OLN bicycling commentator Phil Liggett was interviewed about the Floyd Landis affair last weekend by Carlton Reid of UK-based BikeBiz, a bicycle industry newsletter. Reid posted the interview online at YouTube.com in his Cycling News & View series.
“I'm still very skeptical about the whole thing,” Liggett says. “The Laboratory (Châtenay-Malabry) is unscrupulous to say the least, because they shouldn't know the sample they're testing.” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/08/18/phil-liggett-skeptical-about-floyd-landis-case/
If you're looking for something to do on the last Saturday night (Aug. 26) of the month, roll on down to Seattle's Bike-In at Magnuson Park. Presented by the Cascade Bicycle Club and the Northwest Film Forum, the free event features bicycle-themed films on a big outdoor screen, live music and biking demos.
We're not talking “Breaking Away” or “Pee-wee's Big Adventure” here
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/08/18/seattles-bike-in/
Bike police have been around for awhile; now fire departments are using bicycles to get their emergency medical technicians into crowded events.
The next innovation for the bicycle is its use as an ambulance. Non-governmental organizations in developing countries are building trailers for bikes that can carry patients to medical clinics. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/08/17/bicycle-ambulances-in-developing-countries/
Another bike ambulance
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A trailer is fashioned into an ambulance in Uganda.
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Someone did a job on this post and ride bicycle stand in Toronto, simply breaking off the ring with a piece of wood and removing the bike.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/08/15/post-and-ring-bicycle-stand-in-toronto-after-2x4-treatment/
It's all over for the bicycle racing team sponsored by Phonak.
Owner Andy Rihs is disbanding the team after Phonak earlier decided to pull its sponsorship at the end of the year and iShares decided not to pick up the ball, as earlier agreed.
Rihs, unable to find a sponsor, said the doping scandal surrounding former team member Floyd Landis led to his decision. “For this reason, today I see myself forced to do something I have never done in my whole life as a businessman: I have given up!” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/08/15/finish-line-for-phonak-cycling-team-floyd-landis-responds/
After all these years and thousands of miles in the saddle, I can now give an authoritative answer to the question: What keeps a moving bicycle from falling over?
It's all about physics. That's what Deborah Byrd and Joel Block tell us from the Earth & Sky radio show heard over many National Public Radio stations.
They explain that spinning bicycle wheels have a “special property” called angular momentum. Physics demands that angular momentum be maintained unless its acted upon by an exterior force. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/08/15/why-dont-bikes-tip-over/
The Eugene, Oregon, company that makes those distinctive kiddie trailers — as well as bicycles and other cycling equipment — is no longer a worker-owned cooperative.
Burley Design Cooperative is now Burley Design Inc., a privately held corporation. The change is a “last ditch attempt to save Burley,” according to a letter from the board of directors …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/08/14/bike-and-trailer-maker-burley-no-longer-a-co-op/
One of the many designs of bike trailers available from Eugene, Oregon-based Burley Design.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/08/14/the-burley-bee-bike-trailer/
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