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Thursday, January 26
Rocket bike
by
Gene Bisbee
on Thu 26 Jan 2006 06:00 AM PST
C'mon. Who would strap a rocket engine to a bicycle? If you can believe CNN.com and Popular Mechanics, a rocket designer named Tim Pickens would. Pickens, who created this rocket bike that can accelerate ... more » Saturday, January 21
Black Label bike club documentary
by
Gene Bisbee
on Sat 21 Jan 2006 10:54 AM PST
And that's just the trailer for the documentary "B.I.K.E.", one of the films at this year's Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The Slamdance festival, in its 12th year, takes place at the same time as Robert Redford's popular Sundance film festival, but features first-time filmmakers working on a shoestring budget.... more »
Quote: Cycling and coffee (I)
by
Gene Bisbee
on Sat 21 Jan 2006 08:49 AM PST
"Bikes and coffee always go together. When you travel on bike rides, there are three things you immediately find in any town: 1) a coffee shop 2) a Laundromat and 3) a bar. Coffee companies sponsor pro bike-racing teams. Culturally, coffee and bikes are very similar." more »Tuesday, January 17
Near fatal cycling accident for UT's Vince Young as a child
by
Gene Bisbee
on Tue 17 Jan 2006 11:14 AM PST
Maybe he learned the importance of keeping an eye on traffic when, at age 6, he slammed his bicycle into the side of a van in an accident that almost ended his life. News8Austin reports that Young spent ... more » Monday, January 16
World's first LSD trip happened on a bike ride
by
Gene Bisbee
on Mon 16 Jan 2006 09:44 AM PST
Could Albert Hofmann, who turned 100 last week, have been the first cyclist to be accused of doping? You could certainly say took the first bike trip. Hofmann told the International Herald Tribune that, as a chemist at the Sandoz ... more » Monday, January 9
The quest for 80 mph on a bicycle
by
Gene Bisbee
on Mon 09 Jan 2006 12:15 PM PST
What you have is a human-powered vehicle that just might be capable of hitting speeds of 80 mph. ... more » Saturday, January 7
There's a signpost up ahead, and it's not for a bike lane
by
Gene Bisbee
on Sat 07 Jan 2006 09:52 AM PST
I should have gone to bed early on New Year's Eve to prepare for a long first-of-the-year bike ride instead of staying up late to watch the Twilight Zone marathon. I probably wouldn't have been so freaked out on my ride later in the week. ... more » Wednesday, January 4
One-year anniversary
by
Gene Bisbee
on Wed 04 Jan 2006 09:10 AM PST
Exactly one-year ago today I took my celebratory birthday ride and filed my first piece in Biking Bis. (Actually, it started out as Bikin' Bis, but too many searches for "bikini" were landing here and not enough for "biking.") Since then, I've posted 1,004 (this will be 1,005) articles and pictures on this blog. I snatched many of those items ... more » |
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I've seen this picture on a couple of different bicycling websites, but thought it was a fake image doctored with a little dash of PhotoShop.
Bicycle jousting. Flaming bicycle tires. 
University of Texas quarterback 
The father of LSD says he was riding his bicycle the first time he felt the hallucinogenic effects of acid.
Take one lightweight recumbent bicycle. Put a high-performance cyclist in the seat. Encase both in a bullet-shaped carbon fiber shell. Pedal like crazy!
