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2009 archive
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/08/20/tour-of-missouri-at-universal-sports/
Burley Design recalls trailers
More details at Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/08/19/burley-design-recalls-trailers/
Recalls: Felt – 1,500 cyclocross bikes; Burley – 2,700 trailers
Owners of Felt F1X Cyclocross Bikes from 2007 and 2008 should stop riding because a faulty steerer tube can break, causing an injury.
The Irving, California-based bike distributor recalled 1,500 of the bikes manufactured by Aprebic/EVO Industry Co. Ltd., of Taiwan.
Felt received six reports of steerer tubes breaking, causing falls and minor cuts.
Bike specialty stores nationwide sold the bicycles from July 2006 to April 2009 for $1,400 to $1,500 …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/08/19/recalls-felt-1500-cyclocross-bikes-burley-2700-trailers/
Felt cyclocross recall
1,500 2007/2008 Felt F1X Cyclocross Bicycles recalled because of fork problems. See the US Consumer Product Safety Commission for details.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/08/19/felt-cyclocross-recall/
Hit and run outrage in Texas
This guy from Dallas sinks to a new low among motorists who weasel out of taking responsibility for their actions when they strike a bicyclist and drive away.
The 27-year-old driver crossed the centerline, struck the bicyclist head-on, stopped, dragged him off his car and stuffed him onto the floorboard in the back seat.
A police sergeant told the Dallas Morning News:
“In about 20 years of accident investigation, I've never seen anything like that ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/08/18/hit-and-run-outrage-in-texas/
Cougar confronts mountain bike riders in Washington
A trail in Freund Canyon in the Cascade Mountains near Leavenworth was closed recently after reports of encounters between a cougar and mountain bike riders.
At least four times in the past couple of months mountain bikers reported being either chased or stopped by a cougar on the trail that forms an 8-mile loop through Freund Canyon.
The Yakima Herald reports the trail was closed until Saturday, when a local landowner killed the cougar.
In reports in the Seattle Times, two mountain bikers report being chased by the cougar. In another harrowing tale …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/08/18/cougar-confronts-mountain-bike-riders-in-washington/
Two who started bike riding later in life to improve health
Here are two examples of when you should age-out of bike riding — never.
First is John Damiano, 80, who just finished up a cross-country bicycle vacation this summer. He told PhillyBurbs.com:
“I wanted to do something totally hard. I wanted to do it to see if an 80-year-old man could ride 3,629 miles.”
He can.
Damiano bicycles frequently and has done several long-distance trips. The recent ride from Astoria, Oregon, to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was his first cross-country adventure …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/08/18/two-who-started-bike-riding-later-in-life-to-improve-health/
John Damiano
80-year-old rides his bicycle across country.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/08/18/john-damiano/
RAAM champion and teen-ager travel to Alaska by bike
What happens to former Race Across America bike riders? Sometimes they're kind of like old soldiers, “they just ride away.”
Two-time RAAM champion Danny Chew is riding away on his bicycle with a goal of tallying 1 million miles.
Riding indoors or on a trainer doesn't count. Chew logs all his miles outside, which is why it's not surprising that he recently turned up crossing the Alaska border on his bicycle with his nephew, Steven Perezluha.
Perezluha, 18, enlisted his uncle to accompany him on a bicycle tour from his home in Longwood, Florida, to Alaska and back. Since Chew lives in Pittsburgh, his nephew bicycled the first 1,200 miles alone and then with his father …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/08/17/raam-champion-and-teen-ager-travel-to-alaska-by-bike/
Celebrating at Alaska border
Steven Perezluha, 18, and his uncle, Danny Chew, 46, celebrate after reaching the Alaska border.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/08/17/celebrating-at-alaska-border/
Trail biking
- Summit Avenue residents plan new lawsuit over bike lane - Star TribuneSave Our Streets, a group of St. Paul neighbors worried about the bicycle trail plan, are preparing another round of protests.
- Richmond-San Rafael Bridge revised bike path plan submitted - Marin Independent JournalA revised proposal to convert the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge bike path to a part-time feature is under review. Caltrans, which owns the bridge, ...
- Olympia shows a prototype e-bike with the DJI Avinox motor – it's called the Eros, but there ... - MBRTrails · Trail Centres · Trail of the Year · Best overseas mountain bike routes · MBR Merchandise · About Us · Home · News. Olympia shows a prototype ...
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