PRESS RELEASE — Colombian Sergio Henao of Gobernacion Indeportes Antioquia was the fastest man at Utah Olympic Park with a time of 4:04 minutes in today’s (Tuesday's) Prologue presented by KJZZ TV and 1320 KFAN at the 2011 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah.
Climbing to 7,275 feet of elevation on the 1.3-miles (2.1kilometer) course adjacent to the world-class bobsled track, Henao bested 117 other riders in the first day of the six-day professional cycling event ….
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Some 350 bicyclists are rolling across the Potato State this week as Ride Idaho 2011 explores the scenic byways in the central part of the state.
The cyclists who come from 31 states and Canada departed for Stanley on Friday morning after spending two nights in Hailey and the Wood River Valley.
The Idaho bike tour offered Hailey a lesson in bicycle tourism economics. The Times-News reported that tour organizers bought $12,000 worth of “chamber bucks,” enabling each rider to spend the equivalent of $25 in local stores. Ride Idaho also donated bicycle racks to the rodeo and ice arena and some playground equipment.
And, as it was a layover day on a week of 70-mile rides, some participants took advantage of a local whitewater rafting trip ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/08/12/ride-idaho-bike-tour-boosts-small-town-economies-ride-around-washington-is-coming-up/
Route for 2011 Ride Idaho bicycle tour
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In a month, many Americans will be converging on Ground Zero to remember the thousands who died in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center 10 years ago on Sept. 11, 2001.
Some of them will be on bicycles. Several groups are riding their bikes to raise money for first responders on 9-11 or the veterans and their families of the ensuing wars. [The two firefighters at left are members of the Bay to Brooklyn Ride.]
In fact, at least three cross-country bicycle tours are already making their way to New York City. Others will either arrive or depart from Ground Zero.
Why ride bicycles to commemorate the tragedy? Long-distance bicycle tours get people's attention, and it's easy to start conversations with folks along the way. These rides also draw attention to a cause from the media.
Jorge Ostrovsky, 54, a firefighter from the Los Angeles area on the Ride for 9-11 …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/08/10/cyclists-rolling-out-on-bike-rides-to-commemorate-9-11/
Santa Clara firefighters remember 9-11 with cross-country bike ride.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/08/10/bay-to-brooklyn-cyclists/
With the Tour de France still fresh in their minds, if not their legs, some well-known American cyclists will be competing at the six-day Tour of Utah bike race this week.
Defending champion Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack) will be at the start for the Prologue in Park City on Tuesday, as will Tom Danielson (Garmin Cervelo), at 9th the highest placed finisher from the US at this year's Tour de France.
Others include Danielson's teammates Dave Zabriskie and Christian Vande Velde, as well as George Hincapie (BMC Racing).
One of the biggest absences will be Chris Horner (RadioShack), who crashed ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/08/08/tour-of-utah-bike-race-rolls-out-tuesday-how-to-follow-the-action/
Runs Aug. 9-14 in the Salt Lake City area.
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In Air and Space Museum in Washington DC
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Here's an interesting connection to ponder the next time you remove your bicycle pedals to box up your bike for air travel:
Either you already know or you'll soon learn that while the pedal on the right side is threaded normally, the pedal on the left side is threaded in reverse with left-hand threads.
So turning the right-side pedal bolt in a counter-clockwise motion will loosen it, but doing the same on the left side will further tighten it.
This wasn't done to confuse and confound home bike mechanics …..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/08/08/the-wrong-way-and-wright-way-to-unscrew-bicycle-pedals/
One of five existing Wright Brothers bicycles is in the Air and Space Museum in Washington DC.
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Trail biking Rails to Trails Conservancy
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