If you like bicycling the wide open spaces, but don't want to risk running out food and water in the desert, One Awesome Tour Bike Ride Across Nevada (OATBRAN) sounds like a good bet.
When I lived in California, I used to pass over Nevada at 30,000 feet heading back East. As I'd gaze out the window, I always wondered …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/06/dont-bicycle-alone-on-americas-loneliest-highway/
Photo by AnnieLux2002 at Flickr.com
A lonely stretch of highway in Nevada, taken during Habitat for Humanity bicycle tour in 2002.
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San Jose Mercury News reporter Tim Kawakami reports in his sports blog that he cut in front of a “skinny, bony, scrawny, skinny, almost ethereal blond guy” to get his media credentials at the Rose Bowl on Wednesday.
The guy was Lance Armstrong, who got into the Rose Bowl on a media pass to watch his hometown University of Texas …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/06/lance-at-rose-bowl-hook-em-horns/
Looking for a bike ride? Check out the new cycling group in town, the Seattle Bicycle Touring Club.
Even with more than a dozen cycling clubs already in the Seattle area, there's always room for one more.
About six months old and 100 members strong, the Seattle Bicycle Club sponsors at least one ride opportunity a week for beginning, social and intermediate …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/05/new-bicycle-touring-club-in-seattle/
Seattle Bicycle Touring Club website
Riders with Seattle Bicycle Touring Club pause on ride from Mercer Island to Alki Beach this past fall.
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“Each year, more than 41-million Americans enjoy riding their bicycles.”
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/05/bicycle-quote-america-pedals/
Exactly one-year ago today I took my celebratory birthday ride and filed my first piece in Biking Bis. (Actually, it started out as Bikin' Bis, but too many searches for “bikini” were landing here and not enough for “biking.”)
Since then, I've posted 1,004 (this will be 1,005) articles and pictures on this blog. I snatched many of those items …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/04/one-year-anniversary/
The Bicycle Alliance of Washington is hosting an open house from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the new location of its offices.
BAW has taken over the lease at BikeStation Seattle at 311 Third Ave. South, in the Pioneer Square neighborhood. The bike advocacy and education group is moving into the building so that the 24/7 bike parking and repair services can remain. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/04/open-house-for-bicycle-alliance-of-washington/
What do you do with those over-patched bike innertubes. Throw them out?
Eli Reich of Seattle has started a small business — Alchemy Goods — from patching those old innertubes into bicycle messenger bags (shown at right).
The Seattle Times has featured the company, reporting that “the company struggles to build a profitable enterprise while focusing on sustainability.” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/03/recycled-bicycle-innertubes-fashioned-into-messenger-bags/
Photo by Resource Revival
Resource Revival makes unique gifts from recycled bicycle parts, such as this crank; also a bottle opener from a bicycle chain.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/03/clock-set-in-recycled-crank/
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