2011 archive

Route network for Adventure Cycling Association

Can you ride them all?

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/12/07/route-network-for-adventure-cycling-association/

Pioneer Century logo

Portland Wheelmen Touring Club.

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/12/06/pioneer-century-logo/

Bicyclist wants to thank fellow riders who saved his life

The survivor of a life-threatening bicycle crash during a century bike ride in Oregon last summer wants to find and thank the bicyclists and passersby who saved his life.

Jim Phillips, 68, says he's alive today because of the cyclists who stopped on a screaming downhill descent during the Pioneer Century in Clakamas County on June 4 to give him aid.

“… it turns out I was bleeding profusely internally.  Had I laid there, I don't know how long, I would have suffocated had I not gotten out of there,” …

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/12/06/bicyclist-wants-to-thank-fellow-riders-who-saved-his-life/

Some cyclists announced for 2012 Olympic Games in London

With the Yuletide still ahead of us, it might seem a little early to be naming names for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London that roll out July 27 to Aug. 12.

But USA Cycling already has announced the “long teams” for men's and women's mountain biking and women's road race.

The track and BMX will be announced in coming months, and the men's road race team will be decided by competitive results of US cyclists in the bicycle races leading up to the Olympics.

Congratulations to the bicyclists from the Pacific Northwest …

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/12/04/some-cyclists-announced-for-2012-olympic-games-in-london/

Olympic mountain bike course

Members of Great Britain's mountain bike team test ride the new course for the 2012 Olympics.

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/12/04/olympic-mountain-bike-course/

Livestrong host cities announced for 2012

The Livestrong army next year will return to the same three cities it  occupied in 2011 for its charity bike rides to raise money to fight cancer.

The Lance Armstrong Foundation is presenting the Team Livestrong Challenge series in Davis, California, in June and in Philadelphia in August.

The series wraps up in the foundation's hometown of Austin for the 15th annual Ride for the Roses weekend.

Supporters also will be able to raise money for Livestrong at the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic in May and …

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/12/02/livestrong-host-cities-announced-for-2012/

English bicycle touring circa 1963 in Mayberry

An old episode of The Andy Griffith Show unearthed on YouTube (see inside) shows us how bicycle touring hasn't changed that much over the years.

We still use essentially the same gear and learn about different cultures through our travels.

The proper English bicycle tourist of 1963, as portrayed by Hollywood, traveled with much the same gear as you'd find on a touring bike today — bike fenders, bike racks, a luggage system, head gear and cycling clothes.

In this case, however, the front rack supports a wire basket, the rear rack a small suitcase and a pannier that looks like a canvas briefcase. The head gear is a flat cap …

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/12/01/english-bicycle-touring-circa-1963-in-mayberry/

English bicycle tourist

Bernard Fox portrays an English bicyclist in “Andy's English Valet”.

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/12/01/english-bicycle-tourist/

Accommodate bicyclists when installing rumble strips, say Feds

Roadside rumble strips might be helpful to vehicle traffic on the open road, but they can be annoying and dangerous to people riding bicycles.

That's why three bicycling advocacy groups are publicly thanking the Federal Highway Administration for issuing guidelines this month to advise crews to consider bicyclists when installing the strips.

The statement was issued by Adventure Cycling Association, Alliance for Biking and Walking and the League of American Bicyclists.

The three had been seeking changes to road design rules that resulted in rumble strips that had created hazardous conditions for cyclists.

The photo above shows a length of Biking Across Kansas this year where bicyclists …

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/11/29/accommodate-bicyclists-when-installing-rumble-strips-say-feds/

Rumble strips

An example of rumble strips across the shoulder on Route 50 in Kansas.

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/11/29/rumble-strips-2/