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Source: Telegraph

A "naturist" who liked to cycle along a seafront with only a small piece of fabric shielding his modesty has been ordered to desist by a district judge.

Source: Parade

Good news: Diet and exercise aren't the only ways to prevent childhood obesity. Research suggests that just putting your kids to bed earlier may help.

Source: thedenverchannel.com

Denver is striving to be a bike friendly city, but some people say not friendly enough. They cite the 16th Street Mall as an example, where bicycles are banned.

Obama's recently unveiled plans of a fast rail system symbolically echo the Depression-era reconstruction schemes.

Source: The Huffington Post

With this latest attempt to strip bike finding from the recovery bill, Republicans have once again demonstrated how out of touch they are with their pathologically short-sighted attacks on bicycles.

Source: worldchanging.com

One of the biggest factors undermining a commons-based society during the 20th Century was the automobile. Untold billions of dollars of public money was spent to enshrine the private car as essential to modern life, first in the U.S. and then throughout the world.

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Lance Armstrong says he will ride in the 2009 Tour de France, marking the first time he will compete in that race and the Giro d'Italia in the same year.

Source: MSN

America has a strong -- and growing -- used motorcycle market. Add a plunging economy to that, and the road is getting a little rough for Harley-Davidson these days.

Source: Times of the Internet

WILMETTE, Ill., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A suburban Chicago man who saw his stolen bicycle for sale on eBay helped police arrest a suspect in the case, police said.

Source: MiamiHerald.com

I'm a f---kin' redneck who likes to snowboard and ride dirt bikes. But I live to play hockey. I like to go camping and hang out with the boys, do some fishing, shoot some s---t and just f---kin' chillin' I guess. Ya f---k with me I'll kick ass." Status: "In a relationship."

Source: minnesotaindependent.com

An 11-person bike -- inspired by a pedal-powered icefishing shack in Minnesota -- is heading to the Republican National Convention. The thing is made from the chassis and suspension of two VWs, plus 15 bikes and the tranny of a Subaru Justy.

Source: danwei.org

14,277 confiscated "illegal motorcycles" were destroyed by bulldozers in Yungang district, Shenzhen as part of the city's "motorcycle ban". The Shenzhen-based newspaper says that in April this year another 9.532 illegal motorcycles were wrecked in the same way.

Source: CNN

Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May compared with a year earlier according to a report Monday from the Federal Highway Admin. "We've seen the longest decline in vehicular miels since we started collecting data" said the U.S. Transportation dept.

Source: CNN

Many of these commuters are flocking to trains, buses and bikes, or telecommuting from home.... Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May compared with a year earlier, according to a report Monday from the Federal Highway Administration.

Source: TreeHugger

Determined to prove its not a just a smog-addled city notorious for traffic and pollution, Mexico City had jumped on the bike-sharing bandwagon and launched its own free program called Mejor En Bici (Spanish link), or Better On Bicycle in English.