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Please weigh in on this. We're interested in hearing locals' comments - for and against. The gambling town of Black Hawk has prohibited touring bicyclists from pedaling while in town - and is now ticketing violators.   This is thought by cycling advocates to be the only city in the nation with such a restriction, the Associated Press reports. Bicycle advocacy groups are gearing up to challenge the law, which they say is illegal. "The danger here is the precedent," Dan Grunig of Bicycle Colorado, an advocacy group, said Thursday. "We don't believe it's right or legal and we want to make sure it's addressed before it's spread any further." Black Hawk began enforcing its ordinance and issuing $68 tickets on June 5, five months after it passed the law requiring bicyclists to dismount and walk their two-wheelers through the town of about 100 residents. Black Hawk City Manager Michael Copp said eight citations have been issued so far. Here's the Associated Press story.