Monthly Archive: November 2009
Many bicyclists are seeking to influence a political agreement at the UN Climate Change Conference that begins next week in Copenhagen.
A global bike commute challenge is underway and cyclists are joining climate-change bike rides in selected cities this coming weekend for Ride Planet Earth. Meanwhile, activists in The Bike Bloc Project who are planning to take to the streets in Copenhagen are designing a method of civil disobedience that will use recycled bikes.
Of course those who use their bikes to commute or run errands regularly make a statement about the bicycle as a sustainable form of transportation every day.
Calling attention to the bicycle as a no-emission form of transportation and travel is Ride Planet Earth, a bike tour from Australia to Denmark led by Kim Nguyen. There are a couple of spin-offs of this ride that bicyclists can participate in ….
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Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2009/11/30/how-bicyclists-are-trying-to-make-an-impact-on-climate-conference-in-copenhagen/
“Comeback 2.0: Up Close and Personal” is the story of Lance Armstrong's return to professional cycling in 2009.
The story is told in his own journal entries interspersed throughout the book with color photos by Liz Kreutz, who followed Armstrong throughout the 2009 season.
The 208-page book will be released on Tuesday and will be followed by book signings and TV appearances (on “The Daily Show” and “Live with Regis and Kelly”) by Armstrong.
In an introduction written by Armstrong, the 7-time Tour de France champion tells what led him back onto the saddle after three years of retirement.
In an excerpt from the introduction ….
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Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2009/11/30/new-lance-armstrong-book-excerpt-tv-and-personal-appearances/
Update: Dec. 8 — The physical therapist told me today that it's OK to ride my bike, even though there will be some pain. The knee cap should be realigned so it's not rubbing the femur after about 10,000 repititions of the exercises he's given me. That means 3 to 4 months.
I'm still kind of stunned that a bicycling fall I had way back in January has forced me off the bike in November.
Although I had badly bruised the muscles around my right hip in that fall, it's my right knee that's been feeling the pain since August.
I finally found the time (got up the nerve) to visit my doctor about the knee pain about a week ago. That's after three weeks of self-imposed rest off the bike hadn't made anything better.
Here's my tale of woe as a lesson to anyone with knee pain in the past, present or future. Obviously your knee pain can stem from other causes, but it's illustrates the importance of keeping our muscles, ligaments and tendons in balance ..
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Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2009/11/28/old-hip-injury-leads-to-fresh-knee-pain-for-bicycling/
How a hip injury in January led to knee pain in August.
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November 28, 2009
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2009/11/28/hip-injury-leads-to-knee-pain/
Let's admit it. Too many bicyclists keep too many unused bicycles in their garages or their basements. I'll include myself among the guilty.
Maybe there's an emotional attachment to an old relic. Or it's difficult to find an alternative to taking the bicycle to the dump, an unceremonious end for a trusty companion.
Several nonprofits are set up to collect these old bikes and redistribute them back into the community or ship them overseas. I've created a list of some of these at “Where to Donate Your Used Bicycles.”
One of the most successful is Bikes for the World, which is shipping its 40,000th bike next month. Based in Arlington, Virginia, it's a nonprofit project of the Washington Area Bicyclist Association …
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Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2009/11/26/bikes-for-the-world-ships-40000-donated-bicycles/
Ever since Lance Armstrong announced the formation of Team RadioShack in July, the confirmed identities of bike riders on the roster have dribbled out like sprinters struggling across the finish of a mountain stage.
Team manager Johan Bruyneel has now announced the final roster, identifying a 26-man team from 16 different countries. A large percentage of those bike riders came from Bruyneel's and Armstrong's former team, Astana.
The delay in making a final announcement stemmed from ongoing negotiations with the Kazakhstan-based team, currently the home of two-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador.
Bruyneel said the team's main goal in 2010 is the Tour de France, although the team is expected to do well in other stage races as well as the one-day classics …
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Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2009/11/24/radioshack-roster-set-with-armstrong-leipheimer-horner-kloden/
When most people start bicycling, they'll do anything to avoid hills. Sometimes they'll ride miles out of their way to miss a climb, or drive their car to a flat area to ride.
As they get stronger and learn how to use their gears more efficiently, hills are a challenge to be conquered.
But for some, hills seem to be the sole motivation for riding a bike. These mountain goats don't just measure their rides in miles, but in total elevation gain.
They gather in places like Pittsburgh for the Dirty Dozen, Portland for De Ronde van Oeste Portlandia, or Los Angeles for the Fargo Street climb to find the conquer the highest urban mountaintops. Or they head to Mount Washington in New Hampshire to race to the top of that fabled climb ….
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Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2009/11/22/these-hill-climbs-wont-let-down-bicycling-mountain-goats/
When two girls, aged 11 and 10, on bicycles were struck and killed by a van driver in October 1987, the people of Davie resolved to make the small south Florida city safer for bicyclists.
By the end of the year the town council budgeted $150,000 for its first bike trail. Within six months work began on a 3-mile bike trail adjacent to the street where the girls were killed.
Twenty-two years later, Davie boasts a network of 135 miles of bike paths and horse trails that connect the two dozen parks in the town with a population of 90,000.
When you consider the reputation of Florida among bicyclists, the feat of building so many bike trails in the town is remarkable. ….
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Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2009/11/20/florida-town-reacts-to-bicycle-tragedy-by-building-bike-trails/
Davie, Florida
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November 20, 2009
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2009/11/20/bike-path-plaque/
So you've been riding and repairing your own bike for years, and now you want to start your own bicycle repair business?
It can be tempting and fulfilling, especially if you find yourself unemployed or working for a real jerk.
But there are a few things you should consider before jumping into a new vocation like this, cautions The Oil Drum: Campfire website in its article, “How to set up and run a bicycle repair company.”
1. Is there demand for bike repairs in your area?
2. Do you have lots of experience fixing lots of different bikes and components?
3. Will you be offering something new? …
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Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2009/11/19/student-tells-how-he-set-up-a-mobile-bike-repair-business/
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