Bicycles and Bicycling
Extreme Weather Challenges Bikepackers on the Tour Divide Race
Kevin Latta pushed his bike forward, following the Bull River down a ridge in the Canadian Rockies. The tire tracks from riders ahead of him had disappeared. He searched for a shallow place to cross. But after just one step, the swollen river swept Latta and his bike downstream. Gripping the bike in one hand, […]
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Biden Falls Off Bike During Visit to Rehoboth Beach
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. — President Biden fell off his bike on Saturday while trying to dismount in front of a small crowd of reporters and onlookers. The president said his foot had gotten caught in a toe clip, which caused him to tip over after coming to a stop. He quickly collected himself and stood […]
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Seeing Vancouver by Bike
When I returned to Vancouver in the late 1980s, biking in the city was different than it is today. In my memory, the only people brave enough to ride downtown were bike couriers. On sunny afternoons there would be a dozen of them lounging and smoking outside the HSBC bank building on West Georgia Street, […]
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A Family Measures Milestones on an Alaskan Cycling Trip
I didn’t understand then how much would change, or how quickly. Soon after, the park road was closed because of melting permafrost and landslides, locking a bike trip to Polychrome Pass into the archives of the past. I couldn’t see past the present chaos of family life, each hour messy and loud, to a picture […]
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In Northern Vermont, Trying to Smooth the Ride for Mountain Biking
One of Ms. Long’s first moves as executive director, even before the landowners pulled out, was to apply for a United States Department of Agriculture-funded capacity study, to try to identify the worst pain points. The study found that the trails were at 80 percent capacity, but that the surrounding infrastructure, like parking lots, bathrooms […]
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E-Bike Bliss on Maui and Lanai, Two Hawaiian Islands
Today an old haul road still runs along the western edge of Maui and John and I found part of it just north of an intersection off the main road in Kaanapali. This road, now derelict, may one day form part of the West Maui Greenway, a proposed 25-mile-long trail from Ukumehame Beach Park to […]
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Breaking Up With Peloton
Easy access also means easy interruption. At the beginning of the pandemic, Paige Van Otten, a stay-at-home mother in Seattle, loved that she could sneak in a quick Peloton workout while her toddler napped. “You think, ‘Oh, it’s so convenient, I can do it anytime,’” she said. “But really, I could only do it at […]
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Peloton Responds to ‘And Just Like That’ Appearance
This article contains spoilers for the premiere of “And Just Like That” on HBO Max. Peloton, a maker of high-end exercise equipment, was apparently just as surprised as you were by its appearance on “And Just Like That,” the new HBO Max limited series that picks up the story of “Sex and the City.” At […]
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