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7:00-9:00 AM. New Albany Elementary School, 87 N. High Street, New Albany OH. Ride the ridges on routes of 30/55/80/100 miles. Short route has three hills; longer routes have many more. Budget tour. Joanna Pallos 614/868-6875 jootbuck (AT) aol.com Nancy Betz 614/847-0517 betz.3 (AT) osu.edu

Title: COP 10th XOBA: Across Ohio Bicycle Adventure, Day 1 Date: Saturday July 21, 2007 Time: 7:00 am - 9:00 am Location: See Notes and XOBA Web Site Notes: FULL Light House Maritime Heritage Tour. Indiana to Pennsylvania with a happy combination of food, fun, friends, and frolic. Average daily mileage: 60. Rider limit: 200. Info at http://www.outdoor-pursuits.org/xoba/ or XOBA, 1525 Bethel Rd., Suite 100, Columbus, Ohio 43220-2054. Walt Williams 614/442-7901 xoba (AT) outdoor-pursuits.org

To all Nail City Bike riders, or any other riders in the Tri State area.....Taylor McCluskey, Doug Pettit and I [Marty Morrison] are on the Young Life committee, and we spoke to a number of the 'hard core' cyclists who went to the mountains in April about the YOUNG LIFE bike a thon to be held Saturday morning July 21 at the Warwood [Wheeling, Wva] park and shelter adjacent to the bike trail. The distances are 20 miles [on the bike trail, flat] 40 miles [up the bike trail to Short Creek, up to Mcgraws run down to 40, east on 40 to Atkinson crossing rd, and Atkinson crossing back down to Short Creek road and reverse the bike trail home. The 80 miler runs out the same start as the 40 mile, but on rt. 40 continues east on rt 40 to the OLD RT 40 that cuts up to West Alexander, following that back to 40 just below Claysville Pa., stay on 40 to Rt. 231 north out of Claysville 10 miles to Old Washington Pike [P.A. 644] left about 3 miles to Highland Springs G.C, left on 88 to Bethany, ...

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I purchased a Trek Lime for my wife. It is a great bike for the non-techie bicyclists. She didn't like to shift gears and the Lime was the perfect bike. The Lime has a dynamo in the front hub which charges the shift box located under the bottom bracket. The shift box is connected to the three speed rear hub via cable. The shift box has a sensitivity setting for shifting points. When you pedal the shift box charges and shifts the rear hub when you reach certain speeds. Trek Lime site

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My wife and I stopped over to the Tour De Grandview on Sunday. We went down the hill leading to the start line. We saw the end of the first race and the first couple laps of the second race. The peloton was flying up the hill. Good times.

Tried to get into a group ride with the CRES Cycling Club but I was too late. Rode CherryBottom north Little Turtle Way Longrifle Road Ulry (north) Central College (east) 62 (north) (very scary) Rode around Johnstown looking for a non-existent Cracker Barrel 62 (south) (very scary, part 2) Duncan Plains (west) very nice road Center Village Road Red Bank Road Sunbury Big Walnut Road Then it gets a little sketchy - I followed a trail south until it got too confusing. Schrock (east) S Hempstead Dempsey Sunbury (again) Morse (lots o traffic) CherryBottom 50 miles

Bicycling in Central Ohio, with bicycle education teacher Patricia Kovacs, Central Ohio Bicycle Advocacy Coalition President John Gideon, Columbus Outdoor Pursuits Board Member Deborah Evans, and Mid Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) Principal Planner for Bikeways Bernice Cage. Open line program today on WOSU hosted by Bob Singleton with John Gideon of COBAC, Debbie Evans of COP and Bernice Cage of MORPC. If you'd like to listen, here's the link: http://www.wosu.org/radio/radio-open-line/ Just go to the programs for 7/5.

Friday, June 29, 2007 * Mark your calendars! Plan to attend the "Reds, Whites & Bikes" Wine Tasting on Friday, June 29, 2007, from 7:00p.m. to 10:00p.m. at GlobalLiving, 855 Grandview Avenue. The evening celebration is the kick-off of the 2007 Germain Lexus Tour de Grandview Cycling Classic June 30th and July 1 in Grandview Heights. Tickets are $35 per person or $60 per couple. Tickets will not be sold at the door. If they are ordered in advance we will hold them and collect payment at the door, or can be purchased in advance at Members First Credit Union, located at 1445 W. Goodale Blvd., ph. (614) 462-6850 ext. 122. Saturday, June 30, 2007 * Kids' Sprints are at noon * Men's and Women's events start at 1:15 P.M. * Men's and Women's Pro Cycling (Categories I, II, II, IV, and V) * Corporate sponsor exhibits along the race route * The Grandview Avenue Street Party starts at 6 P.M., with food, beverages, music, dancing & live ...

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Bike Pittsburgh

I have been in Columbus for a month and a half. I have seen exactly three bicyclists on the road in the Blacklick area. I am looking to ride a few times a week, at least one longer ride on the weekend. Before I moved here I had a group of friends I could call on to ride, if I wanted I could ride everyday of the week. If anyone is interested in riding in the evenings starting the last week of June please email me at raymondmgeorge(@)gmail.com In the Wheeling area I motivated enough people to start riding in the dark. If anyone is interested in doing rail-trail rides at night please email me. I ride about 14-18mph(top end assist by the wind). I am not super fast but I try to ride 25+ miles per ride.

A day of cycling, grilled chicken and corn-on-the cob lunch and live music by the House of Rhythm on July 29. Sign up early for one of four ride-routes on the rim of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Rider limit is 2,500. Enjoy the day!! The site

Ohio's premiere cycling event The Tour celebrates 15 years in Central Ohio in 2007, and returns to the streets of Grandview Heights with a host of races, events and activities June 30 through July 1. Check out the site