Used Mobiles, Cars and Bikes

Several officers with the Wausau Police Department are getting a little exercise while in the line of duty this week.

Hopefully, New York's Dykes on Bikes are appropriately coordinating with the San Francisco Women's Motorcycle Contingent who now have trademark rights to the name.

While hundreds of new bicycles sit carefully arranged in the showroom -- their front wheels tilted to one side -- dozens of used ones are stuffed in a storage room, waiting for John Winkler's attention.

Bradford City Council wants to get the word out - kids need to be more cautious while on bicycles and skateboards. During Tuesday's city council meeting, the board expressed concern for the many children out and about in the warmer weather and how some of these kids disregard the rules of the road.

WATERLOO, Wis. Bill Lange thought his bike riding days were over. Gears were complicated. Stores were intimidating.

In the 70's and 80's there wasn't much difference between the bike a professional rode in Paris - Roubaix and his workaday steed. Fatter tyres for sure, at lower pressures; maybe forks with more rake and perhaps double handlebar tape or foam below the tape.