It's been slightly more than two weeks since Spanish authorities sprung a trap that netted a bicycling team manager, the assistant director of another team, a doctor, and several others in a blood doping probe.
Looking at the news so far, it's striking how many cyclists not implicated in the probe have fallen victim in the run up to the Tour de France because of their association with some teams. …
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Fallout from Spanish blood-doping probe
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Joe Bowen ending 14,000-mile around America bicycle tour
Joe Bowen, a very fit Kentucky cyclist, pedaled off on a 14,000-mile bicycle tour last spring to visit nearly every state in the US — a second time.
Bowen was repeating a bicycle trek he took upon his discharge from the Air Force in 1967 when he left Lompoc, California, and bicycled through 46 states before returning home to eastern Kentucky.
Now, at 63, Bowen is returning home again …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/14/joe-bowen-ending-14000-mile-around-america-bicycle-tour/
Where to watch the 2006 Tour de France
Lance Armstrong may be retired, but the Outdoor Life Network is still working around the clock to broadcast live and replayed bicycle racing from the 2006 Tour de France.
The OLN TV's live coverage usually begins daily at 8:30 a.m. (ET) daily, including weekends, and concludes about 11:30 a.m. (ET). Coverage for some of the longer bike race stages in the mountains begins 30 to 60 minutes earlier …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/13/where-to-watch-the-2006-tour-de-france/
Le Tour de France logo
Bicycle race begins July 1
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More bad things that can happen on good bike tours
There's a lot of bad mojo in bicycle touring, even if you're riding in the best of the supported cross-state week-long bike rides.
Yesterday I wrote about some avoidable, and unavoidable, bad things that can mar an otherwise idyllic bicycle ride. Here are some more problems that might arise, and how to prevent or deal with them.
1. Help! My luggage is lost!
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/13/more-bad-things-that-can-happen-on-good-bike-tours/
A well marked bag for a bike tour
Your basic black duffel bag personalized for easy recognition at a bicycle tour.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/13/a-well-marked-bag-for-a-bike-tour/
Bad things can happen on good bicycle tours — 5 examples
You have to take the bad with the good, and that certainly goes for week-long, cross-state bicycle tours.
Whether there are 200 or 2,000 cyclists on these organized bicycling events, don't be surprised if a few things don't go to your liking. It takes years for the organizers to work out the kinks, and even then things crop up that nobody could expect. Plus, there are plenty of annoyances over which they have no control …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/12/bad-things-can-happen-on-good-bicycle-tours-5-examples/
Portable toilets lined up at cycling event
Photo by mradulovich at flickr.com
No matter how many people are riding on a bicycle tour, there are never enough portable toilets.
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Race Across America starts Sunday
Now that you've congratulated yourself on a satisfying 45-mile weekend bicycle ride, read this: At 9 o'clock Sunday morning 35 solo cyclists left Oceanside, California, for a 3,052-mile cross-country ride that they hope to finish in 8 or 9 days in Atlantic City.
The Race Across America (RAAM) — billed as the world's toughest bicycling endurance event — hit the road Sunday for the 25th time. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/11/race-across-america-starts-sunday/
RAAM banner in Oceanside, California
Race Across America
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Trail biking
- A Bike Tour in Spain - Mountains, the Alhambra, and Panaderias - Cycling WestOur standard mode is to find a cool bikepacking route and use it as sort of a general guide; we ride the routes when convenient and of course always ...
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