Thousands of bikes parked at UC-Davis. Cars are discouraged from campus, so much of the 30,000 student population, as well as faculty and staff, ride bicycles to classes and work. Bike parking is allowed at bikes racks only, which are installed around all the buildings. Most bike commuters, like the one pictured parking her bike, …
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Cyclists in Columbus, Georgia, are mourning the death of Matthew Scott Matty, a 47-year amateur bicycle racer who was killed on a training ride on Sunday.
Matty and a companion, Jeffrey Davis, 39, had broken off from the main group of cyclists from Columbus Bicycle Racing club so they could get home to spend time with their families when they were struck from behind by a Ford Explorer.
Other club members of the ride learned about the collision by cell phone calls they received after they stopped for lunch…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/06/columbus-cyclists-mourn-loss-of-friend-in-bike-fatality/
Tom Boonen is the latest pro cyclist to announce he's competing in the 2008 Tour of California, which rolls out Feb. 17-24.
The QuickStep sprinter who recently won the Tour of Qatar thrives in the spring classics in Europe, but wanted to try something different. There will be plenty of time for more those other races later in the spring….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/05/tom-boonen-in-tour-of-california/
Two bicycle safety instructors from Portland are touring the Andes by bicycle after deciding it was pointless to put off the trip any longer.
Andy McKerrow and Elicia Cardenas had individually wondered for years when they would be ready to bike tour in South America until they recognized they each had the same idea and there was nothing stopping them doing it.
They set off a few weeks ago, and now they're sharing their adventures on a blog at Wend Magazine entitled “Elicia and Andy's Ride through the Andes.”…
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Andy and Elicia from Portland are travelling through the Andes on their bicycles.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/05/andy-and-elicia-at-lake-in-the-andes/
When I rode my bicycle out in the Central Valley of California, I always had to keep my eyes open for ground squirrels.
Those big, fat suckers would hang out in the shade of a haystack at a roadside dairyfarm, then kick up a small cloud of dust as they scampered across the road. It was always the squirrel's agility, not my bike handling skills, that averted disaster.
A 61-year-old wasn't so lucky. In spite of four transAmerica bike trips, Anthony Ricupero lost his first squirrel vs. bike tangle last weekend on a club ride near Greenwich, Conn…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/05/no-ones-immune-to-squirrel-vs-bike-collisions/
(The blog feeds for Sheldon Brown tributes has been moved to the upper sidebar of the Biking Bis “Feed Zone” page.)
The foremost Internet authority on bicycles and bicycle maintenance died last night of a massive heart attack.
Sheldon Brown's websites were the first place many of us bike geeks landed when we needed authoritative …
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Ownership of the Cannondale Bicycle Corp. is headed north of the border with its purchase by Montreal-based Dorel Industries.
A huge consumer products company, Dorel markets Schwinn, Mongoose, GT, Roadmaster, Murray, InSTEP and Playsafe through its Pacific Cycle division.
In announcing the $200 million purchase, company officials said Cannondale would operate as a separate group aimed at independent bicycle dealers, while the other bike brands will continue to target the mass merchandisers …
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An outdoor trade organization named the Adventure Cycling Association among its finalists for the 2008 Outdoor Industry Ambassador Award.
Although the award ultimately went to Mountain Gear for training more than 1,000 climbers a year, the bicycle touring group said it was proud to included among the finalists and honored to be the only cycling group cited.
Adventure Cycling was chosen for its Underground Railroad Bicycle Route, which has drawn new audiences, including African-Americans, to recreational bicycle touring…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/04/underground-railroad-bike-route-draws-praise/
(Feb. 16: High Road reinstated; VeloNews)
Giro d'Italia officials took punitive measures against top-flight pro cycling teams Astana and High Road by denying them admission to three-week race that begins May 10.
It's seems unfortunate and a bit unfair that the likes of Americans Levi Leipheimer and Chris Horner (Astana) and George Hincapie (High Road), as well as Spain's Alberto Contador, won't be able to compete because of lax drug oversight by those teams in previous years.
It also raises the possibility that the Tour de France may follow suit, which would prevent Contador from defending his 2007 title and Leipheimer and Hincapie from a chance at wearing the yellow jersey.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/03/no-leipheimer-contador-horner-or-hincapie-at-giro-ditalia/
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