Erectile dysfunction in bicyclists is as much about riding position as it is about the saddle, say two urologists who have studied the problem.
Many male cyclists who have suffered this numbing sensation down below may already have come to this conclusion. But now we have proof from two researchers at Boston University who used digital three-dimensional modeling.
A report in UroToday says the two, J. M. Gemery and S. K. Reid, concluded that cyclists who lean far forward eliminate most of the benefits of using a bicycle saddle with a groove down the middle. ... more»
After 53 miles in the saddle Saturday, Face of America 2007 riders were feeling sufficiently road tested for the start of Sunday's final 55-mile leg from Frederick to the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda.
As members of Team Semper Fi rallied at the start point, the able-bodied and disabled Marines on the team joked darkly about the challenge ahead.
At the lunch stop on the first day of the Face of America 2007 ride, a few yards away from one of Frederick County, Maryland's historic covered bridges, Mike Gibson was explaining how his single bike was set up with all the controls on the right side.
Mike, who lost his left arm in a boating accident when he was a teenager, operates both front and rear brakes and derailleurs with his right hand. Asked if that was difficult to master, he replied quickly, "You adapt. That's what all these guys do," he said, speaking of the more than 100 cyclists participating in the ride who have been severely wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. "After a while, you figure it out."
That's great news for anyone who wants live coverage of this three-week-long classic.
Versus is offering the webcast for every stage of this year's Giro -- May 12 - June 3 -- except for the Sunday stages, which will be broadcast on cable TV as part of the Cyclysm Sunday programs.
This video streaming isn't free, however. Versus is charging $24.99 for the Giro and throwing in highlights of the Milan-San Remo. ... more»
Seamus Garrahy, a former Marine and Gettysburg resident known for his care and support of soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, hosted dinner Friday night for the Face of America 2007 riders.
Under a tent in his backyard large enough for the 250 riders and their friends and families, Garrahy welcomed the group that included many former and current members of the military, and reminded them "that you are sitting on hallowed ground."
It was near the end of his lawn, he said, that Gen. George Pickett buried his dead after the third day of the battle that would decide the Civil War. That was as somber as things got as the riders, which include about 100 soldiers wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq, came together in high spirits to kick off this remarkable two-day, 110-mile ride from Gettysburg to Bethesda. more»
There are two ways you can help the national Bicycle Commuter Act, which would extend the transportation fringe benefit to include bike commuters.
The first way is to write your congressman. The League of American Bicyclists has prepared an easy way to contact your representatives in Washington DC via email regarding the issue.
The second way is to contact the Bicycle Commuter Act's author US Rep. Earl Blumenauer if you're familiar with bike commuter benefits and how they have been successfully implemented. ... more»
The Fort Collins, Colorado-based brewery that makes Fat Tire and other deliciously heady beverages has been voted the Bicycle Friendly Employer of the Year in the Rocky Mountain state.
Among other things, the brewery gives workers free cruiser bikes after their first year and sponsors the Tour de Fat bike celebration in a number of cities. It also promotes bicycle commuting through the Team Wonderbike, which you have to check out if you bike to work or plan to do so. ... more»
Yesterday it was supposed to rain in Maryland, but instead it was one of those glorious, sunny spring days where the temperature was in the middle 60s and out on the bike trail you could actually feel the warmth and the coolness in the air all at the same time.
You only get a handful of such days each season in which to ride, so despite whatever else is going on in your life, you owe it to yourself to get out on the bike. I filled up the water bottles and got out the door. This would be my last training ride for the Face of America 2007 ride, which is now only two days away.
Of course I waited until the last minute to start training, but yesterday I just went out for fun .... more»
Last week I wrote about the dumpster-diving bicyclist who has turned inexpensive bicycle touring into a science.
Conversely, there's the super-expensive bicycle tour in which corporate executives pay up to $30,000 and more for bike trips staffed with people to cater to their every whim.
One of those outfits is Destination Cycling. Founder Joe Tonon writes about the technological side of his bike tour business in Fortune magazine's Small Business section this month. ... more»
The Discovery Channel pro cycling team did great at the Tour de Georgia without Italian cyclist Ivan Basso -- 3 stage wins and the overall title. That might be a look of things for the near future.
The team on Wednesday asked Basso not to race pending a hearing into a new doping investigation by the Italian Olympic Committee. That casts an uncertain pall over his season; the Giro d'Italia is coming up in May and the Tour de France is in July.
It's that off-again on-again muddle started with Spain's Operacion Puerto blood doping investigation that broke right before the 2006 Tour de France. ... more»
Check out Bob Lee's "A Ride for 3 Reasons" blog if you want to follow a cross-country bicycle tour by a thoroughly engaging writer. That's not just me saying that; his blog was named "Cool Site of the Day" by digital goddess Kim Komando.
Lee is a 65-year-old cyclist who is presently working his way up the East Coast on the first leg of a 6,500-mile bike ride to raise funds for three charities -- The American Cancer Society, The National Hospice Foundation, and The Les Turner ALS Foundation.
The colon cancer survivor from Barrington, Illinois, is filing almost daily posts with lots of images. He's got a keen eye for the land that he's passing through and doesn't seem reluctant to get off the bike and explore roadside attractions or talk with folks along the route. ... more»
A French anti-doping laboratory has found synthetic testosterone in seven "B" samples taken from Floyd Landis during the 2006 Tour de France.
Landis, who has long-criticized the procedures at the lab, immediately said a representative of his defense team was blocked from entering the lab to observe technicians perform some of the tests. See FloydLandis.com.
The follow-up tests were ordered by the US Anti-Doping Agency, which is preparing a case against Landis, who was found to have a high testosterone/epitestosterone ratio after one stage of the Tour de France.
Probably a surprise to no one, the results were leaked to the French newspaper L'Equipe, which appears to be the publishing arm of the Laboratoire National de Dépistage du Dopage. No one else has seen the results. ... more»
Some 50,000 bicycle riders took to the streets of Budapest, Hungary, for a mass procession to celebrate Earth Day.
The Sunday bike ride is the world's largest, organizers claim. The 9-mile ride ended with a traditional "lifting of the bikes" at the City Park at the end of the event.
So many cyclists participated, according to the Caboodle.hu website, that the first cyclists arrived at the final destination as others were still embarking on the ride. ... more»
Janez Brajkovic, left, held off the challengers to win the 2007 Tour de Georgia on Sunday, becoming the first non-US cyclist to win the 5-year-old bike race.
Meanwhile, Argentinian sprinter J J Haedo repeated last year's feat by winning the last stage of the Tour, which ended in Atlanta with a 77-mile criterium race.
The overall win by the 23-year-old Discovery Channel cyclist from Slovenia is just one indicator of the growing international flavor of this stage tour, which has been dominated by Americans in previous years. Other winners were Chris Horner (2003), Lance Armstrong (2004), Tom Danielson (2005), and Floyd Landis (2006). ... more»
Yesterday was the first warm, sunny day in Annapolis, Md., in many weeks, and that meant it was time to start training for the 2007 Face of America Ride. The two-day, 110-mile ride is less than a week away, so it was time to get some miles in.
I had been riding my trainer indoors all winter, along with running and doing my regular exercise regimen of stretching and chin-ups, etc., but there is no substitute for time on the road, and that was far too apparent after 34 miles on flat terrain felt like a century in the Rockies.
But no worries, because just being a part of this ride is more important than how I get it done. .... more»
Fast Freddie Rodriguez jumped out of a sprinting mass of cyclists at Stone Mountain on Saturday to win Stage 6 of the Tour de Georgia, just ahead of JJ Haedo and George Hincapie.
This is the first stage win for the popular US cyclist on Predictor-Lotto since taking Stage 4 of the 2006 Tour de Georgia. He suffered a very bad fall during last year's Tour de France which kept him out of contention for awhile.
In the overall battle for the yellow jersey, Discovery Channel's Janez Brajkovic of Slovenia has maintained his 12 second lead over US cyclist Christian Vandevelde of Team CSC. ... more»
Former pro cyclist and the world's most famous cancer survivor Lance Armstrong will appear on the live Town Hall meeting "Living with Cancer" on the Discovery Channel.
The show, hosted by former ABC Nightlight reporter Ted Koppel, also features presidential candidate spouse Elizabeth Edwards, exec producer Leroy Sievers, and a studio audience comprised of people living with cancer.
The show airs at 8 p.m. (ET), Sunday, May 6, on the Discovery Channel. The live studio audience will meet at the Discovery Channel headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland. ... more»
Discovery Channel cyclist Levi Leipheimer beat the peloton to the top of Brasstown Bald (on right side of course profile) on Friday, winning his second mountain-top Tour de Georgia stage in as many days.
Teammate Janez Brajkovic of Slovenia retained the leader's yellow jersey after he and closest challenger Christian Vandevelde (Team CSC) of the US matched each other up the climb up the highest point in Georgia. Vandevelde trails Brajkovic by 12 seconds in the overall standings.
Crowds swarmed over the summit of Brasstown Bald, as Tom Danielson (Discovery) and Anthony Colby (Colavita/Sutter Home) finished behind Leipheimer. Last year's Tour de Georiga and Tour de France winner Floyd Landis was on hand at the summit to meet and greet. ... more»
I thought I was a bit of a Luddite about fancy, new bicycle equipment, but Nick Lubecki has me beat by many, many miles.
Lubecki writes about his style of bicycling touring in the April issue of Dirt Rag magazine. He tours on old bicycles, he makes his own panniers or simply straps a milk carton to a rear rack, and he feeds the machine on high-fat food that he often finds in dumpsters.
Don't spend thousands of dollars on a new bike and gear. Adjustments can probably be made to that bicycle you ride every day, and a lot of the gear you already have around the house, he writes. ... more»
The Discovery Channel pro cycling team took the stage and overall lead at the Tour de Georgia on Thursday, perhaps setting up a battle later on with Team CSC.
Levi Leipheimer won the 18.9-mile Stage 4 individual time trial from Chickamauga to Lookout Mountain in 44:51.
Although he finished more than 2 minutes later, teammate Janez Brajkovic's 47:28 was good enough to take the yellow jersey from the shoulders of David Canada from Saunier Duval-Prodir.. ... more»
There's a story from Palm Beach about a woman who was having problems with her bicycle and traded it for a car the owner had left parked in front of a sandwich store with the engine running.
You know, I always worry about getting bike-jacked whenever I pass someone looking under the hood of their broken down car at the side of the road. When they watch me pedal by, I imagine they're thinking about how simple it would be to ride a bicycle and avoid all the mechanical problems of the internal combustion engine. ... more»
The Tour de Georgia keeps on delivering surprises. A youth movement attack of 13 cyclists tore apart the peloton with a nearly 30-minute plus breakaway that essentially ended the General Classification aspirations for all the favorites.
Discovery Channel's Gianni Meersman, left, of Belgium -- the youngest cyclist in the race -- won the 118-mile Stage 3 between Rome and Chattanooga. Second-place finisher David Canada Gracia (Spain) of Saunier Duval took over the overall race lead.
While it seems that the favorites -- Tyler Hamilton, Levi Leipheimer, Tom Danielson, Dave Zabriskie, Fred Rodriguez, and the list goes on -- have been unable to make an impact on the race in the first two stages, their absence in Stage 3 is confounding. ... more»
One of the most refreshing things about this year's Tour de Georgia is how the Continental pro cycling teams are getting all the attention and appear to be driving this race.
I know, we've only seen two stages, but the big ProTour cycling teams like Discovery Channel, Team CSC, Predictor-Lotto, QuickStep and Prodir-Saunier have been pretty quiet so far.
All the action has come from cyclists on the smaller budget teams that don't usually make it over to Europe to compete in the high-prestige bicycle races. This is great recognition for those dedicated guys who train day-after-day for the chance to one day make the big time. ... more»
Twenty-three cyclists are hopping on their bicycles next month with the goal of cycling into eight states in eight days, just by pedaling the circumference of Kentucky.
The first-ever Tour de Kentucky is the idea of Bill Turner to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. He and his 22 teammates hope to raise $111,500 through the adventure.
Turner put together the unique tour route last fall, when he drove his van 3,200 miles around the perimeter of the state looking for good roads and border crossings. The actual route of the bike tour is 716 miles. ... more»
The peloton must have learned its lesson from the day before at the Tour de Georgia, and closed the gap to a three-man breakaway before arriving in Rome for the Stage 2 finish.
The cyclists from Jittery Joes, Navigators Insurance and Priority Health gained as much as 9 minutes on the main group during the 135-mile stage between Thomaston and Rome before they were reeled in.
The stage ended with three circuits around Rome, and Toyota-United's Ivan Stevic attacked on the last lap with enough staying power to propel him to victory. Juan Jose Haedo (Team CSC) and Fred Rodriguez (Predictor-Lotto) finished in second and third, respectively. ... more»
There are a total of six pro cyclists at the 2007 Tour de Georgia this year with roots in the Pacific Northwest.
I wrote about Portland's Doug Ollerenshaw and North Bend's Tom Peterson on Monday. When a reader emailed that there was at least one more, I thought I'd better check the rosters as closely as I could and came up with four more cyclists:
Washington residents Ian McKissick of Mulkiteo and Jonathan Patrick McCarty of North Bend, Omer Kem of Salem, Oregon, and Phil Zajicek, whose hometown is Eugene, Oregon. ... more»
The Bicycle Film Festival is expanding to 16 cities in 2007, starting with showing in New York City from May 16-20.
The festival celebrates all kinds of bikes through film, art and music. Films are usually presented by independent producers. Last year's films included "B.I.K.E.," a film about New York's Black Label Bicycle Club, and "Something to Aim At," the tragic story of bicycle racer Tom Simpson written and narrated by Phil Liggett.
In addition to New York, the Bike Film Festival is scheduled to visit Los Angeles, London, Paris, Chicago, Minneapolis, Toronto, Portland, San Francisco, Vienna, London, Milan, Rome, Barcelona, Tokyo, and Sydney. ... more»
An hour-long documentary of Jane Tomlinson's cross-country bicycle tour last year is available for viewing online at the website of documentary filmmaker Martyn Hollingworth.
Tomlinson, a terminal cancer patient since 2000, undertook the 4,000-mile journey from San Francisco to New York last year to raise money for cancer research and support groups in her native UK. She also sought to prove that people with terminal cancer can go on living.
Accompanied by a small entourage that included her husband, friends, supporters and the filmmaker who variously rode with her or in a support van, Tomlinson suffered from the heat, the climb over the Rocky Mountains, the headwinds in Kansas and the barking hounds in Kentucky. ... more»
Two cyclists from the Pacific Northwest -- Doug Ollerenshaw, left, of Portland and Tom Peterson, right, of North Bend, Washington -- are among the 115-some racers at this week's Tour de Georgia.
Ollerenshaw, a member of the Health Net pro cycling team, gained the distinction of jumping on the right breakaway and finishing in 2nd place, 29 seconds behind the winner, Daniele Contrini.
Peterson, a member of the much talked about Team Slipstream, is currently ranked in 3rd place in the competition for Best Young Rider at the Tour de Georgia. He won that distinction at the 2006 Tour of California. ... more»
You can't blame some of these cyclists from the continental teams for attacking early and getting a little glory in Stage 1 of the Tour de Georgia before the big boys from Discovery Channel, Team CSC, Prodir-Saunier, QuickStep and Predictor-Lotto took over.
But a funny thing happened on the way to Macon; riders from Navigators, Health Net, Tinkoff and BMC put together a little five-man breakaway that gained an 8-minute gap on the peloton at one point and propelled three of its members to win, place and show.
Italian cyclist Daniele Contrini from the new Tinkoff Credit Systems team won the stage, followed by Portland resident Doug Ollerenshaw for Health Net and Australian Ben Day for Navigators Insurance. ... more»
Need a lift? An actual bicycle lift in the city of Trondheim, Norway, has provided cyclists with a little boost to the top of a steep hill in the historical part of town since the mid-1990s.
The owner of the bicycle lift, Design Management AS, says it's the only one in the world. Nearly a quarter-million people have used the lift since testing began in 1993, and the rate has increased to 20,000 to 30,000 a year.
About half of the passengers are college students who attend University of Trondheim at the top of the 425-foot-long hill, and 41% of the users say they ride a bicycle more often because of the lift. -- Video andmore»
Australian Stuart O'Grady became the first Australian to win the trecherous Paris-Roubaix bicycle race on Sunday, finishing nearly a full minute ahead of his nearest challenger.
Called the Hell of the North because of 30-some miles of cobblestones, many crashes and frequently inclement weather, this year's 161-mile race appeared to be sunny and warm, but still bumpy. ... more»
If you find that strangers are a little less willing to offer a helping hand on your bicycle tour this summer, you can probably thank David Earl McCarthy.
McCarthy is a 53-year-old registered sex offender from Oregon whose bicycle touring trail has ended in Kentucky, where he was staying with a family on their farm.
The Kentucky family contacted police when they discovered he was cruising Internet pornography sites on their home computer. Authorities checked out his story and discovered he wasn't a retired Coast Guard officer and US Marshal from Alaska, but a sex offender with four convictions, 2 in Oregon and 1 each in North Carolina and Louisiana. ... more»
If you want to ride in Colorado's Iron Horse Bicycle Classic bike race or bike tour this year, then you better sign up soon.
The popular bike race and bike tour through the San Juan Mountains between Durango and Silverton is being limited to 2,500 riders for the May 26-27 event. Organizers say 1,000 have already signed up at a rate 40% ahead of last year.
The decision to limit ridership is based on the safety of riders, the impacts on communities that host the ride, and law enforcement concerns. ... more»
The Tour de Georgia, for the first time ever, will offer live video streaming of the bike race that begins Monday and runs through April 22.
That's good news for anyone who wants to see more of the race than the minute-by-minute updates from VeloNews and CyclingNews or wait a week or more to see the action broadcast on Versus.
The Georgia bike race will use the same Tour Tracker interface that brought rave reviews during this year's Amgen Tour of California. Viewers can get live streaming video, live streaming audio, live GPS tracking of the peloton and race leaders on a map, text updates from CyclingNews, and heart rate and speed/cadence measurements downloaded from a few chosen riders. ... more»
Will another American win the 2007 Tour de Georgia bicycle race, set to start on Monday?
The US cyclist with perhaps the most to prove in the peloton is TylerHamilton, competing for the first time on US soil since undergoing a two-year ban for blood doping. The 36-year-old cyclist, busted during the Vuelta a Espana bike race in 2004, is leading the newly created Italy-based Tinkoff team.
Then there's Tom Danielson, who is leading the Discovery Channel team and looking to repeat his winning Tour de Georgia performance of 2005. Joining him is teammate LeviLeipheimer, who would probably like to prove that winning the Amgen Tour of California in February was no fluke. Discovery is also bringing George Hincapie, who broke his wrist in that California tour. ... more»
If you are looking for a cycling event that will lift your spirits as well as your heart rate, check out the “2007 Face of America” ride April 28-29 that honors U.S soldiers severely wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan.
The two-day, 110-mile ride from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, is being sponsored by World T.E.A.M. Sports -- T.E.A.M. stands for The Exceptional Athlete Matters -- whose mission is to use “the powerful platform of sports to bring together the disabled and able-bodied communities."
As an able-bodied rider, you will be cycling through the rolling Pennsylvania countryside with disabled athletes, many of whom are soldiers who lost limbs in Iraq or Afghanistan and who will be riding hand-crank bikes and two-wheeled bikes with the aid of prostheses. ... more»
Cyclist Floyd Landis' attorneys are objecting to a ruling that allows retesting of his Tour de France urine samples that had previously been found to be negative.
To add insult to injury, the samples will be retested at the same French laboratory where Landis alleges mistakes were made that resulted in positive results on "A" and "B" urine samples and led to charges of blood-doping against the 2006 Tour de France winner.
Landis has been battling the doping charges since shortly after the conclusion of the Tour de France. If he loses his upcoming case (scheduled to begin May 14 in Malibu) and any subsequent appeals, he would be stripped of his Tour de France championship and be banned from professional cycling for two years. ... more»
In the next couple of days, I'll be joined here by my old friend and cross-country cycling companion Bruce Friedland. You might remember him from the TransAmerica Bike Tour -- 1984 series or the recent article about the Cookie House Registry.
Bruce has remained an active cyclist back in Maryland all these years and is riding and filing from ... more»
I probably should have checked my brake pads before I nearly ran into the side of a moving car at the corner shopping center the other day.
When the snow and freezing temperatures hit the Pacific Northwest this winter, the street and highway departments answered the challenge by dumping tons of sand on the pavement.
No one has come along to sweep away that accumulated sand, except for me and my bike rims. ... more»
SRAM is recalling about 5,400 Force Road Brake Caliper sets as the brakes can snap off from the bicycle's fork or frame.
Although no incidents or injuries have been reported, SRAM and the Consumer Product Safety Commission is urging customers to stop using bikes outfitted with these brake calipers and immediately contact their bicycle retailer for a free replacement.
The Chicago-based company said the units were made in Taiwan, according to the CPSC press release. ... more»
Two veterans -- one from Vietnam and the other from Desert Storm -- are making their way cross-country on bicycle tours to raise funds and awareness of wounded and disabled veterans.
Meanwhile, a two-day bike ride fund-raiser -- the Face of America Bike Ride -- in Pennsylvania and Maryland to assist disabled military members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan is set to start on April 28. ... more»
Canadian cyclist Svein Tuft won the inaugural US Open Cycling Championships on a snowy day in Virginia on Saturday.
The rider for the Symmetrics team bridged a gap to solo breakaway cyclist Jonathan Patrick McCarty (US) of the Slipstream team, and attacked on the last of eight 5.5-mile circuits around Richmond.
Tuft crossed the finish first, followed by McCarty then Argentinian Alejandro Borrajo of the Rite Aid team. ... more»
This will be the first full year that bicycle tourists can ride the full-length of the 150-mile Great Allegheny Passage between Cumberland, Md., and Pittsburgh.
Connecting with the 186-mile long C&O Canal Towpath between Washington DC and Cumberland, the entire route 336-mile route promises to be a popular destination for bicycling tours this summer, if the Rails-to-Trails' Greenway Sojourn 2007 along the the corridor is any indication.
A group of 12 cyclists from Atlanta recently completed the trip and posted some observations at GAP Yahoo group. ... more»
Civic and business leaders in Silicon Valley jumped on their bikes Friday to rally the troops for a big turnout for National Bike to Work Day during the week of May 14-18.
Hundreds of bicycle clubs and business groups across the nation are making plans for Bike to Work Day, sponsored by the League of American Bicyclists. Workers are being encouraged to leave their cars parked at home and commute by bicycle that day in hopes that they'll realize that bike commuting is possible... maybe even fun.
In the Silicon Valley, business leaders are promoting the CEO/Celebrity Cycle to Work Day Challenge to encourage participation the event. Area CEOs and government leaders are being challenged to ride their own bikes to work on May 17, encourage employees to do the same, and host welcome stations for cyclists at their offices. ... more»
If you're working on your income taxes this weekend instead of bicycling, you might want to flip on the TV for the inaugural US Open Cycling Championships on NBC on Saturday or the Tour of Flanders on Sunday on the Versus (OLN in Canada) cable network.
NBC is televising the road race championships from Virginia from 2:30 to 5 p.m. ET (11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. PT) on Saturday. Coverage of the Belgium's Tour of Flanders spring classic runs from 7 to 8 pm. Sunday (ET) as part of Versus' Cyclysm Sunday series.
It is quite a coup for the US Open to get same-day coverage on network television. Cable sports stations rule the roost for cycling in the US and abroad; the last time network TV offered same-day domestic cycling coverage was 1996, an organizer told VeloNews. ... more»
The film adaptation of two-time bicycling one-hour world record holder Graeme Obree's life is scheduled for release May 4 in Seattle, Boston, Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Toronto and Washington DC.
The year's first US screening, however, will be Friday night at the 16th Philadelphia Film Festival. Here's a two-and-a-half minute trailer for the film:
Obree's accomplishments are amazing, considering that he broke the world record as an amateur racing on a bicycle that he designed. He also battled bicycling federation bureaucrats who disapproved of his riding style, and his own inner demons, as he was later diagnosed with bipolar disorder. ... more»
Still scratching around for money, Tour de Georgia organizers announced Wednesday that AT&T has come forward with $500,000.
Tour de Georgia backers said a couple of weeks ago that "the race must go on" in spite of a $1 million shortfall and lack of a title sponsor. The Georgia state legislature then got into the action; first House approved $1 million infusion in the 2007 state budget, then the state Senate removed it... more»
The Seattle Bicycle Master Plan seeks to double the miles of bicycle lanes and marked bike routes in the city within the next two years and begin work on the "final mile" of the Burke-Gilman Trail in Ballard.
The document was posted online at the city's transportation department website in conjunction with Mayor Greg Nickel's press conference Wednesday morning.
The document calls for adding 136 miles of bicycle lanes and marked bike routes to the city's existing 67-mile network in the next two years. Most of this work will be accomplished as part of street upgrades funded by last fall's transportation levy.
Within the next 10 years, Seattle plans to add 452 miles of marked or separated bicycle routes criss-crossing the city. These too will be added while other street upgrades are underway. ... more»
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation says it will spend $500 million in the next five years to help stem the rising tide of childhood obesity.
I hope the philanthropic organization considers the benefits of bicycling and how to make it easier and safer for children to use their bikes for exercise.
The foundation estimates that about one-third of the US population of children 17 and younger are overweight or obese; that's equal to the rate of the adult population. If the trend isn't reversed, foundation president Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey told the NY Times, “The younger generation is going to live sicker and die younger than their parents because of obesity.” ... more»
After perusing hundreds of bicycles for sale online, I've concluded that an amazing number of people buy bicycles that they don't ride. OK, maybe once or twice.
My son has outgrown his mountain bike and is interested in getting a road bike for a summer bike tour. At the rate he's growing, I'm a little reluctant to buy something brand new. So I'm looking for something used on Craigslist
I'm surprised at how many low mileage bikes are out there. Here are some of the unusual ads I've come across:
Fixed Gear: "Although 2 years old it has never been ridden. Complete except for pedals (not included). I bought it before my wife got pregnant, and, well you know how it goes." ... more»
More than 700 miles of bicycle trails and signed bicycling routes will be open in the Loire Valley and Burgundy regions of France this summer.
Those areas have discovered the benefits of bicycle touring to the local economies. They're promoting cycling in their regions by extending bike routes -- 350 miles have been added in the past year -- and promoting the trails on websites geared to bicyclists.
The Loire Valley in western France has about 250 miles of bike paths and routes ready this year, with another 250 miles planned for the near future. ... more»
If you're a top-level bureaucrat for the Mexico City government, you get to ride a bicycle to work the first Monday of every month. Actually, you must. It's an order.
Mayor Marcelo Ebrard issued the order in February to prove that bicycles are a workable option for commuting in the city and to promote the use of bike paths.
Something's got to be done to solve traffic, pollution and congestion problems in Mexico's capital city of 18 million people. Some 4 million cars use the streets everyday, making it one of the most crowded and polluted cities in the world. ... more»
Erectile dysfunction in bicyclists is as much about riding position as it is about the saddle, say two urologists who have studied the problem.
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The Fort Collins, Colorado-based brewery that makes Fat Tire and other deliciously heady beverages has been voted the Bicycle Friendly Employer of the Year in the Rocky Mountain state.
Yesterday it was supposed to rain in Maryland, but instead it was one of those glorious, sunny spring days where the temperature was in the middle 60s and out on the bike trail you could actually feel the warmth and the coolness in the air all at the same time.
Last week I wrote about the dumpster-diving bicyclist who has turned inexpensive bicycle touring into a science.
The Discovery Channel pro cycling team did great at the Tour de Georgia without Italian cyclist Ivan Basso -- 3 stage wins and the overall title. That might be a look of things for the near future.
Check out Bob Lee's 
Some 50,000 bicycle riders took to the streets of Budapest, Hungary, for a mass procession to celebrate Earth Day.
Fast Freddie Rodriguez jumped out of a sprinting mass of cyclists at Stone Mountain on Saturday to win Stage 6 of the Tour de Georgia, just ahead of JJ Haedo and George Hincapie.
Former pro cyclist and the world's most famous cancer survivor Lance Armstrong will appear on the live Town Hall meeting "Living with Cancer" on the Discovery Channel.
Discovery Channel cyclist Levi Leipheimer beat the peloton to the top of Brasstown Bald (on right side of course profile) on Friday, winning his second mountain-top Tour de Georgia stage in as many days.
The Tour de Georgia keeps on delivering surprises. A youth movement attack of 13 cyclists tore apart the peloton with a nearly 30-minute plus breakaway that essentially ended the General Classification aspirations for all the favorites.
The Bicycle Film Festival is expanding to 16 cities in 2007, starting with showing in New York City from May 16-20.
An hour-long documentary of Jane Tomlinson's cross-country bicycle tour last year is available for viewing online at the website of documentary filmmaker Martyn Hollingworth.
Two cyclists from the Pacific Northwest -- Doug Ollerenshaw, left, of Portland and Tom Peterson, right, of North Bend, Washington -- are among the 115-some racers at this week's Tour de Georgia.
Need a lift? An actual bicycle lift in the city of Trondheim, Norway, has provided cyclists with a little boost to the top of a steep hill in the historical part of town since the mid-1990s.
If you find that strangers are a little less willing to offer a helping hand on your bicycle tour this summer, you can probably thank David Earl McCarthy.
If you want to ride in Colorado's Iron Horse Bicycle Classic bike race or bike tour this year, then you better sign up soon.
Cyclist Floyd Landis' attorneys are objecting to a ruling that allows retesting of his Tour de France urine samples that had previously been found to be negative.
I probably should have checked my brake pads before I nearly ran into the side of a moving car at the corner shopping center the other day.
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Two veterans -- one from Vietnam and the other from Desert Storm -- are making their way cross-country on bicycle tours to raise funds and awareness of wounded and disabled veterans.
This will be the first full year that bicycle tourists can ride the full-length of the 150-mile Great Allegheny Passage between Cumberland, Md., and Pittsburgh.
Civic and business leaders in Silicon Valley jumped on their bikes Friday to rally the troops for a big turnout for 
If you're working on your income taxes this weekend instead of bicycling, you might want to flip on the TV for the inaugural 
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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation says it will spend $500 million in the next five years to help stem the rising tide of childhood obesity.
After perusing hundreds of bicycles for sale online, I've concluded that an amazing number of people buy bicycles that they don't ride. OK, maybe once or twice.
More than 700 miles of bicycle trails and signed bicycling routes will be open in the Loire Valley and Burgundy regions of France this summer.