Have you purchased at least one can of Red Bull energy drink over the past 10 years? If so you may be entitled to up to $10 in cash or two free Red Bull products worth $15. That’s because earlier this year, Red Bull settled a class action law suit filed against it. The suit…
If you purchased the helmet shown to the left — or a similar one in color combinations white/blue/gray or white/silver/white — either online or at a bike shop nationwide between January 2014 and September 2014, you should immediately stop using it and return it to the company for refund or replacement. The Louis Garneau P-09…
At the end of the summer, a group of soccer parents and players filed a class action lawsuit against Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) — the international governing body for the sport of soccer. The suit, which also names American soccer organizations U.S. Soccer and the American Youth Soccer Organization, charges the groups with…
Have you ever wondered how far a soccer player runs during a game? With the world’s attention focused last summer on soccer during the excitement of the World Cup games, this may be a question on the minds of sports fans across the globe. Sports fanatics have always been — and always will be —…
Having raced recently in the Marine Corps triathlon, where “wounded warriors” swam with metallic prosthetic legs and mountain bikes, hybrid bikes, and touring bikes shared the road with tricked-out aero bars and disc wheels, Herndon injury lawyer Doug Landau is in favor of recumbent bikes participating in USAT-sanctioned events. However, in addition to putting on…
This past June, Reston Bicycle Club started conducting Group Training Rides. Held on Sundays, these organized rides are intended to educate novice to intermediate riders on group riding techniques, formation and signals. This past weekend’s Reston Century rides took bikers on three of the routes past the ABRAMS LANDAU law shop in Herndon, Virginia. “I…
Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA) has put out a call to action for the community to push for the repaving, rehabilitating, and upgrading of the trail in Rock Creek Park. The trail is crumbling, in terrible condition, and too narrow in some areas. WABA has started a petition asking the National Park Service (NPS) and…
A healthy 24 year old Virginia man suddenly developed acute liver and kidney failure in 2009, requiring emergency liver and kidney transplant surgery. Tests on the man’s liver showed signs of toxicity. The cause was unknown, but dietary supplements were suspected. The man later learned that one of the supplements he had taken, Epio-Plex, had…
Attention cycling enthusiasts! We are pleased to help promote a clinic being run by Transition Triathlon in neighboring Leesburg, Virginia. Here is what the Transition folks have to say: If you’d like to know more about how your bike works and how to tune it yourself, this class is for you! You’ll learn how to…
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has recalled about 23,000 Baja Motorsports MB200 gas-powered mini bikes manufactured between August 2010 and August 2012. The recalled mini bikes, pictured left, have a black frame with a black padded seat, a gas tank and fenders that are black, red or yellow, side reflectors and a headlight. A…