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January 31, 2007

Biker has to walk

A mountain biker has had to resort to walking after thieves stole his cycle from flats at Westward Ho! The blue Dakota bike, which has a black rim on the front wheel and a silver one on the rear, was taken from the communal hallway of flats in Nelson Road around midnight on Thursday, January

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Posted by Alex at 10:05 AM

January 30, 2007

Kingsland reach biking peak for a second year

KINGSLAND kids are flying high in the world of Scottish mountain bikers. The team of Peebles pupils have scooped top place in the Scottish Schools Mountain Biking Championships for the second year

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Posted by Ken at 02:30 PM

Mountain Lion Spotted Near American River Parkway

Mountain Lion sightings have been reported at locations near the American River Parkway, including Harrington Park, William B. Pond, and Hoffman Park, says the Sacramento County Department of Regional

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Posted by Guido at 11:09 AM

Corrections

UPDATED: :15 a.m. PDT, January 30, 2007 Ejner Dinesen, 80, & Martha Jasprica, 94, share a wedding kiss after decades of living together. Darrin Fleener's name was misspelled in a front-page story Friday about the Black Rock Mountain Biking Area near Falls

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Posted by Chris at 10:59 AM

Single speeding

Since mountain biking burst on the scene back in the 1980s, the sport has surged forward with new developments in technology. Suspension, frame materials, brakes and gearing all have changed substantially in the past 25 years. One of the more recent developments, however, has riders moving back to the

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Posted by Tom at 10:00 AM

January 29, 2007

Rock climbers seek legal foothold

Contending that what they do is no more dangerous than horseback riding or mountain biking, a group of rock climbers is asking the state to recognize climbing in all its forms as a permissible activity in state

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Posted by Jim at 03:53 PM

January 28, 2007

Boomers are getting banged up

When Arnold Schwarzenegger, 59, fell on the ski slopes last month, the snap of his breaking femur joined a sort of sad symphony. Same with the thud of President Bush, 60, falling face-first off his mountain

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Posted by Ken at 05:26 PM

US mountain biker's bike stolen

Mike Hendershot is a worldclass mountain biker from America, but his custom made Santa Cruz bike was pinched while he was touring around the South Island and now he has only got four days to get it

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Posted by John at 12:48 PM