Phillip Barron The Herald Sun DURHAM — Many mountain bikers pick up the sport as another way to spend time in the woods. But not all trails let an environmentally conscious rider enjoy the ride. Improperly built trails soon develop deep ruts in the ground and can damage sensitive vegetation, especially if those trails are [...]
Italy won the World Cup, but thanks to the press building up the final match as Zinedine Zidane’s swan song and their inability to wrap their minds around his senseless overtime headbutt, collective cognitive dissonance is all that remains. Few can stop talking about Zidane, but even fewer are saying anything. Roger Cohen’s “Camus and [...]
Phillip Barron The Herald Sun Jan Ulrich and Ivan Basso lost their bids for the yellow jersey to Operation Puerta before this year’s Tour de France even began. Operation Puerta isn’t a new contender for victory; it’s a six-month doping investigation and arguably the most significant doping scandal of bicycle racing. Thanks to OP, thirteen [...]
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Below is a message from the durhambikeandped listserv. It’s a request to sign a petition which asks the city of Durham to finish building its part of the American Tobacco Trail. The petition was written by Bill Bussey, President of the Triangle Rails to Trails Conservancy. Please take a moment to sign this petition. It [...]