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The Walrus: The Pain Principle

Cyclist Ryder Hesjedal is one of the best athletes in Canada. Can he suffer enough to become the best in the world? IT’S AN OVERCAST spring day in the middle of Basque Country, Spain, and a thirty-year-old British Columbian named Ryder Hesjedal is near the head of a convoy. Behind him: forty European station wagons, three ambulances, two helicopters, eight cop cars, twelve sedans, nine motorcycles, and 125 bicycles.

Associated Press: Justice Breyer breaks collarbone in bike mishap

WASHINGTON (AP) – Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has broken his right collarbone in a bicycle accident near his home in Cambridge, Mass.

Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said the 72-year-old justice took a spill over the weekend.

CBCNews: World Naked Bike Ride hits Halifax

The fourth annual World Naked Bike Ride rolled through Halifax and other Canadian cities on Saturday.

Some people in downtown Halifax may have been startled to see about 100 naked bicycle riders on parade over the weekend.

The global ride was intended to promote bicycling as an alternative to cars and other oil-dependent modes of travel, and to remind motorists to drive safely around bicycles.

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