2010 archive
Robert Hess is looking for a few good men — 8 to be exact — who have had prostate cancer and have the strength and stamina to ride their bicycles across the US at a torrid pace.
Hess, founder of the Prostate Cancer Awareness Project, wants to draw attention to the disease that strikes one out of six men by putting a relay cycling team in the 2012 Race Across America.
RAAM, celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2011, is the world's most demanding endurance bike race. It is known for those sleep-deprived solo cyclists who spin more than 3,000 miles from coast to coast in one continuous ride. Their only break is the occasional roadside nap in a support vehicle …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/12/08/prostate-cancer-group-fielding-team-for-2012-raam-bike-race/
My town of Bellevue, Washington, experienced a substantial increase in the number of bicyclists tallied in its second annual Pedestrian and Bicycle Count this fall.
Although I'd like to report that this points to a growing trend in bicycle commuting, it's probably due to the sunny, albeit cold, weather on Oct. 5, 2010, compared to the blustery, rainy weather on Sept. 29, 2009.
In other words, more people ride their bikes in good weather than bad weather.
Even so, I think it bears reminding the elected officials that bicyclists were counted 600 times at 13 counting stations in the evening …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/12/07/bicycle-count-reveals-one-year-increase-in-bellevue-wa/
Bike traveler Mark Beaumont, who at one time held the Guinness World Record for circumnavigating the globe by bicycle in the shortest time, has been honored as the country's Top Scot.
After that record-breaking self-supported bike tour in 2008, the 27-year-old become widely known throughout the British Isles this year on BBC for the “Cycling the Americas” website and documentary that chronicled his bike trip from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego.
The public voted on the “Top Scot” through The Scotsman newspaper; Glenfiddich Single Malt Whiskey sponsored the competition.
The contest honors the Scot who has had the greatest impact in furthering Scotland's reputation ….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/12/06/world-bicycle-traveler-named-top-scot/
“When we reached the scene, however, we saw that we were talking about a massacre. They were all people we knew personally which made it even more painful.”
Those are the words of the Silvio Rocco, a member of Italy's White Cross and one of the first responders to the scene of a crash that claimed the lives of 8 cyclists. They had been out for a Sunday morning club ride near their home in the boot of Italy.
A motorist whose driver's license had been revoked for dangerous driving ran head-on into the group of riders. Six were dead at the scene …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/12/06/8-cyclists-die-in-horrific-crash-with-wrong-way-driver/
Car runs head-on into group of cyclists in Italy
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/12/06/8-cyclists-killed/
Is it art or the byproduct of a training ride on a stationary bicycle?
Joseph L. Griffiths would argue that it's definitely art.
The Australian artist created the pedal-powered drawing machine in Melbourne as part of his mission to examine the relationship between man and machine.
In this case, the bicycle is outfitted with pulleys, belts and wheels to enable the operator to create crayon drawings on a wall. If the person works up a sweat while creating, then it's all the better.
The drawing machine was unveiled last year ….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/12/04/artist-creates-pedal-powered-drawing-machine/
Creates art while you ride.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/12/04/bicycle-spirograph/
With only a “chance” of rain this weekend, you might enjoy loading a container with bicycles on Saturday and a mustache bike ride this Sunday. Both are free.
The Village Bicycle Project is loading a shipping container headed to Ghana beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday at Total Reclaim, 1915 South Corgiat Drive. Here are the directions to the loading event.
For all of you who let your whiskers grow under your nose for Movember, Go Means Go is sponsoring a Free Mustache Ride on Sunday …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/12/03/seattle-weekend-recycling-bikes-and-mustache-bike-ride/
Update: Dec. 3, 2010 — The documentary about four Americans and a Chinese guide who take a 1,000-mile bike tour across China is available for free online viewing through Jan. 2.
The 1-1/2-hour film, “Man Zou: Beijing to Shanghai,” made its television premier Thursday night on Seattle's local PBS outlet, KCTS (Channel 9).
Watching the broadcast, I was reminded time and again how bicycle travel is the best way to learn about an area and its people.
The four Americans saw first-hand the contrasts of big-city wealth and rural poverty in the country. They also experienced the side effects of a growing economy …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/12/03/update-watch-man-zou-beijing-to-shanghai-bicycle-tour-film-for-free/
The Pittsburgh Dirty Dozen bicycle ride speaks to many, and it says “Granny Gears.”
The annual bike ride takes place the day after Thanksgiving and tackles 13 of the steepest climbs in the city over a 50-mile course.
While many of the slopes are rated at a 25% grade, the steepest is the cobblestoned Canton Avenue. It's only a tenth of a mile long, but it rises at a 37% grade in that distance.
Aren't you sorry that you missed that? Now you can see all the pain and suffering of cyclists struggling uphill in a newly released DVD entitled “Pittsburgh Dirty Dozen.” …..
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/12/02/the-pain-of-the-climb-in-pittburghs-dirty-dozen-bike-ride/
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