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Andrea Adelson Sentinel Staff Writer November 17, 2009 When we set out to do the truly incredible, whether it is climbing a mountain or running a marathon or biking thousands of miles to Alaska, we never think about what happens next. The finish line keeps us going, faster, stronger to the end. We raise our arms when we make it. Sometimes our eyes well with pride. Sometimes we shout with glee. Sometimes we bury our faces in our hands or pump our fists in the air. Then what? Steven Perezluha and Danny Chew know all about that question. After the two reached their goal of biking to Alaska on Aug. 6, they faced the long ride back to Florida. more... Editor's Note: Danny Chew who organizes the Dirty Dozen in Pittsburgh sent me this story.

WAD Bikeway Annual Meeting Monday, Dec 7th, 2009, 7pm Linden Branch, Columbus Metropolitan Library Cleveland @ Kohr wadbikeway.org

ASHEVILLE  — A former Asheville firefighter pleaded guilty today to charges he shot at a bicyclist, narrowly missing his skull. Charles Alexander Diez, 42, was sentenced to 120 days jail. Diez pleaded guilty in Buncombe County Superior Court to assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Police said Diez, a 17-year veteran of the Fire Department, fired a handgun at cyclist Alan Ray Simons on Tunnel Road on July 26, striking his helmet. Diez had stopped his car and confronted Simon, apparently because he was concerned about the safety of the Asheville man riding his bicycle with his young child on the back on the busy road, police said. more... editor's note: And we thought Columbus was bad.

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The 27th Annual Dirty Dozen up Pittsburgh's 13 steepest hills will be held on Saturday, November 28th at 10am. Anticipating another large crowd this year, please show up as early as 8-9am to start registration early. Meet at the Washington Boulevard Track (Where the ACA holds weekly criterium races in the summer). I recommend a low gear of 39x27. The route is 50 miles, but will take at least 5 hours because we go neutral between the hills, and there are 3-4 stops atop hills where I offer snacks and drinks. New this year will be t-shirts handed out at registration. Again this year, there will be a 3 place prize list for women riders, but they need to ride up EVERY HILL to be eligible. The breakdown will be: 1st woman - $150 2nd woman - $100 3rd woman - $ 50 Register the day of the event, and there is a $15 entry fee. For a listing of the hills, history of the event, and former winners, go to: http://dannychew.com/dd.html

Ed. note - I did not ride this. It is an interesting idea that has been discussed for Columbus. The Great Turkey Chase, part 2! will be a food drive and bike race. Registration will be free, but people need to bring around $15 to buy food along the way. Each of the checkpoints is a grocery store, and there will be a shopping list instead of a standard race manifest. Receipts will prove you made it to all the checkpoints, and since most receipts are time stamped, we can make sure everybody played fair. All the food will go to a local food bank when the race is done, just in time for Thankgiving! Post event update ****************** Huge thanks to everybody involved! We collected 556 pounds of food yesterday, which included 7 turkeys. 38 people raced and everybody got home safe (despite a few mechanicals, crashes and shenanigans) Here are the 'official' results: Fixed 1st. Aaron Simmers 2nd. Nate Halstead 3rd. Blotto Freewheel 1st. Peter Troy 2nd. Ned Castle

Approximately 50 residents and community leaders gathered Nov. 17 at the Blendon Township Senior Center, 6330 S. Hempstead Road, to listen to results from a transportation study of the Westerville Road/state Route 3 corridor, and to put their two-cents worth in. The open house was sponsored by the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission. "We're at about the mid-way point of the planning study for this process," said Nick Gill, MORPC's assistant director of transportation. "We've been able to identify some of the purposes for making improvements to the corridor." The study is reviewing current travel conditions in the Westerville Road corridor roughly between Morse Road and Interstate 270 and will identify improvements that are needed by 2030. more...

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This is a beautiful trail. Check it out sometime if you are in Vermont. I ended with 55 miles roundtrip. Rode from St. Albans trailhead to Richford VT. Trail is relatively flat. There are some slight climbs as you head north but nothing steep. The trail was sloppy and slow when I was there so knobbie tires may not be the best choice. Word of caution. As you near Richford the cell towers become Canadian and AT&T considers that international calling. Turn off your cell phone.

I rode from Winooski down to the Burlington waterfront and jumped on the Island Line trail . From Local Motion website - Description: Hop on the spectacular 12-mile trail along Lake Champlain. The Island Line cruises through Burlington's waterfront and scoots out on the Colchester Causeway three miles into the middle of the lake! Public beaches, natural areas, and scenic vistas abound. Come explore Vermont's most popular multi-use trail. Stop into ECHO, the museum of Lake Champlain. Have a picnic lunch at the  Mayes Landing picnic area at the base of the bridge or out on the causeway. Go for a swim. Bicycling, running, walking and inline skating are all popular trail activities. I headed north on the trail and rode to the northernmost terminus which at this point of the year is the break in the causeway. In the summer a boat will transport people across the break to continue on to South Hero island. I missed the turn heading into Colchester Park and rode north into oth

NetJets Inc. has angered some central Ohio business leaders by slashing millions of dollars in funding promised to nonprofit groups, including nearly $9 million to the Pelotonia bike tour. Ride organizers now are scrambling to replace the millions the Columbus-based division of Berkshire Hathaway had pledged to support the fundraising event through 2013.The situation prompted Limited Brands founder Leslie H. Wexner to write a letter to Warren Buffett, Berkshire's chairman and chief executive, chastising the nation's second-wealthiest man for allowing one of his companies to not live up to charitable commitments. In the letter, Wexner told Buffett that he was "shocked and appalled" that NetJets "(turned) its back on the community." "Your company reneged on numerous charitable commitments totaling millions of dollars here in central Ohio," he wrote. "The explanation? Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets had a tough year. more...

Drove over to Wheeling on Friday and headed up to Pittsburgh on Saturday. Met up with James, John and Ryan, Amber and Zach and Kevin rode up with me. We had brunch at OTB bar and got ready for the ride. Estimated 200-250 riders were on hand for the ride. We rode over the Hot Metal bridge from the South Side and then headed into town on the trail. We then headed through downtown and passed by the convention center onto the trail to the strip district. We climbed out of the valley and ended up over neat Penn Ave and finally the brewery. We hung out with everybody and drank our pint, then headed back out to Oakland and down the valley to the river back to the South Side. We stopped at Hofbrauhouse for dinner and drink. 19 miles total. Amazing urban ride with great friends.

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We had 7 at the start. Marty took off on an alternative route. So we had six ride out east on the 670 trail. Then we headed south on the Alum creek trail between the rain drops. We turned west on Williams Road and headed to Lockbourne Industrial Rd to look for the runway. It is there, but inaccessible due to fencing. We continued west to High and turned north. Ended in town with 26 miles. Great weather and riders.

New YB! Website Launches Monday Be prepared: Meet the new site on Sunday! 2-5pm @ Summit United Methodist  The Unveiling! We are demonstrating our new site for the first time this Sunday, from 2-5pm at the Yay Bikes! office. Bring your laptop to the demo, if you like, and we'll ensure you're ready to go by the time you leave. Our lesson will include the following topics & activities, as well as ample time for Q&A: >  High-level overview of what we're building & why >  Survey of the new site and its functionality >  The new forums paradigm >  Blog creation >  Social network integration >  More more more!!! >  Working demos of different features >  Using the site to further your own cause Please  contact us  to RSVP for this lesson or to indicate interest in a future one. With sufficient demand we will schedule a second demo for mid-December. Our New Site Our new site is going live on the morning of Mo

This from Heidi Dear friends, this Saturday (Nov 21st) from 10-3 at the Seagull Bags shop I will be selling a bunch of Seagull Bags for CHEAP!!! These are bags that were either from canceled orders, or have minor imperfections. Please come and get these bags out of our shop. Bartering is welcome. Beer is also as good as money. Tell anyone that may be interested and get there before they are all gone! the website...

Urban Velo #16 - November 2009 Contents Include: Adventures in Tokyo, Persuasion: A Political Primer, Bike Works, Love Letters Written in Horseshit, I Love Riding in the City, Pedals Plus People, Residue, Urban Legend - Mike Shih, Victory of the Bicycle, Masterlink Tech, Diagnose A Stuck Stem, Line Up Your Hot Patch, No Exit.. the magazine is here...

Rode from Grandview up to Dublin to look at the Field of Corn. Went up McKinley to Dublin Rd and looped back. 23 miles. Nice weather and company on the ride.

Goldsprint From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A  Goldsprint  is a  bicycle rollers  racing and social event. Riders on stationary bikes compete against each other in front of a crowd of cheering friends. While roller racing in general can use any type of bicycle and there are variations on the set-up depending on the type of  rollers  used and whether the front  wheel  is engaged or fixed, goldsprints generally use one form of setup. As with roller racing in general, the rollers are in turn attached to a device that measures distance and can display the progress of the riders. Goldsprints also feature modern 2D and 3D visualizations. Roller racing has a long history going back to the beginning of cycling, however Goldsprints are closely related to  bicycle messenger  culture. It began in Zurich, Switzerland. The name and the event was founded in 1997 by Adrien Weber who is a passionate cyclist and owner of the only brewery Turbinenbräu in Zurich. The event is named after their be

I rode north from my house to meet Molly at Havens Corner. We headed east toward Pataskala and then on to Dawes. We passed the Burning Tree Golf Course / Dinosaur Museum. I have passed this a bunch of times this year, but Molly has not. So we stopped and explored. A couple of workers were out front and I asked about the mastodon. They said it was found in one of the ponds and that the cast of the original was in the basement. Very cool replica and other dinosaurs to view. More... We continued to Dawes and hung out in the Japanese Garden. I love that location. Then we headed south to Jacksontown and stopped at a biker bar for lunch. We were the only customers in spandex. No sweat. Cheeseburger and fresh cut fries. Pretty good. Then we headed back through Hebron and Pataskala. Molly headed out west and I headed home. My guesstimate is 62 miles because my speedometer stopped working. Great day in the saddle. Thanks Molly!

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I Love Riding in the City NAME: Jazz Jasmin LOCATION: Columbus, OH OCCUPATION: 3rd shift poop reader (honest!) Why do you love riding in the city? I love the connection. Being in a car cuts you off from so much. I love hearing the birds, or being able to pull over and watch a mink on the riverbank. I love getting konked in the helmet by a duck taking off! (No one got hurt, but I can’t say the same for that one chipmunk—so sorry.) more...

Over at Easton Town Center, an open-air shopping mall that opened a decade ago, Stuart Hunter has also seen a segmented response at the bicycle store called Roll that he opened this year, the third location in the city. In spite of the inauspicious timing, he says “we’ve had great growth overall”, which he attributes in part to the “staycation” trend where more people holiday locally. “A lot of people have focused inwards, instead of externally ... as part of a whole shift in consumer values,” says Mr Hunter, who was a branding consultant before setting up his business. Sales of bikes priced below $1,500 have been “very strong” and customised models costing above $4,000 are also doing well. more...

So we had 10 riders for the Tuesday Night Ride. Good crowd of old and new riders. We rode out west through Franklinton to Georgesville Road to Big Run Park. A soapbox derby track sits on the far end of the park. We raced each other down and back on the track. Then we headed out the trail side to Demorest and made our way back over to town. We stopped at Hal's and Al's for some Rad Dogs and drinks. Thanks to Tawd at Rad Dog for the free dogs for some of our riders. I was disappointed to hear that the other night ride continues to be a trainwreck. I considered going this past Monday but I chose to ride my own route around town. The constant stopping at parks to drink and partake in other illegalities keeps me from attending. Plus, the routes through construction which caused a bunch of mechanicals is flat out stupid. Oh well.

B1 Bicycles INDOOR TRAINER RIDES - Facebook event page Type: Sports  -  Sports Practice Network: Global Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm Location: 124 E. Long St

The crisp chill in the air means that the end of Pedal Pale Ale Season is nearly upon us. At the beginning of the summer, 500 local (and some not-so-local) cyclists showed up at the brewery to help deliver the very first Pedal Pale Ale kegs of the season. We had such a blast putting this on, that we've decided to close down Pedal Pale Ale Season in style this year...with another ride of course! THE RIDE: To help spread the word about what it means to operate an environmentally sustainable brewery (more on that here), for the past few years, we've been delivering the the very first PEDAL PALE ALE kegs of the season to a local tap-spot in a very unique way....BY BICYCLE. And now, it's time to return the empty kegs to the brewery. On Saturday November 21st after a nice hot breakfast at OTB, I'll set off, with a couple hundred of my closest GOOD FRIENDS in tow, promptly at NOON taking the ceremonial empty PEDAL PALE ALE kegs BACK to the brewery to officially mark the

In a Crash? Unfortunately, sometimes smooth sailing isn’t in the cards for everyone riding Pittsburgh’s streets. If you are in a crash, though. Here are some things you should do. If you are in pain, stay put. Don’t try to move. You could end up injuring yourself even more Call 9-1-1 or tell someone else to do it for you. Make sure to get the driver’s  a) Name b) License Plate c) Insurance Info d) Contact Info . If there are any witnesses, get their name and contact info as well. Although you may be injured and incapacitated at the accident scene, that is your only chance to identify the motorist who hit you and the witness(s). After the ambulance takes you away, you will never get another chance to obtain this. It is not uncommon for the police officers to fail to get this information after the victim has left the scene. Ask someone to write down the tag number and their own information and give it to you, or put it in you pocket.If a bus is involved click here for more informati

Rode from Buckhannon, WV to Glenville, WV which is about 40 miles. To get there you must take Highway 33. The good news is that it is a bike route. Buckhannon has share the road campaigns as does the counties in that area. I never ran into any issues with drivers and everybody was really nice. The roads are in really good shape as well. Only two major hill climbs are between the towns and I hit 40mph down the bigger of the two. I ended with 39 miles and averaged 17mph. The temps ranged from 38 to 62.

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