Word: biking
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...Unlike Rahimi, most basij members are poor. Their sleeves reach their wrists, their shoes are scuffed, and they're unlikely to know of Eminem. Many eke out a living by renting motorbikes to work as messengers or bike taxis; hordes of them idle sullenly on their bikes near Tehran's grand bazaar. With this sort of work, it will take them an epoch to raise enough money to get married. The basij might give them a small stipend and help cover holidays at the Caspian Sea, but it cannot buy them an apartment or sustain a life. Embarrassed by their...
...quite ready for shuffleboard. ?I?m an athlete,? he said after Saturday?s time trial. ?I?m not going to sit around and be a fat slob.? But he?ll take his time deciding what?s next. ?I don?t know the next time [when] I?ll ride a bike will be,? he said after clinching the title. ?I?ve got to refocus my life and try to find a new balance. I need goals, but they won?t be sporting goals. I can?t imagine a life of vacation, but I can imagine one with more vacations...
...minister waited outside Lewis' hospital room ready to administer last rites, but the young rider regained consciousness. He asked for a pen, scribbled something on a bloodstained piece of paper and handed it to his coach. "Ride?" the note said. Two months later, Lewis was back on his bike...
...former Armstrong lieutenants, desperate to escape his mountainous shadow, could soon reach the Champs Elysées podium. Floyd Landis, 29, who was never even allowed to race a bike as a kid, stood sixth overall through 14 stages (out of 21) in this year's Tour. He grew up without a television or radio in a Mennonite household in Pennsylvania, and he needed permission from a pastor to wear racing tights in public. Landis still won't conform. After riding shotgun for Armstrong on the U.S. Postal team for the past three Tours, he jumped to the Swiss Phonack squad...
Jockey-size Levi Leipheimer, 31, the Montana-born boss of Germany's team Gerolsteiner, makes up with precision riding what he lacks in raw talent. Before each stage, he probes his bike like a quality-control engineer, obsessing over the height and angle of the saddle, its distance from the handlebars. He can drive the tech guys crazy. "I've seen him argue for 15 minutes about a difference of one and a half millimeters," says Gerolsteiner spokesman Jörg Grünefeld. Leipheimer's approach is clearly working; he reached fifth place entering the Tour's final week...