2011 archive
My son is heading to China for his fall semester and I stumbled across some information about getting around by bicycle in Beijing in his student handbook.
The book says bikes are still very useful for going short distances in the cities. They're not expensive and “if you plan to stay for more than a semester, it may be wise to invest in one.”
That's apparently what a person who is selling her bike at TheBeijinger.com did. That bike is selling for 350 yuan, about $50-$55. It comes with that sweet front basket decorated with the butterfly, above …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/08/15/where-your-bike-lock-might-be-worth-more-than-the-bicycle/
The Colombians went on the attack once again in the final stage of the 2011 Tour of Utah on Sunday but they couldn't unseat Team RadioShack's Levi Leipheimer.
The defending champion hung on to win his second Tour of Utah on a stage that boasted some 12,000 feet of elevation gain over 106 miles to the summit of the Snowmass Ski Resort …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/08/15/repeat-championship-for-leipheimer-at-tour-of-utah/
Crossing mountain passes by bicycle always gives me a lot of satisfaction, but I get the most thrill from bicycling on rolling rural roads.
I enjoy using my big gear to power downhill and gain enough momentum to help me up the next rise. At the top a view of the landscape unfolds in front of me before I dive into the next tight valley.
Some of the best rolling terrain I've ever ridden is in the Palouse region of southeastern Washington, above.
This is a wheat and legume-growing area encompassing hundreds of square miles of silt dunes created during the last Ice Age. Farm roads wind around these humps and hallows …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/08/14/the-joy-of-bicycling-washingtons-palouse-region/
Levi Leipheimer maintained his lead at the Tour of Utah on Saturday in spite of a breakaway that threatened to put one of his rivals into striking distance of the yellow jersey.
Meanwhile, Colombian cyclist Javier Acevedo attacked the breakaway to win Stage 4, an 82-mile circuit race around Salt Lake City.
Acevedo is a member of the Gobernacion De Antioquia-Indeportes Antio, a Colombian cycling team that has two wins at the Tour and held the overall race lead until Friday …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/08/13/colombian-wins-stage-4-leipheimer-still-leads-tour-of-utah/
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No Lance and no Levi at the Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race on Saturday, and no record for the men.
Durango's Todd Wells won the high-altitude mountain bike race on the legendary course in the Rocky Mountains with the second fastest time on record of 6 hours, 23 minutes.
That's about 7 minutes slower than the course record set by Levi Leipheimer in 2010. Leipheimer, who is racing this week at the Tour of Utah, in turn had beaten the previous record set by Lance Armstrong ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/08/13/colorado-cyclist-wins-leadville-100-mountain-bike-race/
Butterfly emblem on a front bike basket
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Defending champion Levi Leipheimer took the yellow jersey at the Tour of Utah on Friday as he scorched the 9-mile individual time trial course at the Miller Motorsports Park.
His time was bested by only one other cyclist, Tejay Van Garderen, a native of Tacoma, Washington, and member of the HTC-HighRoad pro cycling team.
In spite of winning the prologue and surviving in the overall lead for the first two stages, Colombia's Sergio Henao (Gobernacion De Antioquia-Indeportes Antio) fell off the pace in the ITT …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/08/13/leipheimer-back-in-drivers-seat-at-tour-of-utah-bike-race/
Press release Aug. 11 — Jack Bauer (NZL) of Endura Racing sprinted to his first win on American soil with a big push in the final 500 meters at Stage Two presented by Adobe at the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah.
In a photo finish, Elia Viviani (ITA) of Liquigas-Cannondale came away with second in today’s (Thursday's) exciting finish and American Jake Keough of United Healthcare Pro Cycling placed third.
The winners rode the 99.2-mile (159.6 km) rolling course around Utah Lake in 3 hours and 33 minutes, averaging 27.8 miles per hour. For the third day of the six-day stage race, Colombian Sergio Henao of Gobernacion Indeportes Antioquia continues to lead the General Classification. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/08/12/new-zealander-wins-stage-2-at-tour-of-utah/
Press release, Aug. 10 — American Jesse Anthony of Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth chased down an early breakaway and won today’s (Wednesday's) Stage One presented by Miller Lite at the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah. Taking second and retaining the overall general classficiation (G.C.) lead was Sergio Henao (COL) of Gobernacion Indeportes Antioquia. Spaniard Oscar Sevilla of Gobernacion Indeportes Antioquia was third and 2010 Tour of Utah champion Levi Leipheimer (USA) of Team RadioShack was a close fourth overall …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/08/12/us-cyclist-wins-stage-1-at-tour-of-utah/
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