Ted's Travels: Off my rocker - with a load of mod cons Nearly 30 years...

The Independent - London;  February 11, 2001 ;     700+ words ......problem. All I needed was a bike and a bit of money, and I thought...rode forth into the unknown 27 years ago? And even then they thought...like to wrench an overloaded bike upright a dozen times after...to run the whole mess off the bike, I will attract every sticky...belongs to the man ...

MARATHON MIRACLE; David cycled 185 miles to London, ran 26 miles, then...

The Mirror (London, England);  April 28, 1998 ;     598 words ......ran in the marathon with a bike on his back and then pedalled...the more amazing because six years ago after a motorbike accident he...them I was going to get on my bike and go home. They thought that...line, I knew I had to get on my bike within two or three hours. It...bruises on my ...

BICYCLE BOB PIERCE HAS A VAN FOR SALE HE QUIT DRIVING IT ABOUT FOUR YEARS...

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  July 13, 2008 ;     337 words ......to start living car-free four years ago. Now known as Bicycle Bob to...longer to get to work on my bike than it does to drive, the Chatsworth...Photo: Bob Pierce parks his bike in the warehouse behind his...Composits. He also grocery-shops by bike. I can't imagine how people...

Love of sport lures racer back from injury: Nearly two years ago, Rich...

News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, IN);  July 14, 2007 ;     605 words ......onto his silver Kein Race Road Bike for the first time in 22 months. The story begins two years ago this Sunday, at the Three Rivers...backward, it is harder to keep the bike balanced when the front wheel...likelihood that Wismer could keep his bike from crashing was very small...so I could ...

This is how they got their bicycle kicks 140 years ago

Evening News - Scotland;  September 22, 2006 ;     667 words ......Powderhall track almost 140 years ago by a future Lord Provost of...on the front wheel, the early bike was one of the first commercial...William Sleigh, who built the bike with his business partner Thomas...if you rode in races on the bike you made and won them, then...

Archive: 25 YEARS AGO.

The Birmingham Post (England);  January 22, 2001 ;     39 words ...A Solihull man was injured yesterday when he was blown off his bike in winds gusting up to 80mph. Mr Trevor Harris, aged 57, was biking along Coventry Road, Sheldon, when a sudden gust of wind knocked him to the ground. The Birmingham Post, January 1975

Let's all pretend it's two years ago

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 5, 2003 ;     225 words ...Storm Team 4 Let's all pretend it's two years ago By PAUL JOSEPH Today's TMJ4, Chief Meteorologist...nice walk, perhaps play golf, ride your bike or just plain enjoy a high temperature...although it did on this date just two years ago. You might remember Dec. 5, 2001, when...ranging from just ...

Time Machine.(mechanics 90, 60 and 30 years ago)(Brief Article)

Popular Mechanics;  August 1, 1999 ;     558 words ...90 Years Ago: August 1909 Light Stuff Baseball entered...been pressed into military use. The bike, however, was a viable alternative when...machines was a major consideration. The bike's iron, shield protected the rider s...minimal, however, during retreats. 60 Years Ago: August 1939 Up ...

GHOST RIDER ; As cycling remembers the death of the British cyclist Tom...

The Independent - London;  July 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Forty years ago yesterday, on stage 13 of...pertinent that he died 40 years ago due to doping. Forty years ago - and look at the mess we'...deep mess we're in." Forty years ago, there was no such wake-up...For 40 years Ted Wood, a bike-frame builder and ...

Horrific death that went unsolved; TRAGEDY: Force dashes hopes of ever...

Birmingham Mail (England);  August 23, 2006 ;     113 words ......Ramsey's killer, having struck him, drove off with the bike still wedged beneath the car. Kevin had been to a...passengers, then reversed and pulled away with the bike still entangled. Kevin's bike was dragged more than a mile - gouging ruts into...

Horrific death that went unsolved TRAGEDY: Force dashes hopes of ever...

Birmingham Mail;  August 23, 2006 ;     113 words ......Ramsey's killer, having struck him, drove off with the bike still wedged beneath the car. Kevin had been to a...passengers, then reversed and pulled away with the bike still entangled. Kevin's bike was dragged more than a mile - gouging ruts into...

It's no wind-up as clockwork bicycle is found! ; An Inventor took a ride...

Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph;  June 10, 2008 ;     333 words ......bicycle he made more than 30 years ago. Keith Chidwick (62), of Newport...With its popularity, the bike toured for miles around the...ways. He said: "Around 30 years ago I invented a clockwork bicycle...It saves leg power but the bike ended up being heavy, so unfortunately...a ...

Corrales Racer Sets National Record Hobby Picked Up Five Years Ago

Albuquerque Journal;  April 14, 2007 ;     394 words ......pro modified division at the recent Bike Week Nationals in Chandler, Ariz. The...started racing motorcycles about five years ago, in his mid-40s, he said. "We went...preparation is involved. Krenik said the bike's clutch must be set up properly, the...

SHE WAS BORN TO BE WILD 90 years ago! Supergran takes a souped-up bike...

Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  August 7, 2004 ;     317 words ......Pauline Erving, of Bearwood, said her mum suffered strokes two years ago but has since made an amazing recovery. 'She always had these...up in a helicopter, a balloon and riding on the back of a bike,' she said. 'Five years ago we arranged a balloon trip and last month when she turned...a ...

Lance: seven years ago, he was a dead man. Today, he prepares to win his...

Esquire;  July 1, 2004 ;     617 words ......picture just as Armstrong stepped off the bike after a five-hour ride in the Hollywood...of Sunset Boulevard. He was alone on his bike. He could have been anyone out for a morning...teammates, no entourage. Just a Buy and his bike going for quite a tons ride. The Climb...