"We were always clear with him that the bike would have to be checked by a professional bike mechanic before it was deemed roadworthy, " he said.
The death of a young girl who died after being hit by a quad bike rider in Guernsey was accidental, a coroner has ruled.
Since I've worked out in the past, I know that a first-thing-in-the-morning session of lifting weights followed by a stationary bike ride in the later afternoon are the two things I'll do on a regular basis.
Instead, Sarai completed the cycling leg of the competition by borrowing a mountain bike from her husband.
It's a three-day race covering 320 miles on the big island of Hawaii, including a 10-kilometer ocean swim, more than 260 miles by bike and a double marathon run.
It has a viewing platform, a cafe, a space which acts a community hub and a bike hire scheme run by a local charity.
And time there is: although many opt for shorter sections, the full path from the French border is a good five week walk or a fortnight by bike.
Some shops will "fit" you for a bike by taking basic measurements, such as your inseam, but they're generally only used to select a prefabricated frame with the correct height.
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Gloria Wilhelm fought for the Illinois law after her son, Matt, was struck and killed while he was riding his bike by a driver who was downloading cell phone ring tones.
You can also reserve your bike from the app -- though, should you not have your smartphone on you, you can still get a bike by entering account information into the keypad.
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The issue was crystallised when The Times took up a campaigning stance through journalists like Kaya Burgess and Phillip Pank after one of their colleagues was knocked off a bike by an HGV.
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If you are an avid gearhead, you crave a bike by a one man shop frame maker who does each as a labor of love, famed artists such as Richard Sachs or Carl Strong, guys whose entire production is 30-100 frames annually, and 100 is a lot in this category.
The bench is part of a national project by Sustrans - a cycling charity encouraging people to travel by foot, bike or public transport - funded by The Big Lottery Fund and Plymouth City Council.
Of five foxes flushed that day, one was shot by a marksman on a quad bike.
In 2001, New Yorker Brendt Barbur was hit by a car while riding his bike in the city.
If we looked at all the odds stacked against us as a retail bike shop, why would we have any confidence whatsoever that anyone would actually make the effort of stopping by our store to buy a bike?
Rather than visiting a kiosk to rent a bike, you'll be able to use a smartphone app to locate some available wheels, with position information broadcast by a built-in GPS. Once you find a bike you want to rent, the system will send an unlock code to your handset, which you'll enter into a handlebar-mounted PIN pad.
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He has also opened up the city to cyclists, marking out a 450km network of bike lanes that have helped increase the numbers of journeys made by bike five-fold -- a commitment that will be recognized in 2007 when the peloton of the Tour de France rolls through London for the first time.
And a trial of an electric bike hire scheme will begin by 2016, linking a hilly area of the city with limited public transport to a Tube station.
And while most custom bike companies used to sell mainly frames that you then had to complete a la carte, the most expensive way to by bike components, they are now offering complete finish kits in a range of quality levels and greatly discounted prices.
Potter around rough trails on foot or by bike, breaking with a picnic lunch and a dip.
Communities are often ranked by things like safety and economic health, but a new report released earlier this week rated states by their bike-friendliness.
My next stop was an auto repair parts shop, where I had hoped to find a new bracket to staple a broken luggage rack onto by bike.
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Researchers at Tsinghua did just that, by attaching four electric-bike motors to a chassis.
Detractors will argue that steroids and doping can pose health risks to the athletes involved, but athletes undertake serious health risks by simply walking onto the field or straddling a bike.
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Purchase a temporary membership at any Hubway kiosk, pay by the half hour to use the bike (free under 30 minutes) and return the bike to a kiosk close to your destination.
He'd visited the U.S. as part of Team Rwanda, a fledgling race team sponsored by benefactors including mountain bike pioneer Tom Ritchey.
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Lyric and Elizabeth were last seen by their grandmother on July 13 when they left for a bike ride.
Colombia embraced a new national hero in July when 23-year-old Nairo Quintana finished second in the Tour de France, the highest-ever finish by a Colombian cyclist in the world's most famous bike race.
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