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Positive Spin

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Welcome to Positive Spin, where good news is the order of the day. This column features good deeds, good people, and just general goodness from the world of biking. Browse posts below and click on a headline for the full story. If you know of a positive, uplifting story we should feature, please get in touch.

Positive Spin: Six months later, crash victim meets rescuers who saved his life

Jim Phillips had to wait six months before he could thank the people who saved his life.(Screen grab from KOIN-TV) It might sound trite, but Jim Phillips truly is lucky to be alive. Jim, 68, was on the Pioneer Century ride this past summer, enjoying a perfect day in the saddle, when he crashed hard … Read more

Positive Spin

December 16, 2011

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

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‘Positive Spin’: A new column for good news

A bad situation made good.(Photos by Craig Harlow) Welcome to the first post in a new series we’re calling ‘Positive Spin’. Every now and again I get emails from readers with warm and fuzzy stories or I come across them on the various email lists I subscribe to. Recently, someone asked if there was anywhere … Read more

Positive Spin

December 6, 2011

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

24 Comments


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