Word: bike
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...provocative picture graced the front page of The Crimson last week; a biker riding the wrong way down Quincy Street, in full view of a sign reading, "If you can read this sign, you are riding your bike in the wrong direction," I have to cross that street many times a day to get into the Yard, and the times I have almost been blind-sided by a bike are too numerous to count. I peek my head out into the intersection to check for those speed-demon drivers who zoom through intersections. Finding my head intact...
...Trowbridge Street resident reported that when she arrived home at 6:15 p.m., she found her back door torn from its hinges and deadbolt. The apartment was ransacked, but the only item missing was a Cannondale mountain bike...
...wonder Americans are eating them up. Energy-bar sales are expected to hit $500 million in 1998, up 40% in a year. And they have moved from the retail fringe--health-food stores and bike shops--to become a grocery- and convenience-store staple. When Balance Bar, the fastest-growing barmaker, went public last spring, Wall Street tagged it with a "buy" rating and predicted soaring revenues. Industry optimists are hoping that energy bars will eventually match the $2 billion-a-year sales of sport drinks like Gatorade...
...Annoyingly hard core? Walden Pond is about a 13 mile bike ride from Cambridge, but the running paths are by far reputed to be the best around. The bike ride itself is quite hilly, but the scenery might (might) just make it worthwhile. Directions get a bit complicated, but head out of Cambridge on Garden Street, and get onto Concord Avenue west (turns into Rt. 16E). Take Rt. 16E to Alewife Brook Pkwy to Concord Tpke, and go left onto Walden Street...
...Mather House resident reports that she came across her stolen bike, valued at $70, locked in Harvard Yard. She reports she met the bike's new owner, a Somerville resident, who said she bought the bike recently from the ATA Bike Shop on Mass...