2011 archive

Trek WSD

One of 16 models of Trek bicycles that were recalled to correct a bolt.

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/10/28/trek-wsd/

It’s a bike; it’s a sperm; it’s Sperm Bank Bike

Urban cargo bikes come in all shapes and sizes, but this is certainly a first as it looks all the world like a giant sperm.

That's intentional. The bike pictured here carries frozen sperm from the European Sperm Bank in Copenhagen to fertility clinics around town.

And now Seattle has it's own version of the sperm bank bike that makes deliveries from European Sperm Bank's Seattle lab north of University of Washington to fertility clinics on First Hill …

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/10/27/its-a-bike-its-a-sperm-its-sperm-bank-bike/

Sperm bank bike

Utility bike carries donations. Sperm bike in Seattle.

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/10/27/sperm-bank-bike/

Cascade Bicycle Club announces major 2012 rides and events; new registration policies

A bicycle club's plot to get people off their butts and onto their bike saddles next year became clear as the Cascade Bicycle Club announced its slate of rides and events for 2012.

To avoid a repeat of this year's online server meltdown at registration time, Cascade is instituting a lottery for RSVP and RSVP2 (Ride from Seattle to Vancouver and Party) and staggered registration for other rides.

That should make club members, as well as their employers, happy. People waited online 2 to 4 hours on registration day only to be kicked out of the system. Cascade says it doesn't want a repeat of that experience …

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/10/26/cascade-bicycle-club-announces-major-2012-rides-and-events-new-registration-policies/

BC cyclist challenges around-the-world record on recumbent

Chance encounter with kangaroo nearly derails attempt

A recumbent cyclist from British Columbia is submitting paperwork soon to document his bid as the new Guinness around-the-world record-holder.

Bruce Gordon completed the bicycle trip on Sept. 23 in 153 days, 10 days faster than current record-holder Vin Cox of Great Britain.

If Guinness World Records accepts his submission, Bruce points out that he'll establish a number of firsts among the small group of globe-girdling record holders:

He'll be the first to break the record on a recumbent; the first to break the record going in a East-to-West direction; and, at 48 years old when he started, he'll …

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/10/24/bc-cyclist-challenges-around-the-world-record-on-recumbent/

Globe Bent tour route

Bruce Gordon's around the world route

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/10/24/globe-bent-tour-route/

Bruce Gordon

Attempts around-the-world bicycling record on a recumbent. More at GlobeBent.org.

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/10/24/bruce-gordon/

Bicycle stolen from Canadian on around-the-world tour

A Vancouver, BC, man nearing the end of a globe-girdling bicycle tour to raise funds and awareness about mental illness lost his bicycle to an opportunistic thief on Thursday.

Michael Schratter had bicycled through 32 countries since August 2010, covering more than 22,000 miles, only to lose his bike in his home province of British Columbia.

“Maybe the person who took it doesn't realize it wasn't just abandoned. I suspect that person doesn't know it's a key piece of this journey to help people with mental illness …

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/10/23/bicycle-stolen-from-canadian-on-around-the-world-tour/

Michael Schratter

Around-the-world bicyclist Michael Scratter riding his stolen bicycle. Ride Don't Hide

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/10/23/michael-schratter/

Cycling community rallies to help injured German bicycle traveler

Bicycle tourist Michael Sprick (red jacket at left) doesn't know it, but he's getting widespread support from fellow bicyclists as he battles for his life in a Virginia hospital bed.

The 40-year-old was on a 10-week bicycling ramble down the East Coast on Oct. 8 when he was struck from behind by the driver of a bread truck that swerved off the road.

Today, Sprick is still in a coma and on life support at the Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. A chance meeting earlier in his tour at a West Virginia bike store has brought together dozens of bicyclists who are lending support to him and his family through the ordeal.

They're offering help at the Friends of Michael P. Sprick page on Facebook.

“It's kind of like a community, when you travel …

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/10/21/cycling-community-rallies-to-help-injured-german-bicycle-traveler/