by a track stand at a stoplight or a bunny hop over a stick in the road, I was astounded by the wonderful performances of the artistic bicyclists from Germany at Saturday's Seattle Bicycle Expo. If synchronized swimming can be an Olympic sport, so should this. In fact, artistic cycling is a popular UCI-licensed sport in Germany and elsewhere in Europe. The Cascade Bicycle Club brought the reigning World Champion in single artistic women, Corrina Hein, ...

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the cyclist who has everything and wants to take it on the next bicycle tour. The Midget Bushtrekka is a four-wheeled pop-up camping trailer for bicycles. Its design enables bike travelers to set up camp anywhere they choose in about five minutes. Usually, I feel that I carry just plain too much stuff on my bicycle tours. But I would feel like an absolute spartan ultralight bicycle traveler next to one of these. The Bushtrekka and its smaller ...

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 Bicycles and wines don't often figure together in the news, but it happened twice in the past week. The first story involves Red Bicyclette pinot noir wine sold by E&J Gallo. The label features an evocative watercolor of a man riding his bicycle home from the boulangerie with baguettes sticking out of the front basket. I wrote about this a few years ago as Gallo wanting to break into the French import wine market. The suits ...

tags: bicycles, wines