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Pandemic leads to a bicycle boom, and shortage, around world

by Associated Press
| June 16, 2020 12:06 AM

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fitness junkies locked out of gyms, commuters fearful of public transit, and families going stir crazy inside their homes during the coronavirus pandemic have created a boom in bicycle sales unseen in decades.

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