Monthly Archive: July 2007
Installing sharrows to alert motorists that bicyclists will be using the traffic lanes can be a popular improvement.
But that's not the case on a Seattle street where bikes lanes were promised until local merchants stepped in to block them.
The Seattle Likes Bikes advocacy group is organizing a bike ride along Stone Way on Wednesday to enable cyclists to demonstrate their opposition to the use of sharrows instead of bike lanes on a 6-block stretch between the Burke Gilman Trail and neighborhoods to the north.
I rode down to the Fremont neighborhood Tuesday morning to check out the situation and was surprised to see that contractors hired by the city were installing sharrows on the pavement at that moment, one-day before the protest ride …
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Replacing bike lanes with sharrows doesn't appease cyclists in Seattle. See story
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July 31, 2007
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2007/07/31/worker-attaches-sharrow-to-the-road/
Here are all the winners at the 2007 Tour de France.
Alberto Contador (Spain) won the General Classification, aka, the Yellow Jersey. At age 24, he also won the best young rider classification, known as the White Jersey.
Discovery Channel put two cyclists on the podium, Contador and US cyclist Levi Leipheimer. As Discovery and its predecessor, US Postal Service, they've won the Tour eight out of the past nine years. Might want to give a big dose of credit to Johan Bruyneel for that. Discovery won the team competition…
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Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2007/07/30/2007-tour-de-france-winners/
Seeing replays of this year's rogue's gallery — Sinkewitz, Vino, Moreni and Rasmussen — reminded me of the strangeness of the 2007 Tour de France.
One day's hero was the next day's heel. It will certainly go down as one of the most bizarre Tours in history. I hope there's never another one like it.
It seems like ages ago that the Tour started in London for the first time in history. Everything was good. Trouble began about a week later…
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Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2007/07/30/this-is-the-tour-de-france-that-was/
US cyclist Levi Leipheimer celebrated his first stage win ever at the Tour de France on Saturday, pulling himself within 8 seconds of Cadel Evans, who sits in second place with just one stage left in the bike race.
Leipheimer's Discovery Channel teammate, Alberto Contador, survived in the yellow jersey as just 31 seconds separates the top three cyclists in the race that began nearly three weeks ago.
Leipheimer led in every time check in the 34-mile individual time trial from Cognac to Angoulême. His speed, 53.1k per hour (32.9 mph) is the fourth fastest ever recorded at the Tour…
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Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2007/07/28/leipheimer-wins-time-trial-contador-barely-hangs-onto-yellow-jersey/
Another dog ran out in front of cyclists on Stage 18 of the Tour de France. From Versus Daily Video
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July 28, 2007
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2007/07/28/sandy-casar-hits-dog/
An autopsy has confirmed that a 31-year-old Calgary woman was killed by a black bear while on a mountain biking trip at the Panorama Mountain Resort in eastern British Columbia.
The body of Robin Kochorek was found about a half kilometer off one of the resort's marked trails last Sunday. A small brown-nosed black bear was guarding the woman's body.
It's easy for forget how powerful, dangerous, and unpredictable these bears can be…
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Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2007/07/27/woman-killed-by-black-bear-while-mountain-biking-in-bc/
Mountain biker from Calgary killed by bear during a bike ride at a resort in eastern British Columbia.
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July 27, 2007
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2007/07/27/robin-kochorek-killed-by-bear/
French cyclist Sandy Casar won his first Tour de France stage on Friday with his shorts ripped and hip bruised from a crash when he hit a dog earlier in the Stage 18 breakaway.
Challenging him to the end were Axel Merckx (T-Mobile) and Michael Boogerd (Rabobank), both of whom have announced this was their last Tour de France, and Laurent Lefèvre (Bouygues Telecom).
Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador, riding for Discovery Channel, remained in the yellow jersey, retaining his lead over Australian Cadel Evans and teammate Levi Leipheimer of the US…
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Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2007/07/27/casar-wins-4-man-sprint-contador-retains-yellow-in-tour-de-france/
Wins Stage 18 of Tour de France
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July 27, 2007
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2007/07/27/sandy-casar/
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