US Olympic skiing hopeful Bode Miller is sounding just like another guy down at the end of the bar after a long night.
In a Rolling Stone interview, Miller suggested cyclist Lance Armstrong and home run hitter Barry Bonds took performance-enhancing drugs.
“Right now, if you want to cheat, you can: Barry Bonds and those guys are just knowingly cheating, but …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/27/bode-miller-spouts-off-about-lance-armstrong/
The Adventure Cycling Association is researching a new bicycle route that's as much about our history and culture as it's about travelling the backroads of America.
Founded as Bikecentennial back in the '70s, most of the association's routes have geographic designations — TransAmerica, Northern Tier, Southern Tier, Atlantic Coast — until they mapped the Lewis & Clark Trail in time …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/27/charting-the-underground-railroad-bike-route/
Adventure Cycling Association has posted a general map for its new route, the Underground Railroad Bicycle Route. More at Adventure Cycling.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/26/adventure-cyclings-underground-railroad-bike-route/
Changes are afoot at that endurance cycling event gone mondo called the Race Across America.
For starters, RAAM begins in Oceanside, CA, this year, instead of its usual base of San Diego. The cyclists will take a leisurely 7-mile ride along the San Luis Rey River bike path before turning onto the highway for the nine-day, 3,052-mile, sleep-deprived haul to Atlantic City. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/26/cross-country-bicycle-race-still-raam-tough/
Producer-director Frank Marshall tells IF magazine that he's planning to direct “The Lance Armstrong Story.” It has to find its place among a slew of other sequels and documentaries he's working on, though, so I wouldn't expect it anytime soon.
Marshall, who hit the big time by producing “Raiders of the Lost Ark” in 1981, has finished up a documentary for IMAX, …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/26/lance-armstrong-movie-director-has-a-full-plate/
I've seen this picture on a couple of different bicycling websites, but thought it was a fake image doctored with a little dash of PhotoShop.
C'mon. Who would strap a rocket engine to a bicycle? If you can believe CNN.com and Popular Mechanics, a rocket designer named Tim Pickens would. Pickens, who created this rocket bike that can accelerate …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/26/rocket-bike/
Strap a rocket on your bike. Developed by Tim Pickens. Reported in Popular Science.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/25/rocket-bike-image/
The Race to Replace is the name of an Internet and TV campaign that the Discovery Channel is launching to hype up the question of Lance Armstrong's replacement as leader of the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team.
Who will it be? The team presented 27 cyclists from 15 countries on its roster at a press conference in Beverly Hills on Tuesday; a handful could be counted as candidates.
Probably the leading contender for the American audience is George Hincapie …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/25/the-race-to-replace/
The 21 best US cities for cycling — and three of the worst — are touted in the March issue of Bicycling magazine.
Writer Brian Fiske appears to have made the choices based on several factors, such as availability of bike lanes and bike paths in the cities, the strength of bicycle advocacy groups, the city government's willingness to support …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/25/best-and-worst-cities-for-cyclists/
Bike racing fans considering seeing the 2007 Tour de France should put the UK on their itinerary.
The mayor of London announced his city would host the prologue on July 8, 2007 and the first official stage on July 9 before the peloton heads across the Channel to more familiar territory.
The Washington Post reports a proposed Tour de France …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/24/mon-dieu-2007-tour-de-france-begins-in-london/
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