Cycling (Bikes & Bicycles)

USA Pro Challenge Comes To NoCo With A Hefty Price Tag

Erin OToole and Jeff Nuttall — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:30:00 +0000

Northern Colorado cycling enthusiasts have until the end of June to raise the money needed to host one stage of this year’s USA Pro Challenge.

Spanish Judge Orders Bags Of Blood Destroyed In Doping Case

Eyder Peralta — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:53:00 +0000

By all accounts, it was a less-than-spectacular end to one of Spain's biggest doping cases. El País, the country's biggest newspaper, summed up the trial of Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes saying it ended without blood and without a sentence.

Fuentes was convicted of endangering public health and was given a one-year suspended sentence, a $6,000 fine and a four-year ban from practicing medicine. Most people sentenced under two years in Spain skip prison.

But that's not the big news.

Justice Breyer Fractures Shoulder In (Another) Bike Accident

Melisa Goh — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:29:00 +0000

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is recovering in a Georgetown hospital Saturday, following surgery for a fractured right shoulder.

The 74-year-old justice fell while riding his bike along Washington's National Mall on Friday afternoon, NPR's Nina Totenberg tells our Newscast unit.

This makes the third time Breyer has sustained a major injury while riding his bicycle. In May 2011, the justice broke his collarbone riding near his home in Cambridge, Mass.

Feds: Lance Armstrong 'Was Unduly Enriched At The Expense Of The United States'

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:02:00 +0000

Between 1998 and 2004, Lance Armstrong's cycling team paid him nearly $18 million. Most of the team's money came from sponsorship fees paid by the U.S.

One Gear, One Goal: Bike Is 'Good To 100 MPH,' Builder Says

Bill Chappell — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:31:00 +0000

What does it take to ride a bicycle at 100 miles per hour? That's the question being explored by Britain's Donhou Bicycles and frame builder Tom Donhou, who has mounted a mammoth chainring onto a custom bicycle. He says the steel machine has already hit 60 miles per hour on the open road.

Update At 3:30 p.m. ET: No Record At Stake. As our readers remind us, bicycles have previously reached 100 miles per hour. For instance, Jose Meiffret passed that mark in 1962, paced by a car on Germany's Autobahn.