The article is two pages long. If you prefer to view it on one page with fewer graphics, click here. Getting people out of cars and onto bicycles, a much more sustainable form of transportation, has long vexed environmentally conscious city planners.

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James Bowthorpe apparently broke the world record for bicycling "around the globe," completing his journey on September 19, 2009.

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PORTLAND, Ore. - Crisscrossed with bike lanes and streetcar tracks, Portland has long attracted the young and environmentally conscious with its cutting-edge transportation system, which has resulted in 20 percent less driving than the national average.

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Bicyclists in Tijuana, Mexico take a weekly ride along the city's "dangerous streets" -- apparently safely -- and partially to promote safety.

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I posted an article on Thursday describing the race...which you can read here... This is the article now on the newspapers website...(nothing on the TV stations websites yet...)

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While bike enthusiasts in most urban areas continue to have to fight for their place on the streets, Detroit has the potential to become a new bicycle utopia. It's a town just waiting to be taken.

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The fork can separate from the steerer tube which can cause the rider to lose control, posing a fall hazard. Company received two reports of forks separating causing riders to fall. Injuries reported include a fractured clavicle, broken teeth, facial damage and head injuries.

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I was 16, a senior at a public high school in Manhattan, and I had never learned to ride a bike. So my friend and classmate Josh had walked with me to Riverside Park, taking along a bicycle from his family's apartment on the Upper West Side.

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Copenhagen is vying for the title of the western world's best bike city.

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The Hike & Bike event in Louisville, Kentucky on May 25, 2009 attracted "more than 2,000" bicyclists, despite "early morning showers."

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The Bike Lexington fun ride in Lexington, Kentucky on May 25, 2009 attracted "more than 700 people" despite a rainy day.

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A "naturist" who liked to cycle along a seafront with only a small piece of fabric shielding his modesty has been ordered to desist by a district judge.

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You might have noticed that Dante's comments on bike thieves didn't make it into the original edition of The Divine Comedy.

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A few months ago, I received a phone call from a cyclist with an incredible story about an incident in Lawrence County, Ohio.

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Denver is striving to be a bike friendly city, but some people say not friendly enough. They cite the 16th Street Mall as an example, where bicycles are banned.

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Alex Jarrett, 33, has never owned a car. Around town, he gets almost everywhere he needs to go by the power of his own two feet—walking or biking. So it seems only natural that Jarrett's business, which he started with Ruthy Woodring in 2002, is bicycle-based.

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Avoiding packed public transit and rush hour gridlock, more and more people in this Canadian city, with one of the world's heaviest winter snowfalls, are braving extreme cold to commute by bicycle.

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Electric bikes are the new big thing in the world of bicycles, according to manufacturers at the IFMA bike fair in Cologne, Germany, only now they are known as e-bikes or pedalecs.

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LOL! What an idiot!

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Green activists in Tel Aviv, who have been battling the municipality for years over its policy of encouraging the use of private cars, chalked up a small but sweet victory this week. They proved the efficiency of transportation such as buses and bicycles.

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Time's Up! rides and events, New York City bicycling

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News archives, N.Y. bike events

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An 11-person bike -- inspired by a pedal-powered icefishing shack in Minnesota -- is heading to the Republican National Convention. The thing is made from the chassis and suspension of two VWs, plus 15 bikes and the tranny of a Subaru Justy.

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NY Cop Slams Bicyclist to the GroundCritical Mass bicyclist, Christopher Long, 29 ,was slammed to the ground by N.Y. cop, Patrick Pogan, 23, who had been on patrol in the Midtown South Precinct for less than a month. [Watch the video.]

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In a handful of major cities, some companies are turning to bike freight as a cheaper, greener way of delivering their products without using fossil fuels.

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