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November 30, 2006

Afan's Wall trail to close for six months

One of the slight disadvantages of building mountain bike trails in working forests is that, occasionally, some work needs to be done on said forests. Such is the case at Afan Forest Park, parts of which will be closed to the public until early next summer. Including, alas, the popular Wall

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Posted by Michael at 02:52 PM

Club makes bike trail deal

When Stewart Bryan was approached by Newland Communities about building a mountain bike trail at the company's emerging Briar Chapel development south of Chapel Hill, he wasn't sure what officials wanted his bike club, the Triangle Off-Road

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Posted by Lorren at 01:45 PM

Fatal Auto-Bicyclist Accident On I-35 Frontage Road

A Georgetown man is dead after he's hit by a car early Wednesday morning. Forty-one-year-old Donald Keese was riding his mountain bike on the I-35 access road between Airport Road and Northwest

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Posted by Sean at 11:25 AM

X-Biking: Spinning Goes Total-Body

By Kerry Lester Daily Herald Staff Writer Love your spinning class, but wish it worked out more than your lower half? Enter the Trixter X-Bike, a total-body indoor cycle that's a hit in gyms across the Chicago

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Posted by Guido at 10:53 AM

Cyclists' trail-rail vision not over yet / Despite defeat, Sonoma-Marin ballot measure likely to return

At times, bikes seem a much smarter way for rubber to meet the road. As morning commuters jammed highways entering downtown Santa Rosa, I sailed by. I was pedaling down the Joe Rodota Trail. This smoothly paved, bike-and-pedestrian route offers a 5.5 mile...

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Posted by Greg at 10:31 AM

Georgetown cyclist killed

A Georgetown man died Wednesday morning after being hit by an SUV while riding his mountain bike. The incident happened just after 6:30 a.m., before sunrise, on the access road of Interstate 35, just south of Lakeway

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Posted by Michael at 09:38 AM

November 29, 2006

Unfit Office Guy Goes Wild

A New Zealand based office worker has decided to strike a blow against the tide of inactivity that is sweeping the nations. He has entered the 2007 Karapoti Classic Mountain Bike race, which is held to be the toughest in the southern

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Posted by Tom at 03:59 PM

New Year, New Record For Dee

Yachting Monthly caught up with Dee Caffari yesterday to talk about her plans for the new year. Recently returned from the Tasmania Challenge, a gruelling adventure race combining cross-country, trekking, mountain biking and kayaking, Dee certainly isn't resting on her laurels just

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Posted by Lorren at 03:28 PM