Daily Archive: February 26, 2008

Moose create hazards for Iditarod bicyclists

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Bike Touring, Main Page

February 26, 2008

by Gene Bisbee

February 26, 2008

Four-legged bane of Trans-American bicycle tourers? Dogs. Four-legged bane of Iditarod snow-bikers? Moose.

The Human-powered Iditarod got underway in 10-degree temperatures on Sunday, and racers snow-biking the route have reported problems with moose along the trail, especially one particularly aggressive female moose.

Meanwhile, Jill Homer, whose Up in Alaska blog is one of the most popular bicycling blogs on the Internet, is posting good enough times to be on pace for a record-setting 350-mile ride into McGrath….

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Human-powered Iditarod map

Routes to McGrath or Nome for human-powered Iditarod in February.

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February 26, 2008

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Crossing Puget Sound

The Chilly Hilly 2008 ended with a ferry ride across Puget Sound aboard the Puyallup.

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February 26, 2008

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How to deal with disappearing yellow bikes

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Bicycle Advocacy, Main Page

February 26, 2008

by Gene Bisbee

February 26, 2008

The city of Ota in Japan thought it could help people who needed a ride around downtown by setting up a free bicycle loan program using abandoned bikes that had been repainted yellow.

The program started with 30 bicycles in mid-November. Within two months, all but three were missing.

That's an amazing rate of disappearance, but missing bicycles are common in yellow bike programs in the US. Since there's always a ready supply of discarded bicycles, the Austin Yellow Bike Program, for instance, simply puts more bikes on the street …

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5 reasons why this was a great Amgen Tour of California

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Tour of California

February 26, 2008

by Gene Bisbee

February 26, 2008

Out on my bike today I was thinking about the Amgen Tour of California that just wrapped up Sunday with George Hincapie winning the final stage and Levi Leipheimer winning the title.

I enjoyed this third Tour more than the previous ones. Here are five reasons why I think this was the best one yet. In no particular order:

1. The caliber of the competition. The participation of cyclists who have made their reputation in Europe was exciting. Tom Boonen, Fabian Cancellara, David Millar all played a role in this year's Tour. But the highlight was definitely Mario Cipollini, left, who came out of retirement at 40 to join the Rock Racing team.

I expected he'd be just so much window dressing, but the guy came to race….

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Mario Cipollini

Super Mario, aka The Lion King, aka Cipo returns to pro cycling at the Tour of California  after a two year retirement.

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February 26, 2008

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