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Monday, 24 December 2012

2 bicycle recalls: Wilier Triestina and Norco

Faulty steering tubes on Wilier Triestina Izoard XP bikes and frames on Norco Havoc bikes are the subject of Consumer Product Safety Commission recalls announced today. Owners should stop using the bikes immediately.

Wilier Triestina USA recalled about 200 Izoard XP road bikes because the bike’s steering tube with carbon/alloy forks can break. The Atlanta-based …

Source: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/12/18/2-bicycle-recalls-wilier-triestina-and-norco/

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Rast Within Inches of Podium at Paris-Roubaix

Beautiful blue skies, unseasonably warm shirt-sleeve temperatures, knowledge crowds thickly lining the roads, hard to see how it could get much better for the 109th running of the 258-kilometer (160 mile) Hell of the North. It?s been named that mostly because of the 27 cobbled sectors (51.5 kms) that the riders bounce over on bumpy [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/rast-within-inches-of-podium-at-paris-roubaix/

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I is for Iran - Eating London A to Z Video Post

We ventured west this week, to Olympia, in order to try the Iranian restaurant, Mohsen. Here is what we found.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/thehungrycyclist/~3/8FR3JlMXbfA/i-is-for-iran-eating-london-a-to-z-video-post.html

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LE TOUR 100

3,360km route will remain exclusively within France’s borders

Source: http://www.roadmagazine.net/content.php?itemid=6962

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INTERBIKE LEFTOVERS

A look back at some gear and highlights from the 2012 tradeshow

Source: http://www.roadmagazine.net/content.php?itemid=6951

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Wind, Water and? Whoa! the A1079

Sancton Hill Wind Farm On Sunday the frost was replaced by strong winds from the west. So I headed in that direction to take advantage of a tailwind on the way home. I really struggled into the headwind and the gradual drag up to the highest point of the southern edge of the Wolds. Four [...]

Source: http://cycleseven.org/wind-water-and-whoa-the-a1079?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wind-water-and-whoa-the-a1079

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Bicycle fatalities increase in 2011

Bicycling deaths were on the rise in 2011.

A report issued by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration finds that 677 bicyclists died in traffic in 2011. That’s a 8.7% increase over 2010, when 623 bicyclists died.

That reverses a trend of two straight years of decreasing fatalities for bicyclists. The number of bicyclist deaths …

Source: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/12/11/bicycle-fatalities-increase-in-2011/

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