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PEDAL POWER: Ford E-Bike concept

by Vaughan Hunt | Sep 22, 2011 | Fun Stuff

The Frankfurt motor show saw the unveiling of a number of elaborate “urban-focused commuter vehicles”, but not all manufacturers are focusing on four-wheeled transport…

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2011 Tour de France in pictures

by Vaughan Hunt | Aug 11, 2011 | Fun Stuff

Boston.com features this years Tour in two parts:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/07/2011_tour_de_france_part_1.html

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/07/2011_tour_de_france_part_2.html

A week in the training diary of Tylenol Hamilton

by Vaughan Hunt | Jun 23, 2011 | Fun Stuff

(as described to Steve Stanozolol, Bike Manawatu’s most positive reporter)

Monday: Rehab and recovery day (raced yesterday). Aim is to stay clean for 12 hours. (3 pm – already looking forward to tomorrow…)

Tuesday: Wet, so trained indoors. Did two hours of VO2max training. Needed three litres of fluid, but improved my VO2max by 40%! Soon as I finished, I pulled out the IV, hopped on the bike, and rode home.

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McLaren’s two-wheeled racer

by Vaughan Hunt | Mar 21, 2011 | Fun Stuff

(From the Sydney Morning Herald)

Specialized, F1 team and supercar maker McLaren and Mark Cavendish (of HTC-Highroad cycling team) team up for the Italian Milan-San Remo spring classic…

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30km/h is too fast in bike-friendly French city

by Vaughan Hunt | Feb 17, 2011 | Fun Stuff

Strasbourg, a city in north-eastern France, is sending a clear message that the car doesn’t rule its city. To increase the safety of bikers and pedestrians, Strasbourg is proposing to reduce its speed limit to 30 kilometres per hour throughout the city.