Pan-American cyclist Dominic Gill begins his solo ride on a tandem. More pictures at his website “Take a Seat.”
2007 archive
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/03/07/dominic-gill-sets-off-in-alaska/
Bicycling doctor's lawsuit gets short deliberation
It took a New Jersey jury about 15 minutes to decide that an 11-year-old girl on rollerblades was not at fault for causing a doctor to crash his bicycle.
You may have heard of the ridiculous lawsuit filed by Dr. Alexander Dlugi, who sued his neighbor because she turned into his path after he rang his bicycle bell and yelled “Watch Out” as he cycled past.
Dlugi, who suffered a broken collarbone, claimed his practice lost money because of his injuries and he sued. His attorney said: “It may seem like an odd thing. But people are responsible for their actions.”
That may be the case, but the seven-person jury didn't agree that the girl — now 15 — was responsible for the accident. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/03/06/bicycling-doctors-lawsuit-gets-short-deliberation/
Handmade bicycle show comes to Portland in 2008
Here's good news for us in the Pacific Northwest. The North American Handmade Bicycle Show is heading to Portland in 2008.
The show, which just wrapped up its three-day stand San Jose on Sunday, is a celebration of the best frame designers and builders in the world. Most of the 70 handmade frame makers came from the US and Canada this year.
The 2008 show, scheduled for March 7-10 at the Oregon Convention Center, will be another relocation for the annual event, conceived by Don Walker, a framebuilder himself. It was held in Houston in 2005, then moved to the Bay Area for the past two years …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/03/05/handmade-bicycle-show-comes-to-portland-in-2008/
Bike from 2006 handmade bike show
Picture from North American Handmade Bicycle Show website
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/03/05/bike-from-2006-handmade-bike-show/
Confessions of a bike rider: February mileage
Back at the end of 2006, I made the bold assertion that I would double last year's mileage and ride my bicycle at least 4,000 miles in 2007.
So far, I'm way off pace. Here are some of my lame excuses for this month:
First my high schooler was sick for three days at the beginning of February, then I came down with that energy-sapping virus for a few days myself …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/03/03/confessions-of-a-bike-rider-february-mileage/
Dirty bike
Bainbridge Island road grit
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/03/03/dirty-bike/
Grand Canyon shortcut lands 3 cyclists in jail
Do not, repeat, do not ride your bicycle into the Grand Canyon. Three men on an Alaska to South American bicycle tour decided to cycle across the Grand Canyon last month and found themselves sentenced to 48 hours in jail.
The trio is on a pan-American off-road bicycle tour they call Riding the Spine. They started at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, last year and plan to ride to the tip of South America.
The mountain bikers picked up the Arizona Trail — an 800-mile trail that spans Arizona from the Utah to Mexico borders — and decided to ride their bikes into the Grand Canyon and camp on the North Kaibab Trail. Bad idea…..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/03/02/grand-canyon-shortcut-lands-3-cyclists-in-jail/
More than bike racing on Hincapie's plate; there's Pla d'Adet
It's likely that the broken wrist that George Hincapie suffered at the Amgen Tour of California will keep him sidelined during the Paris-Roubaix — a bike race he's always wanted to win.
At his website, the Discovery Channel pro cycling team rider said he had surgery to repair the radius (a bone in his arm), but was unable to make predictions about how quickly it will heal. Team manager Johan Brunyeel told Eurosport that he'll probably miss the April 15 Paris-Roubaix, because of the miles of jarring cobblestones the cyclists cross.
Meanwhile, Hincapie says that, like many of his fans, “I'll be logging some hours on a Computrainer while I heal.”
He'll also probably be checking on the progress of his Pla d'Adet residential development …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/03/02/more-than-bike-racing-on-hincapies-plate-theres-pla-dadet/
The Legless Lizard's Tour de Tejas
Mikhail Davenport sets out this weekend to cycle 950 miles across Texas in 25 days.
No, it isn't a torrid pace. But the 58-year-old Texan is riding from El Paso to Beaumont on a hand-crank trike towing a trailer with his wheelchair.
Calling it the Legless Lizard Tour de Tejas, Davenport wants to raise awareness for disability issues currently in front of the state Legislature — such as the state's claims of immunity in not following regulations of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/03/02/the-legless-lizards-tour-de-tejas/
Mikhail Davenport
The Texan speed along on his handcrank trike.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/03/02/mikhail-davenport/
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