Time for a little reality check: A cyclist hit by a passing pickup truck pulling two trailers had to take her case all the way to the Kentucky Supreme Court to affirm her right to the road.
The court struck down a ruling that essentially blamed the cyclist for being on the road when the vehicle hit her, according to the League of American Bicyclists.
When I read about all the laws being passed to support cyclists, "share the road" license plates being printed and road signs posted, it's shocking to learn how people -- including judges -- view cyclists' rights to the road. Non-existent. ... more»
Just when I'm ready to throw my subscription to the advertising supplement named Bicycling magazine out with the trash, I see they've expanded their worthwhile BikeTown project to Africa.
BikeTown is Bicycling magazine's attempt, together with other sponsors, to get more people in the saddle by giving away bicycles then reporting on their lifestyle changes. Since it began in 2003, BikeTown has ... more»
Those rolling peaches are back, as the Tour de Georgia announced the dates and host cities for its 2006 bike race.
Next year's fourth annual bicycle race is scheduled for April 18 - 23 over much of the same routes as previous years' races. The 2006 Tour de Georgia will slip into Tennessee for some cycling, though ... more»
The Cyclelicious blogger recently wrote about trying to rip off a piece of dangling handlebar tape while riding in a peloton.
I was dumbfounded that someone else had done something that stupid on a bike. It also gave me a great deal of comfort. Misery loves company.
Here's the dumbest things I've done on a bicycle. I'm sure many of you will find ... more»
Cycling might not make you musically talented, but The Ditty Bops are proof that it won't hurt either.
The female singing duo from Los Angeles say that bike riding is one of their favorite leisure pursuits.
Amanda Barrett (mandolin and dulcimer) and Abby Dewald (guitar) enjoy cycling so much that they've included it in their ... more»
The laboratory conducting the follow-up test on Spanish cyclist Roberto Heras's urine sample found traces of EPO that confirmed an earlier test.
The finding means that Heras could be stripped of this year's record-setting fourth Vuelta a Espana title and be banned from professional cycling for two years.
He joins a group that includes Italian Marco Pantani, Frenchman Richard Virenque ... more»
Joe Bowen is taking a breather in his meandering cross-country bicycle tour.
The retired contractor is recreating a 14,000-mile bicycle tour he started in 1967 from Lompoc, California, to his home and reporting his experiences back to school kids in eastern Kentucky.
After meeting former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, in south Georgia, Bowen commented: "I'm out here riding my bicycle, but Someone else is writing ... more»
The accusations about illegal doping in cycling have been flying fast and furious lately. The cyclists, the laboratories, the tests and the sports administrators have all come under attack in the past year.
What a bad time for a laboratory to announce it needs more time to test Spanish cyclist Roberto Heras's "B" urine sample for blood boosting agent EPO.
One day in 2001, Alistair Humphreys jumped on his bicycle, pedalled up the hill, around the corner and out of sight. He wouldn't return for four years.
During that time the 28-year-old covered 50,000 miles, passing through Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and North and South America on his 'round-the-world bike trip.
Bickering over unpaid bills has led to the cancellation of next year's Grand Prix bicycle race in San Francisco.
The 108-mile bike race over San Francisco's storied hills and past tourist attractions became a political football after some city officials questioned the city's underwriting some costs of the event. ... more»
A laboratory full of people -- technicians in white lab coats, bicycle team sponsors, maybe a cyclist or two, and at least one lawyer and a few other suits standing around.
On a table in front of them sits, what, a test tube (?) filled with a yellowish liquid.
The vial holds the final results of this year's Vuelta ... more»
As a certified diabetes educator nurse, Montana cycling tourist Mary Madison teaches that regular exercise leads to good health.
The 70-year-old cyclist had plenty of opportunity to put that message into practice as she bicycled 4,500 miles from Montana to Maine this summer and fall.
The Sidney (Montana) Herald reports Madison biked 95 days during the four-and-a-half months. The rest ... more»
Levi Leipheimer, one of three US cyclists with a shot at winning next year's Tour de France, is taking it easy in the off-season at his home in Santa Rosa.
The soft-spoken 32-year-old told the Santa Rosa Press Democrat that he's been mountain biking Annadel and Spring Lake with his cycling mates this fall, but last week started riding his racing ... more»
Sports Illustrated has picked a "Sportsman of the Year" since it first began publishing in 1954. SI columnist Trisha Blackmar backs pro cyclist George Hincapie for the award in 2005.
She cites the difficulties of the sport of cycling, the American's achievements this year and the teamwork that exemplifies Hincapie's attitude when it comes to his team's boss, Lance Armstrong.... more»
Just when pro cycling is looking up in the Golden State with the announcement of the Tour of California, next year's San Francisco Grand Prix has been threatened over some unpaid bills.
The city's supervisors are in a snit over $90,000 in unpaid bills for police protection that the Grand Prix organizers didn't pay from the 2004 event before ... more»
I did a double-take when I saw the cover of the latest Time magazine. There is a picture of the SHIFT, the tricycle that turns into a bicycle as it rolls faster.
Biking Bis contains a lot of bicycling related news, but its main thrust is bicycle touring.
Some of my favorite cycling days occurred on week-long rides in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington state -- CAM Tour, Bike Virginia, and RAW. So when I started the blog last winter, I listed all the week-long bicycle rides I could find ... more»
Tom Ridgeway is back in the saddle again, cycling cross-country for a cause.
The 45-year-old Lancaster, Pennsylvania, cyclist has been involved in long-range bicycling fund-raisers and awareness-raising events since 1993. That's the year he began circling the US in a 13,000-mile bike ride to raise awareness about AIDS.
Right now he's scheduled to be wrapping up an approximately 2,000-mile bike ... more»
Karim Bicycle is open and back in business in Berkeley about five months after police swooped in to bust an alleged stolen bicycle ring.
Berkeley police served a search warrant on June 16, entered the shop and dragged out dozens of bikes for the assembled media, who duly reported the raid, as evidenced in the San Francisco Chronicle. ...
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The Katrina Bikes Partnership Project in Seattle closed the second weekend of its bicycle collection drive at Magnuson Park with a total 834 bikes last Sunday.
The bikes, helmets and other gear donated by Seattle area cyclists is on its way to Baton Rouge, where a delivery of bicycles from Boulder already has arrived, reports the Baton Rouge Advocate. ... more»
David Kroodsma is a cyclist who is preaching what he practices.
The climate researcher at Stanford plans to spend the next year and a half on his bicycle, touring down the Pacific Coast from California to the tip of Argentina.
Along the way, he plans to talk to other scientists, school students, and anyone else he encounters about global warming and how the ... more»
"We are selling more bicycles now than before ... Most people who come here do not complain about the prices, they believe it is a worthwhile investment." ... more»
Have you ever wondered what life must be like for the Kristin Armstrong, the 34-year-old former wife of Lance Armstrong? Lance's picture seems to be everywhere; if not decked out in his Discovery Channel Pro Cycling team gear during the Tour de France, then he's posing with fiancee rock-star Sheryl Crow. They even appear together on Oprah! more»
The two-day Pan-Massachusetts Challenge bike ride retained its title as the most successful athletic fund-raising event in the nation again this year.
When combined with the totals accumulated through the Lance Armstrong Foundation's Peloton Project and countless other charity bike rides, it demonstrates another powerful ability for cycling to do good. ... more»
"On a good day it feels like flying. It's like we're the only people in the city and everyone else are obstacles. It's really a dead-end job, but it's beautiful." ... more»
I can certainly vouch for everything this guy says about his recent bicycle ride on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia.
My friend Bruce and I pedaled this early in our Trans-America bicycle trip back in 1984 (May 19th), and it goes down in memory as one of the most serious miscalculations of the ride -- or that day at ... more»
Long Beach is the new home of what the Press-Telegram calls a "state-of-the-art bicycle facility."
The Bikestation Long Beach first opened as a demonstration project for cycling commuters in 1996, the first facility of its kind in the US. ... more»
Remember the lawsuit filed earlier this year by Mike Anderson? He claimed former boss Lance Armstrong promised him hundreds of thousands of bucks to open a bike shop, then reneged.
The lawsuit was settled out of court last week, reports the Austin American-Statesman. No details were given in a statement to the press, except:
Being a "spokesperson" can have a different meaning for cyclists than the usual, "So and so is the spokesperson for such and such."
As artist America Meredith explains on her Cherokee Spokespeople website, spokespeople can be bicyclists who have jammed laminated cards -- spokecards -- in their wheel spokes. The cards are especially popular among bike messengers who collect ... more»
Seattle area residents parted with some 350 bicycles last weekend so Hurricane Katrina evacuees can have some way to get around.
Another Katrina Bikes Partnership Project collection is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, at Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle. ...
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It was a rare sunny day in the Pacific Northwest last Friday when I jumped on my bike for a one-hour spin out one of my favorite semi-rural roads.
Good ride: Head down, facing a head wind, I catch some quick movement off to my right along Coal Creek Parkway. I'm surprised by a 3-point buck standing not 5 feet away ... more»
Four hundred thousand bus passengers in Philadelphia are fending for themselves by foot, bicycle, and car pool after 5,000 transit workers went on strike Monday.
A "Bike the Strike" station has been set up at Municipal Services Building. In addition to offering a secure place to store bikes, the station crew offers free safety checks ...
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Last week we learned the route of the Tour de France bicycle race. This week, the sponsors of the Tour of California are expected to announce the stops in the inaugural 2006 bike race.
Time for a little reality check: A cyclist hit by a passing pickup truck pulling two trailers had to take her case all the way to the Kentucky Supreme Court to affirm her right to the road.
Those rolling peaches are back, as the 
So you like to climb the hills on your bike? There are days when I do, too.
Joe Bowen is taking a breather in his meandering cross-country bicycle tour.
The accusations about illegal doping in cycling have been flying fast and furious lately. The cyclists, the laboratories, the tests and the sports administrators have all come under attack in the past year.
Imagine this scene, cycling fans. 
As a certified diabetes educator nurse, Montana cycling tourist Mary Madison teaches that regular exercise leads to good health.
Is it art? Or is it a bicycle component?
Levi Leipheimer, one of three US cyclists with a shot at winning next year's Tour de France, is taking it easy in the off-season at his home in Santa Rosa. 
Sports Illustrated has picked a "Sportsman of the Year" since it first began publishing in 1954. SI columnist Trisha Blackmar backs pro cyclist George Hincapie for the award in 2005.
I did a double-take when I saw the 
Tom Ridgeway is back in the saddle again, cycling cross-country for a cause.
The organizers of the Giro d'Italia unveiled a mountainous route this weekend for the 2006 edition of their bicycle race across Italy.
David Kroodsma is a cyclist who is preaching what he practices.
Have you ever wondered what life must be like for the Kristin Armstrong, the 34-year-old former wife of Lance Armstrong?
I can certainly vouch for everything this guy says about his recent bicycle ride on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia.
Long Beach is the new home of what the Press-Telegram calls a "state-of-the-art bicycle facility."
Being a "spokesperson" can have a different meaning for cyclists than the usual, "So and so is the spokesperson for such and such."
BOB Trailers Inc. is hitching up its bike trailer business and moving from San Luis Obispo, California, to Boise, Idaho.
After months of silence, organizers for the 
The 
Four hundred thousand bus passengers in Philadelphia are fending for themselves by foot, bicycle, and car pool after 5,000 transit workers went on strike Monday.
Last week we learned the route of the Tour de France bicycle race. This week, the sponsors of the Tour of California are expected to announce the stops in the inaugural 2006 bike race.
