The long wait is over for bicyclists who want to use Google maps to find the quickest, safest way from Point A to Point B. Google maps launched a Beta version of its direction finder for bicycle routes on Wednesday in 150 cities. The release comes in conjuction with the opening day of the National Bike Summit in Washington DC. Folks who use their bicycles for commuting and running errands have been advocating for Google to add ...

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Two things about the front bicycle racks made in a small Fort Collins, Colorado, shop caught the eye of a New Belgium Brewing Co. designer: -- The racks used beetle-killed wood from Colorado's forests; -- The racks could hold a case of beer. So the beer brewery, which supplies cruiser bicycles to charities and its new employees, ordered 2,600 front racks from the shop for its new line of New Belgium 2010 cruisers. That's a gold strike for Carver Surf Racks owner Orlando ...

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See coupon below This weekend's Seattle Bike Expo, the largest consumer bicycle show in the US, has landed at yet another location this year. The Smith Cove Cruise Terminal 91 in Magnolia is the new home for the all-things-bicycling show, open from 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Here's a link for easy bicycling and driving directions. Car parking (2,500 capacity) costs $5 and the exhibition hall is about a half-mile walk; ...

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HTC-Columbia's Czech time-trial champion Frantisek Rabon won Stage 5 of the Murcia bike race on Saturday and took the overall lead, as Lance Armstrong climbed into 7th place. The Vuelta Ciclista a la Region de Murcia across southern Spain ends Sunday with a 75-mile stage that's expected to end in a mass sprint. Elsewhere, the week-long Paris-Nice bicycle race starts Sunday in France, and Tirreno-Adriatico rolls out Wednesday for seven days across Italy. While top racers struggle for ...

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