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Riders travel along a Portland, Ore., street during the Mini Bike Winter Olympics. Oregon’s largest city has an obsession with bikes. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

Updated on: Feb 21, 2012 7:12 PM IST

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Riders travel along a Portland, Ore., street during the Mini Bike Winter Olympics. Oregon’s largest city has an obsession with bikes. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

Updated on Feb 21, 2012 7:12 PM

Riders travel along a Portland, Ore., street during the Mini Bike Winter Olympics. Oregon’s largest city has an obsession with bikes. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

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Chariot riders battle in a “Ben Hur”-like chariot race at Chariot Wars during a three-day Mini Bike Winter Olympics in Portland, Ore. Armed, variously, with all manner of foam-padded apparatus, at least five teams did battle on Saturday under gray skies for the pleasure of hoisting a three-foot-tall, homemade skull-bearing piece of welded junk, called the “Ben Hurt” trophy. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

Updated on Feb 21, 2012 7:12 PM

Chariot riders battle in a “Ben Hur”-like chariot race at Chariot Wars during a three-day Mini Bike Winter Olympics in Portland, Ore. Armed, variously, with all manner of foam-padded apparatus, at least five teams did battle on Saturday under gray skies for the pleasure of hoisting a three-foot-tall, homemade skull-bearing piece of welded junk, called the “Ben Hurt” trophy. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

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A tall bike rider travels along a trail during “bike bowling” event at the three-day Mini Bike Winter Olympics, in Portland, Ore. Instead of tossing a ball at nine pins, you hurl yourself and your bike against a huddle of plastic traffic drums, the tall orange and white ones used by road construction crews, during a three-day Mini Bike Winter Olympics. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

Updated on Feb 21, 2012 7:12 PM

A tall bike rider travels along a trail during “bike bowling” event at the three-day Mini Bike Winter Olympics, in Portland, Ore. Instead of tossing a ball at nine pins, you hurl yourself and your bike against a huddle of plastic traffic drums, the tall orange and white ones used by road construction crews, during a three-day Mini Bike Winter Olympics. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

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Chariot rider Jon Penfold drinks from the “Ben Hurt” trophy following the “Ben Hur”-like chariot race at Chariot Wars during a three-day Mini Bike Winter Olympics, in Portland, Ore. Armed, variously, with all manner of foam-padded apparatus, at least five teams did battle on Saturday under gray skies for the pleasure of hoisting a three-foot-tall, homemade skull-bearing piece of welded junk, called the “Ben Hurt” trophy. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

Updated on Feb 21, 2012 7:12 PM

Chariot rider Jon Penfold drinks from the “Ben Hurt” trophy following the “Ben Hur”-like chariot race at Chariot Wars during a three-day Mini Bike Winter Olympics, in Portland, Ore. Armed, variously, with all manner of foam-padded apparatus, at least five teams did battle on Saturday under gray skies for the pleasure of hoisting a three-foot-tall, homemade skull-bearing piece of welded junk, called the “Ben Hurt” trophy. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

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Chariot rider Jon Penfold, center, lays on the ground while battling in a “Ben Hur”-like chariot race at Chariot Wars during a three-day Mini Bike Winter Olympics, in Portland, Ore. Armed, variously, with all manner of foam-padded apparatus, at least five teams did battle on Saturday under gray skies for the pleasure of hoisting a three-foot-tall, homemade skull-bearing piece of welded junk, called the “Ben Hurt” trophy. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

Updated on Feb 21, 2012 7:12 PM

Chariot rider Jon Penfold, center, lays on the ground while battling in a “Ben Hur”-like chariot race at Chariot Wars during a three-day Mini Bike Winter Olympics, in Portland, Ore. Armed, variously, with all manner of foam-padded apparatus, at least five teams did battle on Saturday under gray skies for the pleasure of hoisting a three-foot-tall, homemade skull-bearing piece of welded junk, called the “Ben Hurt” trophy. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

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Zane Fischer, sits in his hamster ball bike before a “Ben Hur”-like chariot race at Chariot Wars during a three-day Mini Bike Winter Olympics, in Portland, Ore. Armed, variously, with all manner of foam-padded apparatus, at least five teams did battle on Saturday under gray skies for the pleasure of hoisting a three-foot-tall, homemade skull-bearing piece of welded junk, called the “Ben Hurt” trophy. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

Updated on Feb 21, 2012 7:12 PM

Zane Fischer, sits in his hamster ball bike before a “Ben Hur”-like chariot race at Chariot Wars during a three-day Mini Bike Winter Olympics, in Portland, Ore. Armed, variously, with all manner of foam-padded apparatus, at least five teams did battle on Saturday under gray skies for the pleasure of hoisting a three-foot-tall, homemade skull-bearing piece of welded junk, called the “Ben Hurt” trophy. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

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Mini bike rider Zach Rodenfels rides his bike into the Willamette River during a three-day Mini Bike Winter Olympics, in Portland, Ore. The water temperature at this time of year is in the 40s. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

Updated on Feb 21, 2012 7:12 PM

Mini bike rider Zach Rodenfels rides his bike into the Willamette River during a three-day Mini Bike Winter Olympics, in Portland, Ore. The water temperature at this time of year is in the 40s. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

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Dan Oviatt, known as "Captain America," rides his mini bike during a three-day Mini Bike Winter Olympics, in Portland, Ore. “Zoobombers” are known for riding pint-sized kids’ bikes at breakneck speed down steep streets in Portland. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

Updated on Feb 21, 2012 7:12 PM

Dan Oviatt, known as "Captain America," rides his mini bike during a three-day Mini Bike Winter Olympics, in Portland, Ore. “Zoobombers” are known for riding pint-sized kids’ bikes at breakneck speed down steep streets in Portland. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

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