Seriously injured in a bicycle accident as a 6-year-old in Houston.
2006 archive
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Metal Cowboy finishes cross-country bicycle trip with sons
Having two sons, ages 5 and 7, doesn't stop cyclist Joe Kurmaskie from pedaling his bicycle cross-country; he just takes his sons along.
Known as the Metal Cowboy, the author finished a 4,000-mile unsupported bike tour through 17 states from Portland to Washington DC last summer towing his two sons, Quinn and Enzo. Why? He writes in the December issue …
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Cycling through 27th straight day of rain in Seattle
Fenders? Check. Rain gear? Check. Booties? Check.
These guys don't let Saturday's 27th straight day of precip in Seattle disrupt their bike outing. They're heading down to the I-90 bridge bike lane to cross Lake Washington from Mercer Island.
Hardcore Seattle bicyclists know they can't let a little rain prevent them from riding. Otherwise, they could only count on about two-and-a-half …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/15/cycling-through-27th-straight-day-of-rain-in-seattle/
27 straight days of rain in Seattle
These guys don't let the rain interrupt their Saturday bike outing. They're leaving Mercer Island for the blustery, wet ride across the I-90 bridge over to Seattle.
The Seattle area was blessed with the 27th straight day of rain, with no end in sight.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/14/27-straight-days-of-rain-in-seattle/
Cities brace for Tour of California bike race
Some hotel operators in the host cities along the route for the Amgen Tour of California know how to make their pro-cyclist guests happy: put pasta on the breakfast menu.
About a dozen California cities are preparing for an onslaught of spandex hordes when the Amgen Tour of California cyclists come their way sometime between Feb. 19-26.
Host cities like …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/14/cities-brace-for-tour-of-california-bike-race/
“Lost” star just that; swerves in and out of bike lane
Cynthia Watros, one of the stars of ABC's “Lost” TV series, has lost her driver's license after she pleaded guilty on Thursday to drunken driving.
The Honolulu Star Bulletin reports that Watros and co-star Michelle Rodriguez were arrested in separate vehicles about midnight Dec. 1 when their cars began to “weave all over the right lane and into the bicycle lane. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/13/lost-star-just-that-swerves-in-and-out-of-bike-lane/
Cynthia Watros
Star of “Lost” TV series pleads guilty to drunken driving in Hawaii. Police saw her swerve in and out of bike lane. Photo from LOST-TV website.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/13/cynthia-watros/
Father and son's excellent cross-country bike tour
One of the congratulatory emails I received on the anniversary of Biking Bis last week came from Doug in Cincinnati.
At the end of his short message, I followed a link to dougandryan.com, where I learned he and his 15-year-old son had ridden their bicycles 3,400 miles cross country from Oregon to Washington DC last summer …
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Bike tour ends in DC
Doug and Ryan website
Doug and Ryan (father and son) dipping their bikes in the Reflection Pool in DC at the end of the cross-country journey.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/12/bike-tour-ends-in-dc/
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