Giant Bicycle is recalling 370 mountain bikes because the aluminum frame can crack where the top tube and seatpost meet.
The bike in question is the 2011 Anthem X 29er 1, 2, and 3 models. The competition-level bicycles went on sale in August and sold for between $2,200 and $3,500.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission says that no accident or injuries have been reported, but urges owners to stop using them immediately….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/11/13/giant-recalls-anthem-x-29er-mountain-bikes/
Bicycle City isn't just a state of mind; it's the name of a small community that's set for a ceremonial groundbreaking in December in the countryside near Columbia, South Carolina.
Drawing his inspiration from Mackinac Island, Michigan, where cars have been banned for more than 100 years, Internet entrepreneur Joe Mellett is pushing ahead with his plans for a car-free community.
The Columbian newspaper reports that Mellett will offer home lots for sale and begin building a community center with rooms for rent and a small market early next year on the 160-acre development about 15 miles south of Columbia ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/11/13/bicycle-city-springing-up-in-south-carolina/
Bicycle City, SC
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The Livestrong Foundation is cutting back its Livestrong Challenge Series to three cities in 2011 — Philadelphia, Austin and one in California.
That leaves the Pacific Northwest out of the mix for the first time in six years. Portland hosted an event from 2005 to 2008, and Seattle had the event in 2009 and 2010.
During that time, the six charity bike rides engaged some 11,000 participants to raise funds for the cancer research and survivorship program of the foundation created by Lance Armstrong.
About 1,600 cyclists and runners …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/11/12/2011-livestrong-challenge-bike-ride-cities-named-seattle-not-on-list/
When my pal and I traveled across Missouri on our bicycles, we were struck by the friendliness of the townfolk in Farmington.
Heading west, it was our last pause before heading into the Ozarks. Folks asked if we needed directions, one guy stopped to chat, and the friendly proprietor of a cafe on town square kept our iced tea glasses topped off.
That was 26 years ago, but the folks in Farmington still support the bicyclists passing through town.
The Adventure Cycling Association chose the town of Farmington for the 2010 June Curry Trail Angel Award, named for the always helpful Cookie Lady of Afton, Virginia ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/11/11/adventure-cycling-honors-those-who-helped-traveling-bicyclists-in-2010/
Farmington, Missouri's bicycle hostel.
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Larry Frederick always expresses his gratitude to blood donors:
“Thank you, it was someone like you who saved my life.”
The 60-year-old California cyclist says he wouldn't be alive today if it weren't for people who donate blood.
Rehabilitating his broken body on a stationary bicycle, Frederick became a cycling enthusiast and decided to use his love of bicycling as a way to promote blood donations ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/11/10/california-cyclist-promotes-blood-drives-on-cross-country-bicycle-tours/
“He knew his name was cleared before he left. He wanted to be baptized again, and I thank God he got to do that. He wanted to ride a bicycle and he got to do that. He had been locked up for 32 years.”
Jerry Dixon talking about his wrongly convicted brother to Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Miss.; “Cleared Mississippi man's freedom cut short.”
Bobby Ray Dixon, 53, died this past Sunday of lung and brain cancer, not long after he had been cleared of the rape and murder of a Hattiesburg woman back in 1979. The Innocence Project New Orleans filed a motion to have DNA evidence in the case tested …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/11/10/quote-wrongly-accused-man-dreamed-of-going-for-a-bike-ride/
After receiving 1,000 e-mails and a petition with 9,000 signatures, a Colorado prosecutor is trying to explain his choice of misdemeanor, instead of felony, charges against a hit-and-run driver who seriously injured a bicyclist.
District Attorney Mark Hurlbert and the case of wealthy fund manager Martin Joel Erzinger has become the focus of bicyclists across the country who are increasingly frustrated by the judicial system's apparent leniency toward motorists in crashes with bicyclists.
It's now up to a Colorado judge to accept or reject the plea bargain and determine a sentence, which can include loss of driver's license and one year of jail time ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/11/09/prosecutor-explains-plea-bargain-in-cyclist-hit-and-run/
More than 800 cyclists used their bicycles to go grocery shopping in St. Louis on Sunday to help fill the pantry at Food Outreach for Thanksgiving.
The bicycling food drives in St. Louis, Milwaukee, and Mason City, Iowa, were the earliest Cranksgiving events this year. Others are planned for the next couple of weekends in cities across the US.
In St. Louis, the bicyclists were given a list of items needed by Food Outreach and a map of grocery stores located along a 10- or 25-mile route. The event was free, but buying 5 to 10 items each set the participants back $10 to $20.
The pilgrims at the first Cranksgiving were a bunch of bike messengers in New York City back in 1999. Still going strong, that Cranksgiving — like many of the events — is an Alleycat race ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/11/08/cranksgiving-upcoming-thanksgiving-rides-for-bicyclists/
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