Sitting here contemplating if it's ever going to stop raining long enough for me to ride my bike to renew my driver's license, and I come across Bike Tubes in the Sky at Bicycle Design.
James writes about a Toronto architect, Chris Hardwicke, who has come up with the idea of building a bike transit system in his city that …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/12/going-tubular-on-bicycles/
Photo at Velo City
Toronto architect proposes the use of elevated tubes for cycling around the city.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/12/velo-city-bikeway/
Team CSC has announced at least three American teammates will ride in the inaugural Amgen Tour of California bicycle race, which runs from Feb. 19 to 26.
In a press release, CSC says:
“Among the Team CSC riders scheduled to compete in the event are Americans Bobby Julich, a bronze medal winner in the 2004 Olympics and Christian …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/11/team-csc-brings-americans-to-tour-of-california/
A New York City judge has ruled that NYPD's requirement that Critical Mass participants need a parade permit is unconsititutional.
New York Newsday reports a criminal court judge in Manhattan said the charge of parading without a permit is “overly broad” and “unconstitutional on its face.”
Some 2,100 cyclists have been arrested for parading without a permit, which has been …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/11/nyc-judge-critical-mass-needs-no-parade-permit/
What's the most dangerous state in which to ride a bicycle?
It's Florida, based on the number of fatalities per 1 million population, according to figures in a 2004 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration bicyclist fatality report.
One hundred and twenty-two cyclists died in Florida …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/11/deadliest-states-for-bicyclists/
Photo from GhostCycle.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/11/bicycles-representing-injuries-or-fatalities/
Add another trophy to Lance Armstrong's shelf — Outdoor Person of the Year — chosen by Hooked on the Outdoor Magazine.
The Armstrong award is explained at DirtRag.com.
“When Hooked on the Outdoors, one of the least commercialized, backyard outdoor magazines available chooses one of the most commercialized athletes of present day to receive its prestigious Outdoor Person of …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/11/outdoor-person-of-the-year-armstrong/
Lance Armstrong and Sheryl Crow are definitely splitsville. I've got it on good authority from Madame Rosa, the pet psychic, who was trying to contact our cat that died a couple of years ago.
Instead of contacting Manny, however, she learned that Sheryl was secretly dating — you guessed it — Elvis. Lance found out, and now he's pulled out of the race.
The gossip columns actually are reporting (and that's using the word loosely) …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/11/break-up-or-hitch-up-for-lance-and-sheryl/
If you ride your bicycle all winter through snow, ice, and freezing temperatures, then congratulations, you're part of a trend discovered by the national news media. While that's kind of cool, cyclists should be on the lookout for signs of frostbite or hypothermia.
An Associated Press story in USA Today reports:
“From Minneapolis to Milwaukee, from Alaska and Illinois to Sweden and even Russia, winter bikers — and the clubs and websites devoted to them — are springing up all over the place. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/10/winter-cycling/
Photo by RedMars at Flickr.com
Cyclists and a few pedestrians leave tracks in the snow.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/10/snowy-bike-path/
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