Daily Archive: January 23, 2009

Commuter bicycle design contest winner

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Bicycle Industry, Main Page, Other cycling

January 23, 2009

by Gene Bisbee

January 23, 2009

The Bicycle Design blog has announced the winner in its “commuter bike for the masses” design competition, and it's the ThisWay bike designed by Torkel Dohmer.

Blogger James Thomas came up with the idea of a contest to ferret out some bicycle designs that would coax non-cyclists out of their cars and onto the bike lanes for commuting to work.

The lightweight bike would be made of composite materials and hydro-formed aluminum with built-in LED lights in the front and back powered by a battery that recharged by solar cells. There's also space for a briefcase on the back. And it has a roof …

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Winning commuter bike concept

Torkel Dohmer won the commuter bike for the masses design concept contest at Bicycle Design blog.

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January 23, 2009

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Volunteers parked thousands of bikes for inauguration

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Bicycle Advocacy, Main Page

January 23, 2009

by Gene Bisbee

January 23, 2009

If the Guinness Book of World Records had a category for “bicycles parked by volunteer valets,” the Washington Area Bicycle Association would surely top the list.

The group set up free bike valet parking for the Barack Obama inauguration in the frigid temperatures on Tuesday and racked 2,040 bicycles.

Most importantly, no one lost a bike. Even a missing helmet was eventually recovered.

Of the two lots, the one at 16th Street was by far the busiest. Volunteers parked 1,127 bicycles at that location, which required them to create an overflow lot with crowd-control fencing. The Jefferson Memorial lot stored 827 bikes. …

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Allan Davis wins sprint, keeps lead in Tour Down Under

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Tour Down Under

January 23, 2009

by Gene Bisbee

January 23, 2009

Australia's Allan Davis remained in control of the Tour Down Under after Stage 4 on Friday. The cyclist for Quick Step beat Thursday's winner Graeme Brown in the final sprint and held onto the race leader's ochre jersey for a third day.

Whether his dominance will survive two trips up Willunga Hill — the tour's toughest climb — on Saturday remains to be seen.

Some are saying that if Lance Armstrong, who sits 39 seconds out of 1st in 38th place, has any chance at all, it will be on the two climbs up Willunga on Stage 5. But other cyclists, like Aussie Stuart O'Grady in 4th place, are in a better position to make winning time on the stage …

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Lance Armstrong's Trek bicycle

Lance Armstrong's bicycle, a Trek Madone 6.9, shortly after it arrived in Australia from the U.S. Shot by Lance Armstrong and posted on TwitPic.

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January 23, 2009

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