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...Seattle police department, wasn't kidding. Faced with a diminishing pool of local applicants, he has spent the past year visiting a dozen cities in hopes of filling his agency's 70-plus annual openings. He is touting competitive salaries and diverse assignments--from narcotics to a mountain-bike patrol--to lure cops with itchy feet...
...Sherman Street resident called CPD to report that when she arrived home from work she found her son's bike missing. In its place, an older bike was left behind...
...Somerville resident called CPD to report that while on Cambridge Street riding her bike, she was beside a motor vehicle with Massachusetts license plates. The sideview mirror struck her arm and "grabbed" both she and the bike, dragging them down the street. The passenger of the car was aware of the contact...
Even more improvements are on the way for this expanding market. Roger Minkow, M.D., who created the Body Geometry saddle for Specialized bike and component maker, will soon be offering another ergonomic design: a rubber grip on handlebars with a built-in suspension system to eliminate vibration on your ulnar nerve, which extends from the underside of your forearm to your pinkie and ring finger. When you grasp the handlebars long and hard, you pinch this nerve. Result: ouch...
Each year hundreds of thousands of bicycle enthusiasts participate in the many century rides organized by charities and bike clubs all over the U.S. These rolling events provide measured fun, challenge and physical and psychological support for riders and can raise substantial sums of money for causes such as AIDS, diabetes and MS. Most offer distance options: there's the classic 100-mile century, the 50-mile half-century, the grueling 200-mile double century and, for the internationalist, the 62-mile (or 100-km) metric century...