2006 archive
This is a lot of fun. Chevrolet has set up a video editing website where you can build your own commercial for the new Chevy Tahoe SUV using actual ad footage and inserting your own text.
It's a contest, and I suppose the winner's commercial is shown on TV. There's no chance that mine is eligible, though. The C.I.C.L.E. bicycling website had the idea to “subvert” the commercial challenge, adding a message that might not support the ideal SUV lifestyle.
Here's mine, along the theme of SUV vs. bicycle. …
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There's more to the history of the “Hell of the North” than cobblestoned roads and mud-splattered cyclists.
Jan Didier at Pez Cycling writes about the Paris-Roubaix's colorful background surrounding the 103 years of bike racing in “Roubaix History: From Queen to Hell … and Back.”
Interesting how? For instance, one of the early winners Frenchman Octave Lapize, died as a fighter pilot for the French Army during the battle of Verdun. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/07/rich-history-of-sundays-paris-roubaix-bike-race/
Cycling legend, Paris-Roubaix
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A few days ago I posted a piece about feeling more fear and loathing in Missouri during my TransAmerican bike ride in 1984 than anywhere else and refered to my journal of the bike trip.
The Missouri Bicycle Federation picked up on it and linked to its own list of news and stories regarding some other black eyes to the state's bicycling reputation. It also mentioned some positive developments. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/07/missouri-bicycling-news-isnt-all-bad/
“George is a nice guy, no doubt. He's learned that he can be a gentleman and still have a killer instinct. Me, I'm the opposite. I'm a jerk who has to work at being a gentleman. I've always loved to put the hurt on people.” …
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For bicycling, this 3.6-mile gravel trail might not give a cyclist much of an aerobic workout.
But the description of the surroundings and trailside attractions along these British Columbia dike-top trails remind us that cycling isn't always about nudging the lactic threshold. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/06/south-dyke-bike-trail-in-british-columbia/
Another sad passing. Cycles Gaansari in Springboro, Ohio, is closing its doors. The bicycle company styled itself after Orville and Wilbur Wright's original business in nearby Dayton before the brothers got into that aviation thing.
Writing in his Bike Evangelist blog, proprieter Gary Boulanger talks about his disappointment in accepting the inevitable, but his pride in the Gaansari and Fisso brand bicycles they turned out …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/06/ohio-specialty-bike-maker-closes/
The Outdoor Life Network once again is offering live coverage of this year's Giro d'Italia at its OLNTV website.
The streaming broadband feed of the three-week Italian cycling classic is being offered Monday through Saturday in partnership with Cycling.TV. On Sundays, Giro fans will need to tune into OLN for its Cyclysm coverage at 5 p.m. (ET). …
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