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The Kelly Benefit Strategies team goes to Africa, while Kona AfricaBikes go to Vietnam
As the 2009 season draws to a close, a few companies and teams are extending their efforts across the world in various charitable endeavors. Kelly Benefit Strategies riders traveled to Africa in support of World Bicycle Relief, and Kona’s Africabikes program is reaching farther than ever, partnering with Roadmonkey Adventure philanthropy to provide bikes to students in Vietnam. Four Kelly riders traveled halfway around the world earlier this month, not for a race, but to see firsthand the impact of their team’s season-long fundraising effort for World Bicycle Relief.
Mailbag: Take the lane, beware of texters and … Modesto?
I am a professional bicycle courier in Charlotte, North Carolina. The safest way to ride a bicycle in any traffic is to behave exactly as you would in an automobile.
Prosecution rest in LA road rage case. Defense will call witnesses Monday.
Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Mary Stone rested the prosecution’s case against Dr. Christopher Thomas Thompson on Friday afternoon, following five and a half days of testimony in Thompson's trial on assault charges. The charges stem from an altercation with two cyclists on a Los Angeles County canyon road on July 4, 2008, and another incident involving two different cyclists in March that year, on the same road. In the final two days of the prosecution’s case, jurors heard testimony from two cyclists involved in the March episode, which did not result in any injuries.