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Emporia Bike Patrol Officers
Posted on May 29, 2008 | No CommentsCrime shows such as Law and Order and the CSI franchise have painted a very inaccurate picture of the modern-day cop, officers in Emporia, Kansas say: Not all patrolling in Emporia is done from the inside of a patrol car. Officer Jeff Eubank is a member of the bike patrol, which …Manhattan Cyclists Seek Progress on Bicycle Plan
Posted on May 27, 2008 | No CommentsBicyclists in Manhattan, Kansas recently went before the City Commission to encourage commissioners to implement the city’s Bicycle Master Plan. Manhattan first drafted the Bicycle Master Plan in 1996, but has done little to actually put the plan into action. The plan calls for “a clear, cohesive guideplan to structure the …The Stars Come Out at Dirty Kanza
Posted on April 25, 2008 | 2 CommentsThe Dirty Kanza is an ultra-distance bike race that takes place May 31st in the rugged Flint Hills. Billed as the “Ultimate Gravel Grinder,” the event starts and finishes in Emporia, and offers 200 miles of racing on blacktop, gravel, and dirt roads through remote and scenic east-central Kansas. The event …Raising Money for the WAM-SAG-MAN Trail
Posted on April 18, 2008 | No CommentsThe WAM-SAG-MAN Trail is a a proposed 20-mile paved multi-use recreational trail connecting the communities of Wamego, St. George, and Manhattan. Since first conceived in 2001, organizers have been raising funs to construct the trail. So far, they’ve accumulated about $46,000, which is a ways short of the $4.2M estimate …Bicycling The Flint Hills
Posted on April 2, 2008 | 1 CommentThe March/April edition of AAA Midwest Traveler magazine features a cover story on the Flint Hills. In “The Timeless Flint Hills”, author Sally M. Snell writes: The Flint Hills National Scenic Byway was Kansas’ first National Scenic Byway, and it’s an especially pretty drive in the spring. “It brings people through …Teaching Bike Safety in Pratt
Posted on March 31, 2008 | 1 CommentEach year about this time, DeWayne Bryan, executive director of the Pratt Health Foundation, teaches an after-school bicycle safety at Elementary schools in Pratt, a town of about 6500 people in south-central Kansas: With helmets on and properly adjusted, a review of hand signals and rules of the road, 13 …Cabin Fever Challenge March 29th
Posted on March 24, 2008 | No CommentsMarch 29th is the date for the 4th annual Cabin Fever Challenge, one of the first organized rides of the year. Celebrate the coming of Spring with a trip to Pottawatomie County, Kansas, and enjoy the scenic beauty of the northern Flint Hills. The Cabin Fever Challenge offers routes of 18.5, …Topeka’s National Champion Cyclists
Posted on March 21, 2008 | No CommentsThe March/April 2008 edition of Masters Athlete magazine features an article on last December’s Kansas City Cyclocross National Championships (Cold, dirty victory), focusing on two local cyclists: Catherine Walberg and Steve Tilford both hail from Topeka, Kan. The two defending cyclocross national champions train together, and they both race in the …Lose the Training Wheels
Posted on March 12, 2008 | 1 CommentLose the Training Wheels is a program that teaches disabled children and adults how to ride a conventional bicycle without training wheels. The program was started by Dr. Richard Klein, who conducts 5-day training camps across the nation. The program teaches that many people, including children with varied disabilities, can be …Teenage Cyclist Injured in Hutchinson
Posted on March 1, 2008 | No CommentsFrom The Hutchinson News: The condition of a 15-year-old Hutchinson bicyclist seriously injured when he was hit by a car Thursday afternoon was upgraded Friday. Police had not completed an accident report by late Friday, so the names of those involved were not available. Officials at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, Wichita, where …-
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