Silicon Valley Mountain Bikers

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  • Bear mauls teen during 24-hour bike race in Alaska

    Bear mauls teen during 24-hour bike race in Alaska 2 hours ago ANCHORAGE, Alaska � A 14-year-old girl riding in a mountain bike race was attacked in the dark of night by a bear Sunday and severely injured, but she was able to make a brief 911 call that eventually resulted in her rescue. The…

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  • Governments spending to buy, preserve open spaces.

    USA Today (5/28, Cauchon) reports, “Federal, state, and local governments are boosting spending on open spaces and parks” in a “surprising development” that may “usher in an era of land conservation not seen in decades.” The movement to preserve open space apparently finds “favor among Republicans, Democrats, and voters.” USA Today notes that “new open-space…

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  • Current Bill Status of MEASURE: A.B. No. 2537

    CURRENT BILL STATUS MEASURE : A.B. No. 2537 AUTHOR(S) : Furutani. TOPIC : Public works: exemption: volunteers. HOUSE LOCATION : ASM TYPE OF BILL : Active Non-Urgency Non-Appropriations Majority Vote Required Non-State-Mandated Local Program Fiscal Non-Tax Levy LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 04/23/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : Re-referred to Com. on APPR. COMM. LOCATION : ASM…

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  • FREE to post cycling Buy and Sell site launches

    BikersandSellers.com is a free to post site for individuals looking to buy, sell or trade new or used cycling goods. Retail stores, Organizations and News sources can also post information on “what they are all about” Need to hire someone in the cycling industry..post job or volunteer ads for free…Check it out..BikersandSellers.com Cycling’s Classified Connection

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  • May 15th is National Bike Month! Bike to Work Day

    The House Congressional Resolution on Bicycling (H.Con.Res. 305), introduced in February, calls on the United States Congress to adopt a national bicycling strategy to fully realize the incredible benefits of getting more people bicycling, more safely, more often. There is a “sense of Congress” that complete streets policies are essential to ensure wise use of…

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  • April – May Newsletter is out!

    April – May newsletter is out, folks! (And so is February – March issue…) Get your ROMP Newsletter here NOTE: ROMPS’s web lackey sincerely apologizes for the slow news updates in the past 8 weeks. He’s so busy with school and work, he hasn’t even had time to ride his newly upgraded downhill bike.

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  • Palo Alto Goats

    From the City of Palo Alto-If you visited Open Space last week you probably saw herds of goats grazing in selective areas. Goats are back in the Pearson-Arastradero Preserve for the second year in an area just off Arastradero Road. The site has been carefully selected to reduce nonnative or exotic weeds on the preserve…

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