A few days ago I mentioned that the Seattle Burke-Gilman Trail had been named among the West's Top 10 City Bike Rides by Sunset Magazine. What are the other 9, you ask?

Leading the list is the Paseo Del Bosque Trail, left, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The 16-mile bike path, which runs along the Rio Grande, has no street crossings along its entire length. It also has no water or restrooms. The flat trail passes beneath the busy highways and is a good place to see coyote, road runners and migrating waterfowl. ...   more »

Pretty bicycles. Fast bicycles. Utilitarian bicycles. Comfort bicycles. Bicycle professionals visiting the Interbike International Bicycle Expo in Las Vegas this week shot lots of pictures of lots of bicycles.

I've saved a few off of flickr.com and posted them here with descriptions. There are hundreds more at flickr.com under the tag "Interbike 2006." ...   more »

"I've investigated 50 bike accidents during the last 18 months and more than half of them were left-turn situations."

-- Seattle attorney John Duggan, who represents bicyclists in traffic cases.

He's quoted in a story about Susanne Scaringi, a West Seattle cyclist who was killed when she collided with a van that had made a left turn in front of her. Duggan said vehicles making left turns seem to be a common reason for collisions involving bicyclists. Critical Mass cyclists are expected to visit the intersection Friday night....   more »

The Interbike International Bicycle Expo begins its final day Friday, and bloggers are filing fast and furious. Here are some of the highlights I've seen in the blogosphere.

Bike shop owners should print out and post in their shops the blog entry from Alan Snel -- Bike Stories on "Treat Your Customers Right." Alan attended a seminar on bicycle retail trends and the speaker offered some tips ...   more »

Cervelo Cycles has announced the recall of about 650 R2.5 model carbon fiber bicycles and bicycle frames because the frames can loosen or separate.

Distributed by Cervelo Cycles of Toronto, Canada, the frames were made in Taiwan and include only frames made in 2005 and carrying serial numbers higher than R251700. ...   more »

A recent issue of Sunset Magazine lists the Burke-Gilman Trail that runs through the Seattle area as one of the Top 10 City Bike Rides in the western United States.

Kudos to the 30-year-old urban bicycle trail. And shame on the City of Lake Forest Park for suggesting an ordinance that, in effect, would make it impractical to improve the narrow section of trail that runs through that city ...   more »

No, this isn't a photo of the latest drivetrain system on display at the Interbike International Bike Show. It's simply a picture of some badly needed new components for my worn out LeMond Tourmalet.

A slipping chain and a near-ballbusting experience -- in addition to a tell-tale grinding from the bottom bracket -- convinced me it was time to make the replacements after my bike tour of the Olympic Peninsula last month. ...   more »

Tim Jackson's excellent blog at Masiguy received a well-deserved mention in a New York Times article on Wednesday about bloggers who write -- sometimes critically -- about their business.

Jackson is brand manager for Masi Bicycles. He not only writes about his company's products, but other issues in cycling, such as doping.

It made me wonder, what are Jackson and his brethren blogging about from the Interbike International Bike Expo in Las Vegas this week?   more »

I think we were on a bicycle tour to Montreal when my friend Bruce had the idea of attaching sails to our bikes to make them go faster. Always the practical one, I chalked it up as another of his hare-brained schemes, like his vacuum-cleaner shoes.

All I can say now is Bruce was ahead of his time.

A retired attorney has developed a sail system that attaches to a trike and propels it along the highway. The rig is called the Pterosail ...   more »

One thing I discovered when I set off on my bicycle tour of the Olympic Peninsula was that I needed to learn more about lightweight bicycle touring.

On that bike tour last month I carried a couple of books, food in cans, a two-person tent (on a solo ride?), extra fuel bottles, yada yada. There were clothes I did not even wear. Just look at that mess of stuff spread out across the picnic table on the first night. I had added 55 pounds to my bicycle touring experience before throwing in a couple of last-minute odds and ends.

The Adventure Cycling Association has come to the rescue of bike touring hogs like me. ...   more »

It's obvious that the press has swooped into Bootleg Canyon like so many vultures to ride the bikes and test accessories set out in the desert by 130 exhibitors at the two-day Outdoor Demo for Interbike.

Among the bloggers with passes to the show, the most prolific by far has been Graham at Go Clipless. The guy did write-ups on at least 7 mountain bikes the first day, many of them 29ers. Among them the Intense Spider 29,Turner Sultan, Niner R.I.P. 9, and Cannondale Caffeine 29er and Rush Carbon, Diamondback Mission 3, and Monocog Flight 29 ...   more »

The League of American Bicyclists has added eight more communities to its list of Bicycle Friendly Communities, expanding the number of honored cities to 58.

Leading the list of cities added this year is Jackson, Wyoming, with a silver designation. Others, judged bronze, are Carmel, Indiana; Louisville, Kentucky; Roswell, Georgia; St. Petersburg, Florida; and Sacramento, San Jose, and South Lake Tahoe, California. ...   more »

The last North American appearance of the 2006 Bicycle Film Festival rolls through San Francisco this Thursday through Saturday, Sept. 28-30. Featured is the documentary B.I.K.E., about New York City's Black Label Bicycle Club. There also are films about the history of BMX racing, the life and death of Tour de France cyclist Tom Simpson, and a 500-mile bike tour across Europe to join protests against the World Bank ...   more »

Out for a Sunday bike ride, Andrew Heitner had pasued on a Miami drawbridge when it unexpectedly started to open.

Heitner grabbed the railing and started yelling for help. As the span reached it full upright position, Heitner had a decision to make -- his body or his bike. He told a Miami TV station:   more »

Connecticut state senate candidate Paul Doyle and more than two dozen supporters hit the campaign trail with a 33-mile bike tour last weekend.

A proponent of frequent exercise, Doyle's choice of a bicycle to get out his message was a good idea since World Carfree Day fell on Friday this year. ...   more »