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Pedaling for Healthier School Food

Pedaling for Healthier School Food

By Sara Salo  Is it possible for one girl and her bicycle to positively impact America’s school cafeterias? I intend to find out! My name is Sara Salo, the cyclist behind The School Food Tour and an ardent healthy kids advocate. I have a big year ahead of me – I’ll be pedaling over 6,000 [...]

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Hearts & Bikes: Riding to Help Others

Hearts & Bikes: Riding to Help Others

One day, Jayson Orvis and his daughter were driving  from Las Vegas to their home in Bountiful, Utah. Allie asked him if it was possible to bike that distance. He told her that it was possible , but  the 420-mile jaunt  would be “very hard”.  The high-school sophomore wasn’t discouraged by the distance, though, nor by the fact that she wasn’t evena [...]

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Nona Varnado – Performance Fashion

High Fashion Commuter Bike Wear with … Nona Varnado – Performance Fashion!! “To create one’s own world, in any of the arts, takes courage” Georgia O’Keeffe Are you struggling with the balance between practical features and looking like a very sophisticated urban bicycle princess?  Tired of looking the same with each trip to work…carrying extra [...]

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Women Who Inspire Us: Beth Sanden

Women Who Inspire Us: Beth Sanden

  “It’s not the duration of my life that counts, but the donation.” –Beth Sanden  Beth Sanden was 44 years old when she competed in her first triathlon, swimming the backstroke because she didn’t want to be face-down in the ocean. But she loved it; she especially loved the feeling of riding with the wind [...]

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Cyclo-Cross Star Katie Compton

Cyclo-Cross Star Katie Compton

We met World Champion Cyclo-cross medalist Katie Compton while at the Cross-Vegas Race. She was not able to compete that night after she hurt her knee in a mountain biking accident 3 weeks prior, but was recovering and looking forward to a great cyclo-cross season. A national Cyclo-cross champion already, her goal this season is to win the Cyclo-Cross [...]

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Kathryn Bertine: As Good as Gold

Kathryn Bertine: As Good as Gold

  Kathryn Bertine was living her dream as a professional triathlete and a writer, yet also living the reality of working less-pleasant part-time jobs to survive. After she broke off her engagement and moved from Colorado to New York, with only $200 in her checking account, it seemed her athletic dreams would wither and die. [...]

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