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By Paddle and Pedal
Posted on August 20, 2008 | No CommentsThe third annual Missouri River 340, the world’s longest non-stop river race, took place June 15th-19th, starting in Kansas City and ending in St. Charles. Two of the participants paddled across the state west-to-east in their kayaks, then pedaled bicycles back home to Grandview, with their boats in tow on custom-designed …Ride to Raise Awareness about Mental Illness
Posted on August 19, 2008 | No CommentsThe third annual Bike 4 the Brain ride takes place on September 28th, starting at 8am from the Johnson County Mental Health Center in Mission, Kansas. The purpose of the event is to raise awareness about mental illness and to work toward increased understanding about brain-based illnesses that have emotional and …Subscribe to the Kansas Cycling News
Posted on August 15, 2008 | No CommentsIt’s recently come to my attention that many people don’t realize that there’s more than one way to keep up with the Kansas Cycling News: The first, and most obvious way, is to simply point your browser to the Kansas Cyclist web site each day, and manually click through to each …KC Trails Highlighted in DirtRag
Posted on August 14, 2008 | No CommentsThe july 2008 issue of DirtRag Magazine contains an articled titled “I-70 Ride Guide” that covers some of the trails positioned along Interstate 70 as it crosses the country from Maryland to Utah. In addition to highlighting trails in Maryland, Ohio, Indiana, Colorado, and Utah, the article shines the light on …Weird Bike-Related Violence
Posted on August 13, 2008 | No CommentsMaybe it’s a product of there being more bikes on the streets, perhaps it’s just that I’m tuned into these sorts of things more than I used to be, but I seem to be seeing more stories about bicycle-related violence, incidents that are not only odd and disturbing, but are …Kansas Ultra-Cycling Records
Posted on August 12, 2008 | No CommentsThe Ultra Marathon Cycling Association is an organization that challenges cyclists to perform feats of endurance bicycling that many people would consider insane, if not completely impossible, such as the Race Across America. But with cyclists, few challenges are impossible, given enough training and perseverance. The UMCA maintains endurance bicycling records …NIMBY Trail Problems
Posted on August 11, 2008 | 6 CommentsOver the years, Kansas has had trouble getting trail projects moving. Both the Flint Hills Nature Trail and the Landon Nature Trail, for instance, have been delayed significantly in recent years, primarily due to “not in my back yard” sentiments from landowners along the trail corridor, who impede trail …Bicycle-Friendly Salina?
Posted on August 8, 2008 | No CommentsIn a column from the Salina Journal, columnist Gordon D. Fiedler Jr. writes about a recent trip to Boulder, Colorado, and how that experience differs from Salina, where residents are “pinched black and blue by buck-a-quart gasoline”: But once in Boulder these days, one’s transportation options expand. There are cars, taxis, …Hit-and-Run Injures Young Topeka Cyclist
Posted on August 7, 2008 | No CommentsMidmorning on August 6th, a 13-year-old boy was riding his bicycle when he was struck from behind by a pick-up truck in Topeka, KS (see map). The boy was taken to a local hospital with non life-threatening injuries, while police searched for the truck, which had fled the scene. Some time …No Ticket For Teary Driver
Posted on August 6, 2008 | No CommentsFrom Beebe, Arkansas, where a left-hook collision between a motorcycle and a car injured the bike’s driver, and left his female passenger in a coma after she sustained a fractured skull, even though she was wearing a helmet. The 18-year-old driver, of course, claimed he “didn’t see” the motorcycle, and was …-
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