An Indiana man bicycling to New Orleans to raise money for hurricane relief was struck by a car in Alabama and gave up the trip.
Danny Schnell, 50, was riding his bicycle on a busy state road near Birmingham when a car struck his bike, damaging the bicycle but not injuring Schnell. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/14/let-no-good-deed-go-unpunished/
Kona Bicycle ships its first Biketown bike to Africa. It will be used by AIDS workers in Botswana. The project sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb and Bicycling magazine. Image from Kona BikeTown blog, which chronicled creation of this bike.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/14/kona-biketown-africa-bike/
Blind cyclist Hein Wagner entered the records books this past weekend by bicycling solo in a 24-mile race in South Africa.
Wagner averaged 14 mph — up to 24 mph in the downhills — in the Construction du Cap Ninety Niner. He followed a friend who had a noise device attached to his bicycle, and two other cyclists followed to …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/13/blind-cyclist-finishes-solo-bike-race-in-south-africa/
American cyclist Tyler Hamilton has lost his appeal of a two-year ban for blood doping.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport announced on Saturday that it had rejected his appeal. Hamilton pleaded his case before the body several weeks ago in Denver. The 34-year-old had tested positive for having transfused blood in his system after winning a time trial in …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/12/cyclist-tyler-hamilton-loses-fight-blood-doping-ban-stands/
Health officials and bicyclists in Chicago rejoiced a couple of weeks ago when the March issue of Bicycling magazine named it the second best city for cycling in its population division — over 1 million.
Yet at the same time, Men's Fitness magazine in March named the Windy City the #1 Fattest City in the US.
Doesn't seem possible, does …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/11/fattest-cities-and-best-cycling-cities-sometimes-coincide/
To me, a warm shower feels great just about anytime, but never more so than after a long bike ride.
That's why the Warm Showers website is so great; it guides bicycle tourists to hosts who are willing to put them up for the night, maybe feed them, but at least supply them with a warm shower.
Right now, there …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/10/bicycle-tourists-find-comfort-with-warm-showers-website/
No, Lance Armstrong hasn't fallen off the radar since he announced his break-up with Sheryl Crow last week. Here are a few headlines about Armstrong in the past few days:
Lance Armstrong pulls out of Grammys — KGET TV
Armstrong didn't want to run into his ex fiance at the event; he was scheduled to be a presenter.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/10/catching-up-with-lance-armstrong/
The Vuelta a Espana's four-time champion — wait, make that three-time champion — Roberto Heras has been banned from professional cycling for two years by Spanish racing officials.
VeloNews reports that the Liberty Seguros cyclist was stripped of his fourth Vuelta victory after doping results came back positive. Russian Denis Menchov (Rabobank) has been given the title in that race….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/10/roberto-heras-banned-for-two-years/
A California jury rejected claims by the families of nine injured children that Wal-Mart and bike importer Dynacraft knowlingly sold bicycles with faulty front-wheel quick-release levers.
Ironically, the Marin County jury issued the verdict the day after a quick-release lever broke on a bicycle they were inspecting in the jury room. The Chinese-made Next brand bicycle, the style at issue …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/10/jury-clears-wal-mart-and-dynacraft-in-faulty-quick-release-trial/
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Warm Showers lists more than 2,000 people around the world who are willing to host touring cyclists.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/09/outdoor-shower-stall/
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