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Daddy day care, Pole Pedal Paddle style
• The former champions in the men's field for Saturday's mulitsport race train with their young children in tow
May 15, 2013 4:00 am
Men's elite Pole Pedal Paddle competitors Andrew Boone, left, Marshall Greene, center, and Santiago Ocariz all hope to contend for the title in Saturday's race.....MORE
Mountain bike trail Guide
eWhen the goin' gets easy
• Mrazek Trail, west of Bend, offers a gradual climb and an entertaining descent
May 15, 2013 4:00 am
Sometimes, two hours on a mountain bike is as long as I can go before I am basically spent, physically and mentally. Other times, four-plus hours seems like no problem. Often, how long you can ride and how long you want to ride depends on the trail.....MORE
Bicycle film fest rolls in to Bend
May 15, 2013 4:00 am
The Bend Bicycle Film Festival is set for 7 p. m. May 22 at the Tower Theatre. Doors open at 6 p. m. Attendees can experience Bend’s rich cycling culture through produced short films at the fifth annual festival. Tickets are $12 pre-sale at the....MORE
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Battle to the finish
• Teammates take 1-2 in the men’s elite division of the annual mountain bike race
May 12, 2013 4:00 am
For training partners Spencer Paxson and Barry Wicks, Saturday’s Cascade Chainbreaker mountain bike race topped off a four-day workout plan. Paxson, 28, and Wicks, 31, finished 1-2 in the 36 1⁄2-mile men’s elite division of the 16th ....MORE
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Madras area gets a scenic bikeway
May 10, 2013 4:00 am
There officially is a new scenic bikeway in Central Oregon. The Oregon Parks and Recreation Commission unanimously approved the Madras Mountain Views Scenic Bikeway at a meeting recently in Baker City. A map for the 30-mile ride looping through....MORE
Triathlon
Bend athletes win Wildflower
May 6, 2013 4:00 am
LAKE SAN ANTONIO, Calif. — Triathletes from Bend were repeat winners of the Wildflower Long Course Triathlon, staged Saturday in central California. Jesse Thomas, 33 and a graduate of Bend’s Mountain View High School, won for the third....MORE
Adventure sports
eRiding the ridge
• The Peterson Ridge network features miles of trails with spectacular mountain views and light bike traffic
May 1, 2013 4:00 am
Editor's note: Mountain Bike Trail Guide, by Bulletin sports and outdoors writer Mark Morical, features various trails in Central Oregon and beyond. The trail guide appears in Outdoors on alternating Wednesdays through the riding season. SISTERS....MORE
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Popular trails near Bend could be temporarily closed
• Thinning project calls for temporary trail closures and log trucks 'for a number of years'
April 26, 2013 4:00 am
The Deschutes National Forest plans to thin the woods west of Bend, starting as soon as late this year and leading to temporary closures on popular trails. Forest leaders are closing in on a plan for the woods mainly between Cascade Lakes Highway and ....MORE
Bend
eCity plans to count bicyclists, pedestrians
April 23, 2013 4:00 am
The city of Bend needs a few good men and women to count bicycles and pedestrians. For the first time in its transportation planning, the city plans to count walkers and bikers, not just automobiles, in order to take advantage of grant money and to....MORE
Cyclist toppled on Voodoo trail
April 20, 2013 4:00 am
A mountain biker carried from a crash on the Voodoo trail suffered serious injuries Thursday, according to the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office. Mark Quinlin, 46, of Bend, went down aboard his mountain bike making a turn on the trail south of....MORE
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Pole Pedal Paddle registration soaring
Today is the last day to sign up to compete in the region's big multisport race before fees increase
April 19, 2013 4:00 am
The race is a month away, and registrations for Central Oregon's signature sporting event are coming in at a record rate. The Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation, which stages the annual U. S. Bank Pole Pedal Paddle as a fundraiser for its....MORE
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Police aim to keep cyclists safe
April 14, 2013 4:00 am
With summer a couple of months away, the Bend Police Department is preparing for an increase in bicycle traffic with an upcoming refresher on Oregon bike laws for officers. The department is nearly two years into a bicycle diversion program, which....MORE
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Girl power on the track
• Two nationally ranked female riders from Bend are part of the local contingent at the BMX Great Northwest Nationals in Redmond •
April 12, 2013 4:00 am
As they have for the past several years, some 1,500 BMX riders will pack the Hooker Creek Event Center in Redmond this weekend for the BMX Great Northwest Nationals. Many of those riders are female, including two nationally ranked riders from Bend:....MORE
Community Sports
eBiking with the Bellas
• The Bend Bella Cyclists aim to give area women a club in which they can ride together
April 8, 2013 4:00 am
If you are an avid cyclist in Central Oregon, there is a good chance you have shared a road or a trail with the Bend Bella Cyclists. The women’s cycling club offers organized road- and mountain-bike rides weekly from May through October, along....MORE
Community Sports
eRecycling bicycles
• Bicycle Re-Source, of Bend, started as a temporary endeavor, but now the nonprofit fixes and distributes hundreds of bikes a year for locals in need
April 1, 2013 4:00 am
The scene on a recent weekday morning at Bicycle Re-Source of Bend is not unlike that at any bike shop in town: A man, Mark Clark, inspects a lavender Huffy mountain bike in a workshop, his greasy hands spinning wheels and checking brakes. Dozens of ....MORE
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A ride worth sharing
• Couple propose a new, vista-filled Oregon scenic bikeway in the Madras area
March 23, 2013 4:00 am
A Madras couple is hopeful the state will designate one of their favorite bicycle rides, highlighted by mountain vistas, as one of the newest scenic bikeways. The proposed Madras Mountain Views Scenic Bikeway covers 29 miles, passing through Metolius ....MORE
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An active economy
• Business of outdoor play in Central Oregon brings high number of sporting goods stores and employment to Deschutes County
March 17, 2013 4:00 am
From rafting down the river to bicycling through the Cascades, Deschutes County's recreational opportunities attract residents and visitors alike. To outfit them all, the county offers nearly 50 sporting goods stores to choose from.“We have....MORE
Staying active
eFor Bend man, the road beckons
March 15, 2013 4:00 am
Editor’s note: Are you a senior who leads a particularly active lifestyle? We’d love to hear about it. Email your story to Mac McLean at mmclean@bendbulletin. com or call 541-617-7816. Next month, Bob Sanders is shipping his 32-pound Surly ....MORE
Cyclist hurt in collision
March 14, 2013 4:00 am
Public safety officials and citizens tend to injured bicyclist Tyler Dalman after he was struck by a car in the roundabout at Northwest Galveston Avenue and 14th Street in Bend Wednesday morning. Lt. Chris Carney of the Bend Police Department said....MORE
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