Oregon Cycling Magazine

The merciful victim

From the December, 2008 issue

by Mark Lansing
Roberto Maranghi was riding his bike home from work on September 26, 2008, when a car nailed him.
Maranghi was approaching a busy road from a side street, preparing to turn right. Coming exactly the opposite direction, a car turned left onto the side street, cutting the corner. Into Maranghi’s lane. Front bumper met [...]

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Filed under: Advocacy, Opinion, Road Riding, Road Rules, Safety, Southern Oregon, You Heard It Here First

Teleportland me

From the October, 2008 issue

Unmassing and unpacking in Bike World
by Mark Lansing

Pretend they can’t see you. Best bicycle safety advice I ever got. Play the cards you’re dealt. Best advice ever about coping with injuries after a serious accident. Top tip about meddling in other people’s business (courtesy of Voltaire): tend your own garden.
My list goes on. But the [...]

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Filed under: Opinion, Personal Stories, Portland Area, You Heard It Here First

Three tips and a trap

From the August, 2008 issue

by Mark Lansing
Dear YHIHF:
A couple of months ago (YHIHF May 2008) you suggested that blowing my nose was a cheap and simple substitute for a bicycle bell (to warn others of my approach), but I can’t seem to make much nasal noise. Any tips?
Dainty

Dear Dainty:
Slide your thumb and forefinger down the bridge of your nose [...]

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Filed under: Advice, Health, Opinion, Road Riding, You Heard It Here First

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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Filed under: Interviews, Opinion, Racing, You Heard It Here First

Hero Worship

From the June, 2008 issue

by Mark Lansing

One of YHIHF’s heroes from the Tour of California (featured two months ago), prologue winner Fabian Cancellara, recently topped that victory with a superb win at the 2008 Milan-San Remo bicycle race.
Almost 200 miles long, much of it along the beautiful Mediterranean coast of Italy, this is arguably the most classic of the [...]

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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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Filed under: Advice, Eastern Oregon, Opinion, Safety, Travel, You Heard It Here First

Lessons from California

From the April, 2008 issue

by Mark Lansing
On February 18, 2008, the Powers That Be joined forces to send me to the Bay Area to cover the Tour of California.
In an eight-day stage race that has rapidly risen to become the top field annually (and perhaps ever) in the United States, top national and international stars were listed to start, [...]

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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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Between the lines

From the June, 2007 issue

by Mark Lansing
Ever signal a lane change and have somebody speed up to prevent you from making it, instead of backing off to let you in? Or has a motorist ever come close to hitting you on your bicycle because he or she didn’t want to cross the center line?
If so, join the crowd.
A renowned [...]

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Filed under: Racing, Road Riding, Safety, You Heard It Here First

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 [...]