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Wearing a helmet can save your life
Mirror, MI It is more difficult for children to avoid obstacles when biking, sledding, inline skating, skiing, or doing other activities. Children aged 5-14 have the highest injury rate of all bicycle riders and bike accidents are a leading cause of death for … Helmets can usually prevent brain trauma |
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Wearing a helmet can save your life - Mirror
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Couples battles cancer with biking, running - San Francisco Chronicle
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Couples battles cancer with biking, running
San Francisco Chronicle, USA "He's just crazy on a bike. … He's obsessed." Before his diagnosis, Jon says, "I went out every weekend and rode from home about 55 miles with 3500 feet of climbing. On Friday nights I'd go out mountain biking with friends after work. … |
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Health is Wealth - San Francisco Chronicle
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Health is Wealth
San Francisco Chronicle, USA Again, I am no economist, but I bet if we reduced this percentage by even a modest amount by biking, running or walking instead of driving, the savings to both the economy and to the environment could be significant. So there you have my positive spin … |
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Wearing a helmet can save your life - Mirror
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Wearing a helmet can save your life
Mirror, MI It is more difficult for children to avoid obstacles when biking, sledding, inline skating, skiing, or doing other activities. Children aged 5-14 have the highest injury rate of all bicycle riders and bike accidents are a leading cause of death for … Helmets can usually prevent brain trauma |
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Katherine Ingalls still riding down road to recovery from bike … - Steamboat Pilot
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Katherine Ingalls still riding down road to recovery from bike …
Steamboat Pilot, CO She hoped to be one of three US team members for the Junior Worlds mountain biking competition and had the points lead in the women’s expert division of the Town Challenge mountain bike series. Still, even after she was flown to a Denver hospital after … |
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On a roll, year-round - Boston Globe
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On a roll, year-round
Boston Globe, United States "I do think the weather here is more conducive to biking year-round," said Chuck Ayers, originally from Pomfret, Conn., who serves as executive director for the Cascade Bicycle Club. Hundreds of fully supported one- to multiday road bike events take … |
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Best biking, Cumbria-style - Times Online
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Best biking, Cumbria-style
Times Online, UK Saddle Skedaddle (0191 265 1110, skedaddle.co.uk), which covers Borneo and Bhutan, also runs two-day, two-night guided mountain biking trips in the Lakes. Its Euphoric Ullswater adventure, based in Penrith, swoops over fells and valleys in the … |
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Dirt biker lived short life to fullest - San Jose Mercury News
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Dirt biker lived short life to fullest
San Jose Mercury News, USA By Robert Salonga Eric Elford, a dirt biker since the moment he was able to stand up and grasp handlebars, was stoked when he discovered a new spot to ride, his father said. The hidden dunes on the Martinez shoreline were perfect. They were secluded. … |
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Council considers creating bike lanes - Brookings Register
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Council considers creating bike lanes
Brookings Register, SD Brookings officials and SDSU students are getting serious about creating bike lanes on city streets. But making travel safer and easier for those on man-powered machines could mean the elimination of onstreet parking from some local roadways . … |
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Leave your wheels behind - Chicago Tribune
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Leave your wheels behind
Chicago Tribune, United States Biking MinneapolisAmong American cities, Minneapolis is second only to Portland, Ore., in the number of daily bike commuters, with 3.8 percent of the Minnesota city's commuters pedaling to work. That means there is plenty of biking infrastructure to … |
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