2007 archive
Here's one of the best reasons for towns to support bicycling — those sweaty, sunburnt cyclists usually have money in their wallets and they're hungry, thirsty and looking for some off-bike activity.
Small towns across Iowa know this; they compete to be named host cities to 10,000-plus cyclists on RAGBRAI every year.
Cumberland Mayor Lee Fiedler knows it too; he's busy convincing downtown businessmen that the opening of the Great Allegheny Passage will deposit some 250,000 hikers and bicyclists on the city's doorstep this year and they need to keep businesses open on weekends. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/01/26/bicyclists-cycle-tourist-dollars-into-towns/
The French anti-doping authority has dismissed proceedings against Spanish cyclist Oscar Pereiro for failing two doping tests during the 2006 Tour de France.
He showed them a note from his doctor. End of story. Everything is forgiven.
Last week a French newspaper reported the leak that Pereiro tested positive for the banned substance salbutamol (an asthma medication) during the Tour …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/01/26/all-is-forgiven-for-pereiro/
This year's RAGBRAI — Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa — is going to be the flattest bike ride ever.
Organizers issued that good news when they announced the host towns for RAGBRAI's 35th annual rolling party across Iowa, scheduled for July 22-26.
Following a 478-mile west-to-east route, RAGBRAI will start this year in Rock Rapids …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/01/25/2007-ragbrai-host-towns-announced/
See more at RAGBRAI website.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/01/25/host-cities-for-2007-ragbrai/
Handmade wooden bicycle fender made by Woody's Custom Cycling Fenders in Bend, Ore.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/01/25/wooden-bicycle-fenders-2/
You can turn your steel, carbon fiber, aluminum or titanium bicycle into a “woody” with the addition of these wooden fenders.
Cody Davis of Bend, Oregon, has been making these wooden bike fenders in his garage for about three years now after getting involved in furniture wood working just for fun.
I stumbled across his website — Woody's Custom Cycling Fenders — recently and e-mailed him to learn more about how he got into it and how his fenders are made ….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/01/25/wooden-bicycle-fenders/
Dan Sheret goes over the equipment he must pack when he leaves on his around the world self-supported bicycle tour — Ability Trek 2007 — in June.
Panniers. Satellite phone. Water filter. Freeze-dried meals. Below-knee prosthesis for the right leg.
You see, the North Carolina man underwent an amputation of his lower right leg about five years ago because an ankle injured in an accident would not heal correctly. That didn't stop him from bicycling cross-country in 2003, and it won't stop him from bicycling around the world beginning in June 2007.
Sheret is a long-distance endurance amputee cyclist whose problem has turned into his strength and an inspiration to all …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/01/24/amputee-prepares-for-around-the-world-bicycle-ride/
Amputee cyclist Dan Sheret is planning a 16,000 around the world bicycle tour. See Ability Trek 2007.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/01/24/dan-sheret-in-the-uk/
We're not talking entry level bike mechanics here, although that job is demanding enough. A Washington state bicycle advocacy group and the nation's leading bicycle racing publication are looking for new bosses.
VeloNews is looking for an editor-in-chief. The position oversees the biweekly bike racing magazine and website. The editor is in charge of pretty much everything and everybody on the news side of the publication. The successful candidate must be deadline and detail-oriented.
The position is based in Boulder and some travel to worldwide cycling events is anticipated. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/01/24/a-couple-of-high-profile-jobs-in-bicycle-sector/
VeloNews is looking for a new editor
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/01/24/ed-asner-as-lou-grant/
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