Candi and Kenji

From the July, 2008 issue

by Mark Lansing
It is long past time for a YHIHF tribute to Candi Murray.  Her service to cycling, as head of the Oregon Bicycle Racing Association for 25 years, defies description—thus accounting for the delay.
Anyone who raced here between 1982 and 2007 remembers her.  Fondly.  Early on, the U.S. Cycling Federation monopolized the market on [...]

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Blow bells and a Bend din

From the May, 2008 issue

by Mark Lansing
We have previously touted Portland, Eugene and Jacksonville as the best places in Oregon to ride.  To that list, one must add Bend.
The volcanic-dirt and pine-needle trail south of town along the Deschutes River is breath-taking.  The trail along the Deschutes in the north part of town is almost as nice, if not [...]

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Education is the first step

From the May, 2008 issue

On working to create a legal movement for non-motorized roadway users in Oregon
by Ray Thomas
It is time for us to band together with all user groups and pursue our common goals of making Oregon’s roads more safe. Significant progress has already been made in recent years by the activist bicyclist movement, efforts to increase the [...]

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Filed under: Bikes & The Law, Opinion, Road Rules, Safety

Dead right hook

From the November, 2007 issue

by Mark Lansing
Rising at light speed into bicyclist lexicon, the “right hook” has become well known for all the wrong reasons. Two well publicized accidents in Portland this October took two lives. Both resulted when motor vehicles made right turns in front of bikers riding in the same direction, hence the term, right hook.
Jeff Mapes [...]

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Cell-ebrate this!

From the January, 2007 issue

by Mark Lansing
Picture this, if you will: a motor vehicle being operated by someone seemingly not paying close attention to the task at hand. The subtle cues are as numerous as rain showers in Roseburg—little things like staying in the freeway’s left lane after passing a slower vehicle, or something larger like running a red [...]

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Campbell on Landis: the time is now

From the August, 2006 issue

by Dave Campbell 
This month, we turn to racing enthusiast and commentatator Dave Campbell for his take on the doping scandals that have rocked the competitive cycling world. As this issue goes to press, the Tour de France scandal has yet to be resolved; Floyd Landis, the embattled winner of the Tour, faces the prospect of [...]

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