New Lance Armstrong book: Excerpt, TV and personal appearances
"Comeback 2.0: Up Close and Personal" is the story of Lance Armstrong's return to professional cycling in 2009. The story is told in his own journal entries interspersed throughout the book with color photos by Liz Kreutz, who followed Armstrong throughout the 2009 season. The 208-page book will be released on Tuesday and will be followed by book signings and TV appearances by Armstrong. In an introduction written by Armstrong, the 7-time Tour de France champion tells what led him back onto the saddle after three years of retirement. In an excerpt from the introduction ....

Old hip injury leads to fresh knee pain for bicycling
I'm still kind of stunned that a bicycling fall I had way back in January has forced me off the bike in November. Although I had badly bruised the muscles around my right hip in that fall, it's my right knee that's been feeling the pain since August. Here's my tale of woe as a lesson to anyone with knee pain in the past, present or future. Obviously your knee pain can stem from other causes, but it's illustrates the importance of keeping our muscles, ligaments and tendons in balance ..

Bikes for the World ships 40,000 donated bicycles
Let's admit it. Too many bicyclists keep too many unused bicycles in their garages or their basements. I'll include myself among the guilty. Maybe there's an emotional attachment to an old relic. Or it's difficult to find an alternative to taking the bicycle to the dump, an unceremonious end for a trusty companion. Several nonprofits are set up to collect these old bikes and redistribute them back into the community or ship them overseas. I've created a list of some of these at "Where to Donate Your Used Bicycles." One of the most successful is Bikes for the World, wh

RadioShack roster set with Armstrong, Leipheimer, Horner, Kloden
Ever since Lance Armstrong announced the formation of Team RadioShack in July, the confirmed identities of bike riders on the roster have dribbled out like sprinters struggling across the finish of a mountain stage. Team manager Johan Bruyneel has now announced the final roster, identifying a 26-man team from 16 different countries. A large percentage of those bike riders came from Bruyneel's and Armstrong's former team, Astana. The delay in making a final announcement stemmed from ongoing negotiatio

These hill climbs won't let down bicycling mountain goats
When most people start bicycling, they'll do anything to avoid hills. Sometimes they'll ride miles out of their way to miss a climb, or drive their car to a flat area to ride. As they get stronger and learn how to use their gears more efficiently, hills are a challenge to be conquered. But for some, hills seem to be the sole motivation for riding a bike. These mountain goats don't just measure their rides in miles, but in total elevation gain. They gather in places like Pittsburgh for the Dirty Dozen, Portland for De Ronde van Oeste Portlandia, or Los Angeles for the Fargo Street climb to find the conquer the highest urban mounta