2011 archive
A Kitsap County, Washington, judge has revoked the community service of a motorist who struck and killed a bicyclist in 2009 and re-sentenced her to jail time, which she'll most likely serve in home confinement.
In a case that angered bicycle rights advocates, the motorist was charged and sentenced only for driving with a suspended license. Prosecutors say their hands are tied in cases where intoxication, recklessness, or gross negligence is not a factor.
A vulnerable user bill that stalled in the Washington state legislature last year would have created penalties in cases where negligent driving causes injury or death of a pedestrian or bicyclist. That bill is the Cascade Bicycle Club's top priority in 2011. A hearing is scheduled at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21, in Olympia …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/17/judge-re-sentences-motorist-in-bicyclists-death-case/
If Mark Cavendish can't get to the front to win a final sprint for the HTC-Columbia pro cycling team, he has teammates who are willing and able to take the honors.
That was proven Sunday at the Cancer Council Helpline Classic, a circuit race in Adelaide that serves as the preview for the Santos Tour Down Under that starts in earnest on Tuesday.
While Cavendish and a few others were slowed by a crash in the last of the 30-lap bicycle race, Aussie teammates Matthew Goss and Mark Renshaw finished 1st and 2nd in the sprint, followed by Robbie McEwen, another Australian who moved over to the RadioShack team this year ….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/17/htc-columbia-cyclist-but-not-cavendish-wins-adelaide-classic/
In an open letter to the Cascade Bicycle Club's membership, seven members of the Board of Directors said they will offer their resignations after a newly elected board is in place.
The letter, posted to the Cascade blog on Friday afternoon, also urges members to help find qualified leaders within the club to run for the newly expanded Board of Directors in the upcoming election in March.
The board also said it has postponed any changes to the club's bylaws or the search for a new executive director until after the new directors are seated ….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/16/more-changes-from-cascade-bicycle-club-leadership/
The U.S. Postal Service supplied slightly more than 60% of the annual budget of the pro cycling team led by Lance Armstrong from 2001 to 2004.
The $32 million sum — including $6.1 million in 2001; $7.61 million in 2002; $8.23 million in 2003; and $8.66 million in 2004, plus a total of $400,000 for a junior program — was revealed in documents released to ESPN.com under a freedom of information request. …
Meanwhile, the AP received studies commissioned by the US Postal Service that valued its sponsorship of the team during those years was at least triple the amount it invested …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/15/documents-reveal-postal-service-deal-with-cycling-team/
“Unfortunately it takes something bad like this to happen to learn that you can’t be doing this. It was just a very tragic accident, that’s the bottom-line.”
Madison County (NY) Undersheriff John Ball talking about the conditions Thursday evening when a bicyclist was struck from behind and killed by a motorist. Reported by Utica Observer-Dispatch, Jan. 14, 2011.
The bicyclist, Harold Closson, 50, was riding his bicycle down the road at about 5:40 p.m. Thursday when he was struck by a 22-year-old driving a truck …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/15/bicycle-quote-official-discourages-winter-bicycling/
Reviewing my bicycle calendar listings, it occurred to me that the naming of bicycle rides for the Pacific Northwest winter season is definitely a case of truth in advertising.
There's no glossing over the weather, which is wet and cold this time of year. That's why the name of so many bike rides embraces the misery and folly of riding into the rain. If you're going to be cold and wet, make the most of it.
The first such ride that comes to mind is Saturday's Stinky Spoke – Stinky Weather Poker Run in Woodinville. What a great name for a ride along some wet, muddy trails. Pictured above are some cyclists emerging from the fog last year on the Sammamish River Trail; below is a typical bike after the ride…..
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/14/the-name-is-the-game-for-winter-bike-rides-in-pacific-northwest/
Skimming across some headlines this morning, I was struck by some well-intentioned but ill-informed bicycle-related bills showing up in state capitals this year.
While legislators in some states are proposing bills to protect cyclists and other vulnerable road users, lawmakers elsewhere are proposing bills that would stifle the use of bicycles for transportation and recreation. (One was so poorly crafted that it already has been withdrawn.)
Here are two examples where a phone call to a local bicycle advocacy group may have helped the lawmaker rethink some preconceived notions before filing:
Oregon — Rep. Mitch Greenlick (D-Portland) has submitted HB-2228, which prohibits putting children age 6 or younger in bicycle trailers or on the backs of bicycles…
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/13/2011-bicycling-bills-the-good-bad-and-ugly/
“We revolutionised the way people train, the way they build morale in the team, the way they preview the courses, the way they race, the way they sell the sport, the way they tell that story around the world.
''I leave knowing that I did my best, and I don't need somebody to give me a plaque or give me a statue, it has been very good to me.''
— Lance Armstrong speaking at a press conference …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/13/quote-armstrong-the-cycling-revolutionary/
Peter Yates died on Sunday. You might not know the name, but you'll recognize the name of one of the movies he directed — “Breaking Away.”
Although it's considered a bicycling or sports movie, I think most people like it for the other theme that runs through it, that of growing up.
It's certainly my favorite movie, as much for the cycling scenes as the interactions between the friends facing their first year after high school with their whole lives in front of them. It's a time the characters Dave (Dennis Christopher), Mike (Dennis Quaid), Cyril (Daniel Stern) and Moocher (Jackie Earle Haley) would probably never forget …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/12/the-bicycle-movie-that-broke-away-from-the-pack/
The fight to reopen the streets of Black Hawk, Colorado, to bicycles is going to make it to the State House this year.
A state legislator told the Bicycle Colorado advocacy group that he will introduce a bill entitled the “Open Roads Act” when the General Assembly opens for business next week.
The bill would allow local authorities to prohibit bicycling on some streets only in limited cases and only if a nearby alternative route is designated …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/12/proposed-bill-would-restrict-bicycle-bans-in-colorado-cities/
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