2009 archive
Bicycle advocacy attorney Bob Mionske is bringing an end to his long-running “Legally Speaking” column that has appeared in print and online at VeloNews for many years.
A former bicycle racer and now a bicycling rights attorney in Portland, Mionske's columns regularly reported on legal and judicial shortcomings that created a second-class stature for cyclists versus motorists in the eyes of the law.
In his last column at VeloNews, Mionske looked at the high and low points of bicycle law and how the future looks for bicyclists. I'll touch on the points here, but it's worth your time to check them out in depth at his last Legally Speaking column:
More cyclists on the road — Bicycling is soaring in popularity. Not only are more weekend warriors getting out for rides …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/02/07/parting-words-from-bob-mionske-at-legally-speaking/
Bob Mionske gives up his column at VeloNews. Continues writing BicycleLaw website and BicycleLaw blog.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/02/07/bob-mionske/
The Versus cable network is broadcasting two-hour live coverage daily of the 2009 Amgen Tour of California through the end of the bicycle race next Sunday.
Cycling commentators Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen will provide coverage as Lance Armstrong to the peloton on US soil.
Also check out the Amgen Tour of California's Tour Tracker for video streaming during the race …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/02/07/watching-amgen-tour-of-california-on-versus/
The Alki Rubicon bicycle racing club is inviting anyone and everyone who knew Kevin Black to participate in a memorial bicycle ride and potluck gathering at Golden Gardens park on Sunday.
Kevin died on Wednesday in a collision with a van in Ballard. He was an avid cyclist who belonged to the Alki Rubicon Racing club and worked as a molecular neurobiologist for the UW Department of Physiology and Biophysics.
The following details are posted at the Alki Rubicon website …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/02/06/seattle-services-and-memorial-bike-ride-for-fallen-cyclist-kevin-black/
If you've ever traveled by bicycle, you'll know that while some motels or campgrounds encourage or at least tolerate cyclo-tourists, others are reluctant to take us in.
My touring buddy and I have been turned away from a campground in Colorado (“We don't allow tents,” the owner sniffed) and interrogated by the manager of a rooming house in Kentucky before we were able to stay.
To make it easier for bicyclists to find lodging on their trips, a bicycle advocacy group has launched Bed and Bike America that lists bike-friendly hotels, motels and campgrounds that cater to bicyclists.
The project is just on the ground floor, with just five hotels signed up in the US — Arizona, California, Missouri, Wisconsin, and 1 in Ontario. Let's hope this thing gets going, and I'm sure it will. There are dozens of B&Bs and hostels that have popped up along popular rail-trails and bicycle-touring routes …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/02/06/new-website-lists-lodgings-that-cater-to-bicycle-tourists/
I'm happy to announce that BikingBis.com will host an interview with author David Rowe about his newly released eBook, The Ride of Your Life, on Feb 12.
The Ride of Your Life is a book for sport-recreational cyclists who want to increase their mileage and their enjoyment of events of 100 miles or more. I reviewed it last week.
There are two ways to win free copies of the ebook (it sells for $19.95). If you send in a question to David for the Q&A, you'll be eligible for one of five eBooks that will be given away. Also, if a story you write about an inspirational bicycling experience is chosen for an upcoming book, you'll also receive a free copy of the book …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/02/05/two-ways-to-win-free-copies-of-the-ride-of-your-life-ebook/
Seattle news outlets are reporting that the cyclist in Wednesday morning's collision with a van in Ballard has died.
The 39-year-old man, identified as Kevin Black, was taken to Harborview Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. The collision occurred shortly before 9 a.m. near the intersection of 24th Avenue NW and NW 65th Street.
Police told the Seattle Times that the cyclist was heading downhill on 24th when he moved into the two-way left-turn lane to pass a van. When the van entered the left-turn lane the bicycle went under it.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer profiles Black in a story that has quotes from coworkers and friends who gathered at the intersection last night. A molecular neurobiologist for the UW Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Black leaves behind two daughters. He was an avid cyclist who belonged to Alki Rubicon Racing Team …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/02/05/cyclist-dies-in-collision-with-van-in-ballard-updated/
Mavic USA is recalling 12,000 R-SYS front wheels that were sold as original equipment on road bicycles or sold separately during a 19-month period ending in December.
The company says that the carbon tubular spokes on the front wheels can break, causing a crash and fall hazard. Mavic received one report of a fall.
Mavic and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission are urging bicyclists to stop using the wheels immediately.
Free, upgraded R-SYS replacement wheels will be available beginning March 31. To make things right, R-SYS owners can turn in their recalled wheels immediately and receive a Aksium wheel for immediate use that they can keep after the R-SYS are delivered …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/02/04/mavic-recalls-12000-r-sys-front-wheel-rims/
Mavic recalled 12,000 R-SYS wheel rims. Check Consumer Product Safety Commission for more details.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/02/04/mavic-recalls-wheels/
If you have some old bicycle parts in your garage, and who doesn't, now you can put them to use if you have an artistic bent.
Spartanburg, South Carolina, is seeking applications from artists to make outdoor sculptures made from a substantial amount of recycled bicycle parts.
The sculptures will be part of Artcycle, which helps celebrate the Spartanburg Creative Energy campaign in May.
The sculptures don't necessarily have to be made wholly from bicycles, like this piece hanging in the Washington DC Convention Center a few years ago …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/02/04/wanted-artists-to-create-recycled-bicycle-parts-sculptures-in-spartanburg/
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