebrates his 51st birthday in

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Posted by Sean at 01:11 PM