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After yesterday’s incredible video (you know the one: the buck takes out the cyclist), enjoy this collection of admittedly less-exciting videos in which dogs wreak havoc.
From Andrew: (Watch the whole thing for two incidents.)
From Adam: (The description says this dog is OK.)
From Ryan: (It took me a… Read the rest

Maybe you’re a fan, but I still can’t quite figure out the tall bike craze. These people can’t figure it out either. How to ride one, I mean.
From Ben: (It’s dark, but you can hear and see the fall in the last couple seconds.)
From Frank: (Through the window.)… Read the rest

This week’s Friday Photo winner is Kevin Dorn, who submitted this beautiful bicycle shot. Here’s what he had to say about it:
“My wife and I traveled for a few months throughout northern Europe and were lucky enough to be able to visit the tiny island of Æro (Aero) in … Read the rest

Sometimes we try really cool tricks that we’re sure will impress our friends. And sometimes, we really wish we would’ve practiced a little more first.
From Ed: (I hate to watch kids crash, but…)
From Danny: (Um really, your friend could be seriously injured and you just stare?)
From Josh:… Read the rest

For over 120 years, Raleigh Bicycles has been making quality rides for people all over the world. As of this May, Raleigh is offering American cyclists with more. Specifically, Raleigh Bikes has developed and launched a database that’s full of information about charity rides and non-profit bicycle events across the… Read the rest

This week’s Friday Photo winner is JanaLee Cherneski, who submitted this shot of her friend cycling against the elements on the Silk Road. Here’s what JanaLee had to say about her shot:
On a year long bike trip across the Silk Road that started in Turkey this January, my friends … Read the rest

On April 1st, Sarah Outen, the only woman to have ever rowed the Indian Ocean solo, will embark on another unaccompanied journey, one that’s being called the most difficult and dangerous adventure that’s ever been taken on by a female. The journey will take her from London to London–20,000 miles–across… Read the rest

More difficult than riding the traditional two-wheeled, the unicycle might remind the average individual of parades, carnivals and entertainment of the like.
But unicycling is becoming more commonplace and it’s less unusual to see someone balanced (or not) atop the single wheel riding through town. As it should be. So… Read the rest

Since Wend… Read the rest contributing writer and mountain bike bad-ass Rebecca Rusch quit her day job 15 years ago and became one of the world’s strongest female adventure racers and mountain bikers, she’s become known as “The Queen of Pain.”
Rusch earned this title for having completed countless endurance rides and races;

If you’ve never heard of Cycle Oregon before, just know this–its riders have aptly titled it The Best Bike Ride in America… Read the rest. The route, amenities, events and base cost change every year; and even the event’s fluidity  has even become part of its appeal.
From an outsider’s point of

Local trails ala cx from Andy Wardman on Vimeo.
This vid demonstrates the art of cyclocross and singletrack trail riding. It’s awesome, to say the least. And although on the Velo Club Moulin site, the rider, Andy Wardman (who’s a mtb Trail Ranger by day and a cx nerd the… Read the rest

This week’s Friday Photo winner is Stephanie McCormack, who submitted this shot of the 401 Trail in Crested Butte, Colorado. Here’s what Stephanie had to say about the photograph:

“The 401 Trail in Crested Butte, Colorado is a singletrack dream. High peaks, many still with snow at the beginning of … Read the rest

The small gambling town of Black Hawk, Colorado, recently imposed a ban on cyclists pedaling through the town–and began fining riders $68 for doing so. In reaction, around 100 cyclists gathered on the steps of City Hall this Tuesday to protest the ban. The rally was organized by Bicycle Colorado… Read the rest

Normally, bonking your head on the pavement isn’t considered a “good” thing–but with protection, it will likely cause little more than a gnarly headache. However, thanks to German researchers and scientists, if you bonk your helmet-enclosed-head one too many times (or too hard the first time around), you’ll start to… Read the rest

This video was captured from a camera atop the helmet of a cyclist during a 31-mile road race in Leonardtown, Maryland last Sunday. And It shows first hand what happens when vandals throw tacks in the road–and when unsuspecting cyclists go cruising over them. According to reports, over 20 cyclists… Read the rest