I’m very unhappy this morning to report the death of bicycle advocate, newspaperman and fellow bike blogger Roger Kramer of Belleville, Illinois.
The Belleville News-Democrat, where he worked for 20 years as a design editor and copy editor, reports that he died of natural causes at his home on Saturday. He was 51.
I knew …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/11/06/ride-in-peace-roger-kramer/
The American Red Cross is seeking cash donations to help people suffering from the ravages of Hurricane Sandy.
The nonprofit relief agency already has opened emergency shelters in seven states where it’s making space available for persons displaced by the storms and distributing food and other necessities.
Giving cash donations allows the Red Cross to use the money to purchase whatever it needs immediately. Donations of physical goods …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/10/31/nonprofits-seek-donations-for-hurricane-sandy-victims-bike-news/
Bicycle owners who want to share one of their surplus bicycles for a fee should check out a new service.
Called Spinlister.com, the service created by Will Dennis of Los Angeles, helps match bike owners with travelers who need a bicycle when they visit.
The peer-to-peer marketplace rolled out in San Francisco and Los Angeles …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/10/19/new-service-matches-bike-owners-with-those-who-want-to-rent/
One of the world’s largest collections of vintage bicycles and bicycling memorabilia is hitting the auction block in three installments, beginning December 1.
Hundreds of bicycles — some dating back to the 1880s and earlier — will be included in the auction of items once housed at the Pedaling History Bicycle Museum in Orchard Park, New York, since 1991.
The museum owners, Carl and Clarice Burgwardt, began collecting antique bicycles in the 1970s …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/10/16/museum-selling-vintage-bicycle-collection-at-auction/
The building where Eagle Bicycles were manufactured in Torrington, Connecticut, more than 100 years ago is scheduled for demolition.
When the roof of the building’s landmark tower collapsed recently, the Register-Citizen reported that historic preservation officials decided the building should be torn down before it falls down.
The company built bicycles from about 1888 to …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/10/15/wrecking-ball-to-visit-another-bicycle-factory/
Bicycling is the centerpiece of the inspiring documentary “Rising from the Ashes,” a story set in Africa that’s making the rounds of the film festival circuit this fall.
It tells how genocide survivors from the Rwandan civil war are helped by an American cyclist to form the Rwanda national cycling team.
As you can imagine, the story is not all about the bike.
The cyclists were all children during the Rwandan genocide…
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/10/12/rising-from-the-ashes-by-bicycle/
The Colorado State Patrol is now investigating this incident on Sunday in which the driver of a white SUV harassed a couple of cyclists east of Longmont, Colorado, for more than five minutes.
I have to give credit to the cyclists for keeping their cool, not allowing the situation to escalate, and catching the whole thing on video.
According to news reports, Dirk Friel and his friend were out for a bike ride this past Sunday when the motorist came up behind them and started blaring his horn. It’s a narrow road with no shoulder ….
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/09/19/on-video-motorist-harasses-cyclists-in-colorado/
Imagine this English judge carefully placing his wig on a shelf and hanging his robe in the closet after work, then discovering that the bicycle he was going to ride home had been stolen.
Maybe he’d see bike theft differently.
Instead, judge Peter Hughes recently criticized police in northwest England’s Cumbria county for putting out …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/09/18/uk-judge-excuses-bait-bike-thief-criticizes-police/
A couple of weeks ago, I ran into a family on bicycles up at Log Boom Park on the Burke-Gilman Trail. What first drew my attention to them were the old blue panniers on the dad’s tandem.
I recognized them immediately as an Eclipse model of panniers. They’re the saddlebags that efficiently lugged my stuff …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/08/29/bicycle-panniers-that-survive-the-years-and-dog-attacks/
This is what the first bicycle races must have looked like — folks riding penny-farthings down the Main Street of town.
Penny farthing enthusiasts gathered in Frederick, Maryland, this past weekend for the Frederick Clustered Spires High Wheel Race.
Among them was 3-time Tour de France champion Greg Lemond, who was attending another charity bike event but took a teetering spin on one of the vintage bikes. …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/08/20/3-top-questions-for-high-wheel-bicycle-riders/
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