2011 archive
Don't believe everything you read, especially if you're relying on GPS maps in the desert.
The Sacramento Bee has a fascinating story about what one wilderness coordinator in Death Valley calls “death by GPS.” It involves people heading off into the desert with the latest technology and finding themselves directed down roads unsuitable for most cars.
The story doesn't mention bicyclists getting lost and dying in the desert on bad roads; I hope it's because we have the sense to carry enough water and to confirm the suitability of our routes ahead of time ….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/02/02/technology-leading-travelers-astray-in-the-desert/
Legislative bills requiring motorists to give bicyclists and pedestrians at least 3 feet of space when passing were rejected in Wyoming and North Dakota in the past week.
Currently, there are 16 states that require a safe-passing distance of 3 feet.
The North Dakota Senate rejected the bill by a vote of 17-29. Opponents doubted there could be “consistent and meaningful” enforement of the law, according to the Grand Forks Herald. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/02/01/3-foot-passing-bill-roundup-rejected-in-wy-and-nd/
What's one of the best ways to get business and government leaders to support bicycling? Convince them that bicycling brings dollars into their communities.
The Bikes Belong Foundation realizes this and is launching a $40,000 fund this year that pays for research into the economic benefits of bicycle infrastructure and events.
Research over the years has shown that community investment in bicycling has huge dividends. Some of these findings were summarized in a slideshow — “The Economic Benefits of Bicycling” — that the Adventure Cycling Association presented to the South Dakota Bike Summit last week ….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/31/convincing-communities-that-bicycling-makes-dollars-and-sense/
http://www.slideshare.net/jocelynbergh/economic-benefits-of-bicycling
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/31/adventure-cycling-and-benefits-of-bicycling/
Countless times we read about a bicyclist injured in a collision with a car, consider it a blessing the person wasn't killed, then never give it another thought.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, however, published a thought-provoking story this weekend about the suffering and rehabilitation facing a young woman, Alison Delgado, who nearly died after she was hit by a car in October.
What makes the story so inspirational is how Alison, and her husband, Tim, [that's them at left] have faced the hardships together. What makes it so moving is that Tim was the physician on the med-evac helicopter called in to transport from one hospital to another the unidentified bike crash victim, who he soon discovered to be his wife. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/31/ohio-womans-inspirational-recovery-from-bike-collision/
Couple of a trip to the mountains before she was struck by a car while riding her bicycle in Cincinnati.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/31/tim-and-alison-delgado/
http://www.facebook.com/RAGBRAI/posts/190604400967694
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/30/host-cities-for-ragbrai/
Host cities for 2011 RAGBRAI locater map.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/30/2011-ragbrai-host-cities/
Bicyclists who plan to take off across Iowa and Kansas this summer now know where they'll be staying as the routes for those across-state bicycle rides were announced on Saturday.
The announcement is especially huge for the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) because businesses and charities in the small towns stand to make a million or more dollars off the 10,000 cyclists and other visitors who spend the night.
The host cities were revealed at an announcement party in Des Moines Saturday night. The 39th annual RAGBRAI will roll out for 454 miles from July 24-30 on a west to east route through the following host cities:…
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/29/2011-ragbrai-and-biking-across-kansas-host-cities-announced/
475 miles in 2011… http://www.bak.org/2011/route11.html
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/29/biking-across-kansas-route/
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