We've all probably cursed under our breath at SUV drivers; but I'd never criticize the driver of an SUB — sport utility bicycle.
Xtracycle, a small California company, makes SUBs, or bikes that haul. Company president, Kipchoge Spencer, talks about the bikes designed to replace car-trips in an interview with Grist magazine. How does he describe the bike?
“Acts like a bike but works like a truck.” …
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Photo from Xtracycle gallery
Xtracycle extends the load carrying ability of a bicycle, turning it into what designers call a sport utility bicycle — SUB.
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Take one lightweight recumbent bicycle. Put a high-performance cyclist in the seat. Encase both in a bullet-shaped carbon fiber shell. Pedal like crazy!
What you have is a human-powered vehicle that just might be capable of hitting speeds of 80 mph. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/09/the-quest-for-80-mph-on-a-bicycle/
Sam Whittingham piloting one of the versions of Varna Diablo. Together the two have set the World Human Powered Vehicle speed record of 81 mph over a distance of 200 meters.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/09/worlds-fastest-human/
Warren Beauchamp in the Cuda -W cruising at 64 mph at the World Human Powered Speed Challenge last fall in Nevada.
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One of the recumbents at World Human Powered Speed Challenge in Nevada last October.
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Tyler Hamilton continues the battle to overturn his two-year suspension from professional cycling this week.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing in Denver on Tuesday could result in a decision on Hamilton's fate in a matter of weeks.
Hamilton was suspended for two years beginning April 2005 after the American Arbitration Association/North American Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled he was guilty …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/09/another-tyler-hamilton-hearing/
“We had just realized how easy it was to just fly home and how all we had to do was get on a plane or a bus to get on with the trip, so it was really miserable riding. A lot of times, we were just wrestling [with] whether it was still worth it; whether or not we were still having fun and whether or not it was worth it to achieve our goal.” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/09/bicycle-quote-never-give-up/
Bicycle touring vacations are going to become more commonplace as the Baby Boomer generation begins to retire.
The Los Angeles Times travel section reports that bicycle touring companies are becoming a growing segment in the travel industry, and many of those companies are online, although …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/08/bicycle-touring-with-a-lot-of-dough-or-on-the-cheap/
I should have gone to bed early on New Year's Eve to prepare for a long first-of-the-year bike ride instead of staying up late to watch the Twilight Zone marathon.
I probably wouldn't have been so freaked out on my ride later in the week. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/07/theres-a-signpost-up-ahead-and-its-not-for-a-bike-lane/
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