2010 archive
A 45-minute interview with Heinz 
Stücke is now posted online at TravellingTwo website. He talks about where he's been, how bicycle travel has changed over past 40 years, and what he thinks about bike paths.
At 70 years old, Heinz Stücke is still going strong.
The German bike traveler who holds the Guinness Book of World Records title as “most traveled man in history” is swinging by Canada later this year.
The TravellingTwo blog interviewed Stücke recently for a podcast that will be aired soon. They note that after bicycling in northern Canada, he'll begin visiting island-nations to qualify for the Guinness Book record of stepping foot on every country on Earth.
While Stücke just turned 70 on Jan. 11, he's been traveling by bicycle since 1962. He's logged more than 350,000 miles in nearly a 50-year span, mostly on the same bicycle …
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It's early yet, but Andre Greipel looks to be dominating this year's Tour Down Under as he took the mass sprint finish in Stage 2 on Wednesday in Australia — his second win in as many days.
The 27-year-old German is the overall leader in the race and may be looking to repeat his 2008 championship at the Tour Down Under, which ends Sunday.
Greipel appeared to be followed across the line by New Zealand's Greg Henderson (Team Sky) and Australia's Robbie McEwen (Katusha), according to radio reports. RadioShack's Gert Steegmans, who finished in 2nd place in Stage 1, didn't appear to factor in the Stage 2 finish.
Meanwhile, the captain of that RadioShack Team, Lance Armstrong, finished 48th on the stage and 39th overall…..
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/01/20/greipel-repeats-win-in-stage-2-at-tour-down-under/
Bicyclists can raise money for the Haitian disaster relief effort by joining a bike ride across the rolling terrain of southeastern San Diego County on Feb. 13.
The charity bike ride is named “80 for Haiti.” Organizer Chris Kostman notes the 80-mile bike ride mostly follows historic Highway 80. There's minimal traffic, no traffic lights and just a few stop signs.
The entire entry fee of $80, or more if you wish, goes directly to Mercy Corps, a non-profit that's on the ground in the earthquake zone in Port-au-Prince.
Chris is president of AdventureCorps, which is absorbing all the costs; they're looking for co-sponsors to supply food and water. AdventureCorps produces and promotes ultra-endurance and extreme sports events such as the Furnace Creek 508, Death Valley Century and Double, and Mount Laguna Bicycle Classic<.
I asked Chris why he's getting involved in this effort ….
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Part of the loop for the “80 for Haiti” charity bike ride in Southern California on Feb. 6.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/01/19/bicycling-scene-from-historic-us-80/
Germany's Andre Greipel rides for HTC-Columbia.
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Team HTC-Columbia might have had some personnel changes in the off-season, but the US-based team still packs plenty of punch as Andre Greipel won Stage 1 of the Tour Down Under on Tuesday in Australia.
If Columbia is suffering from the notable absence of George Hincapie, who went to BMC Racing, it wasn't evident on the 87-mile route from Clare to Tanunda.
The team took charge of the peloton to reel back a 9-minute margin to a three-man breakaway, then led their man to the front of a bunch sprint.
Gert Steegmans, on Lance Armstrong's Team RadioShack, finished in second place. Armstrong finished in 46th. …
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Good news for Seattle bicycle commuters who combine their bike ride with the bus:
Beginning Feb. 6, bicyclists can load and unload their bikes on all Metro buses at any time. That means for the first time, bicyclists can load and unload their bicycles in the busy downtown core, which has been closed to such activity.
King County Metro says this is a one-year demonstration project to determine whether loading and unloading bikes on the front racks on buses slows down the schedule. They'll evaluate safety and operations at the end of the 12-month period …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/01/18/changes-allow-bike-commuters-to-load-anywhere-in-seattle/
Visit the website for the Seattle-based non-profit that encourages bicycling for youths. Bike Works.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/01/17/bike-works/
Great Britain's Team Sky marked its inaugural race by taking 1st and 2nd places in the Cancer Council Helpline Classic, the precursor to Australia's Tour Down Under that starts Tuesday.
Teammates Greg Henderson and Chris Sutton took 1st and 2nd in the 31-mile criterium around Adelaide, which drew some 100,000 onlookers.
Launching the second year of his comeback, Lance Armstrong took a 20-second lead on the peloton for a couple of laps with four other ridres, including another Tour de France winner, Oscar Pereiro …
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Cyclists on the Stinky Spoke bike ride emerge out of the fog Saturday morning on the Sammamish River Trail. More than 600 rode the fund-raiser for the Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center near Redmond, Washington.
The 16-mile round trip started and ended at the Red Hook Brewery in Woodinville. While the riders started in the fog, the weather cleared after they left the paved Sammamish River Trail. The route took the mountain bikers along a dirt powerline trail and then home on the hilly Tolt Pipeline Trail. ….
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