This might be someone's idea of a joke, but it wasn't so funny to dozens of RAGBRAI cyclists who fell victim to tacks on the road.
Bicycle riders swamped a repair stop in Colo on Wednesday after running across thumb tacks that had been spread across the road. By mid-morning they had already pulled 50 tacks from tires.
The tacks were dumped along the white lines of the eastbound lanes in three different stretches of old Lincoln Highway …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2008/07/24/tacks-on-ragbrai-route-not-so-funny/
One of the bicyclists on the Ride Green Build Green bike tour. From burning supernova at flickr.com
Posted on:
July 24, 2008
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2008/07/24/nova-clawson/
US-based Team Columbia posted its fifth stage win at the 2008 Tour de France on Thursday as Marcus Burghardt won a breakaway sprint to the finish in Saint Etienne.
It was the first Tour win for the 25-year-old German in what looked more like a sprint in a velodrome than the end of a 122-mile road race across the French countryside.
Meanwhile, Team CSC didn't have to field any threats to the yellow jersey held by Carlos Sastre. There were no changes among the Tour leaders as they conserve energy for the individual time trial on Saturday …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2008/07/24/columbias-burghardt-wins-stage-17-sastre-leads-tour-de-france/
Team Columbia
Posted on:
July 24, 2008
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2008/07/24/marcus-burghardt/
Seven bicyclists are rolling out of Seattle on Friday on the Ride Green Build Green bike tour to San Francisco to raise money and awareness for affordable housing.
Each of the bicyclists is raising $2,000 to support LEED certification for a home built by Habitat for Humanity of East King County, Washington state. The seven hosted benefit concerts, T-shirt sales, and donation solicitations before the ride and will continue fund-raising efforts during the ride. All donations are tax deductible through Habitat for Humanity.
They're heading down to Olympia on the first day to visit Habitat for Humanity Olympia and tour the facilities. As they continue to San Francisco, the riders will visit sites and organizations devoted to affordable and green housing …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2008/07/24/seattle-to-san-francisco-green-housing-bicycle-tour/
Loading tweets...
Recent Comments