US cycling fans should be pleased to hear that the world's top ProTour cyclist — Floyd Landis of the Swiss Phonak team — is competing in the Tour of Georgia bicycle race that begins in a couple of weeks.
Other big name US bike racers include last year's winner, Tom Danielson of Discovery Channel, and David Zabriskie, a member of Danish Team CSC and holder of the yellow jersey for four days in the 2005 Tour de France. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/05/tour-of-georgia-bike-race-on-my-mind/
I don't know anyplace where bicyclists are immune to getting honked at or verbally assaulted while out on a bike ride. I've had my share of run-ins up here in the “laid-back” Pacific NW.
Some places are worse than others, though. In the 20 or so states I've bicycled in, I'd say Missouri — on my cross-country bicycle trip in 1984 — scared me the most. I even wrote about it in my TransAmerica journal at the time.
The Missouri Bicycle Federation came across this letter in the Joplin (Missouri) Globe from a cyclist whose had his share of bad experiences:
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/05/swimming-with-the-sharks-on-a-bike-in-missouri/
Write an essay and win a bicycle. It's as easy as that if you live in one of 11 cities chosen for Bicycling magazine's annual BikeTown USA.
Over the years, Bicycling and its partners have given out 1,300 bicycles to people who could be convinced to improve their lifestyle with a free ride. This year, Bicycling is handing out 600 bicycles, or about 50 in each of the participating cities.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/04/11-cities-join-bike-town-in-2006/
Bicycling magazine bike giveaway
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Five airline pilots took off on a 33-day cross-country bicycle ride over the weekend to raise awareness and funds for memorials to the flight crews and others killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Thirty-three days to cover 3,600 miles by bicycle from Los Angeles to the Pentagon in Washington DC. Along the way, the Airline Ride Across America cyclists will stop at crash sites and future memorial sites in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, New York City and the Pentagon. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/03/pilots-bicycling-across-the-us/
Five pilots are riding cross country to raise awareness and funds for 9/11 memorials. See the Airline Ride Across America website.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/03/airline-ride-across-america-bike-ride/
The Consumer Product Safety Commission says the brain bucket you wear for bicycling may not be suitable for in-line skating or skateboarding.
Helmets are built to protect folks' noggins from the types of impacts that occur in different activities. A bicycle helmet won't do the job in a skiing or motorcycle accident, for instance. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/03/are-all-bike-helmets-equal/
Sometime soon, the blogger at My Big Fat Geek Cycling bLog is going to have to change the name of his website…. maybe to just My Geek Cycling bLog.
For the past 18 months, he has used his bicycle to slowly and surely pedal himself back into shape. He's a poster boy for cycling to a healthy lifestyle. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/01/bicycling-his-way-to-fitness/
The blogger at My Big Fat Geek Cycling bLog uses cycling to lose weight, build fitness
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/01/big-fat-geek/
Fan attack
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/31/fan-attacks-cyclist/
Trail biking Rails to Trails Conservancy
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