2006 archive
If you've ever Googled for something related to bicycles or bike maintenance, you've probably landed at SheldonBrown.org.
Under the banner of Harris Cyclery, Sheldon has posted hundreds of articles relating to different brands of bikes, their components, and how to fix those components. He also posts on some other interests, which include arts, books, jazz and his family.
Lately, he's also been writing posts about his health, which sadly is deteriorating. The bicycle guru can no longer ride a bicycle and began riding a recumbent trike in September. …
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Bicycle guru Sheldon Brown, who runs the Harris Cyclery website.
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The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy website has some cool suggestions from its staff on which rail-trails have the best fall color.
Up here in the Pacific Northwest, the big-leaf maples are blazing right now, although recent rains have knocked down a lot of leaves. Here's a scene along the Lake Washington bicycle path earlier this week.
Not all of the trails on rails-to-trails list are accessible to bicycles. And I'm sure some of their suggestions from the northern tier have played out (the piece has been up for a month; unfortunately I just noticed it this week).
The website links to fall foliage forecasts in all the states mentioned. Here are some bike trails that might still be colorful …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/11/09/fall-color-abounds-on-bicycle-trails/
A murder on a bike path in Georgia and an assault and separate gun-pointing incidents on an Indiana bicycle trail show the need for cyclists to consider personal safety when out for a ride.
I don't want to be an alarmist about this. Bike trails aren't dangerous places. I've stumbled across these news stories in the past couple of months, and they may represent the only incidents of violence across the thousands of miles of bike trails used by millions of people during that time period.
Even so, it's probably worth repeating some words of caution.
Update: The University at Buffalo issued a warning Nov. 17, 2006, that people shouldn't travel alone on the Ellicott Creek bike path, or pathways in western New York.
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/11/09/staying-safe-on-remote-bicycle-trails/
Italian cyclist Ivan Basso, winner of the 2006 Giro d'Italia, is joining the Discovery Channel pro cycling team.
Team director Johan Bruyneel announced Wednesday that Basso had signed a two-season contract with Tailwind Sports, which owns the team sponsored by Discovery.
Consider this with the earlier signing of American Levi Leipheimer and you can see that Discovery is building quite a formidable team for next season.
Basso, 28, who has been riding with Team CSC since 2003, had hoped to win both the Giro and the Tour de France in 2006. But media reports that linked him to a Spanish doping probe dubbed Operacion Puerto prompted officials …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/11/08/ivan-basso-joins-discovery-channel-pro-cycling-team/
The red barn houses bicycles used at the Bicycle Riding School for adults in Somerville, Massachusetts.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/11/08/red-bicycle-barn/
Patch for California's Solvang Century in March. See California Bicycle Ride Calendar for more info.
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Even though the 2006 mid-term elections are on the books, it's not too late to begin some big-time political mudslinging.
Kent Peterson at Kent's Bike Blog has found that those campaign signs make very durable bike fenders. Many signs, at least here in the rainy northwest, are made of coroplast, a corrogated plastic material.
Wait a couple of days to see which rude candidates haven't cleaned up their mess and go out and grab a couple of their signs. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/11/08/finally-how-to-recycle-those-unsightly-campaign-signs/
So I'm taking a photo of some political signs today, and I see this bike commuter emerge out of the rain.
He's got it going with his light and fenders and raingear, although it looks like he's wearing his work-a-day pants.
No matter. It's wet but not that cold. I don't know what the weather has been like around you, but here in the Pacific Northwest it has been raining. A lot.
Right now we're the beneficiaries of what's called the Pineapple Express. I never heard of it …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/11/07/tip-o-the-helmet-to-fellow-cyclist/
Like yesterday's news, a political sign lays next to a puddle.
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