“I thought it was great; every race doesn't have to be an epic death march. It was an exceptional course that made for exceptional racing. The top 10 was tightly packed (only 1:58 separated Landis from No. 10 finisher Jason McCartney of Discovery Channel). It made things more exciting; it added to the drama.”
2006 archive
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Grassy Knoll Project pix from Tour of California
If you're looking for pictures from eight-stage Amgen Tour of California, you should check out the Grassy Knoll Project at Steephill.tv.
There are quite a few collaborators in this project, which involved Tour spectators uploading their pictures onto the Steephill website.
There are more than 1,000 images listed by stage and by time, so you can determine when a picture was …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/01/grassy-knoll-project-pix-from-tour-of-california/
Have you exchanged atoms with your bicycle lately?
The book “The Third Policeman” is described as a dark comedy at the Dalkey Archive Press. But what's funny is that this 1940 book about a man and his bicycle is selling better than ever before.
The Guardian Unlimited says the surreal novel “features the interchanging of atoms between a man and his beloved bicycle…”
Nothing surreal here. I've exchanged atoms between my ankle and crank before, and I have a scar on my shin as proof of an atom interchange with my toeclips. I even have a painful childhood memory …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/01/have-you-exchanged-atoms-with-your-bicycle-lately/
Bus vs. bike II
Does two make a trend? I certainly hope not.
Following the January story about a Portland bus driver who let a passenger off his bus to sucker-punch a bicyclist comes story from California that a bus driver intentionally ran a cyclist off the road, injuring the rider and crushing the bike.
The Marin Independent Journal reports that a driver for Golden Gate …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/28/bus-vs-bike-ii/
The Third Policeman
Novel about a man and his bike and exchanging atoms is increasing sales after appearing on “Lost” TV drama.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/28/the-third-policeman/
Bicycle quote: “Whenever” is now for Landis
“I'd like to think I can keep improving, but at this point, I'm here to help Lance. I'm not saving anything for me. I'll worry about that a few months from now or next year or whenever.” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/28/bicycle-quote-whenever-is-now-for-landis/
Lance Armstrong to host ESPY awards
ESPN announced that cyclist Lance Armstrong will host the ESPY Awards on July 16.
The show, an Academy Awards for athletes, will support the V Foundation for Cancer Research and the Lance Armstrong Foundation this year.
The seven-time Tour de France winner has his own ESPY honors, as best comeback athlete in 2000, and best male athlete the last three years….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/28/lance-armstrong-to-host-espy-awards/
Online '50s-era video about making Columbia bicycles
Who is the kid and why is he grinning?
It could be you or it could be me. It just makes me happy to see him proudly posing with his new Columbia bicycle. I know the feeling.
A 1950s-vintage film of how Columbia bicycles were built at the Westfield Manufacturing Co. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/28/online-50s-era-video-about-making-columbia-bicycles/
Race diary from original Tour of California, 1971
If you enjoyed the just-completed Amgen Tour of California, you might enjoy reading about the first Tour of California bike race in 1971.
Sponsored by Velo Sport Bicycles, Raleigh Bicycles, and the Bear Valley Resort, the 8-day road race covered more than 800 miles in Central California during the month of August.
A bike racer, Laurie Schmidtke, wrote into race …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/27/race-diary-from-original-tour-of-california-1971/
Full report on Bush's bike crash in Scotland last summer
Those dogged Scottish journalists finally have dug up the official police reports on President Bush's collision with a constable while he was enjoying a bike ride last summer. Apparently Bush lost control of his bike while waving.
The Scotsman reports that a contingent of Scottish constables were dispatched to control traffic at an intersection while Bush went for a ride …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/27/full-report-on-bushs-bike-crash-in-scotland-last-summer/
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