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Post-and-ring bicycle stand in Toronto after 2X4 treatment
Someone did a job on this post and ride bicycle stand in Toronto, simply breaking off the ring with a piece of wood and removing the bike.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/08/15/post-and-ring-bicycle-stand-in-toronto-after-2x4-treatment/
Finish line for Phonak cycling team; Floyd Landis responds
It's all over for the bicycle racing team sponsored by Phonak.
Owner Andy Rihs is disbanding the team after Phonak earlier decided to pull its sponsorship at the end of the year and iShares decided not to pick up the ball, as earlier agreed.
Rihs, unable to find a sponsor, said the doping scandal surrounding former team member Floyd Landis led to his decision. “For this reason, today I see myself forced to do something I have never done in my whole life as a businessman: I have given up!” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/08/15/finish-line-for-phonak-cycling-team-floyd-landis-responds/
Why don't bikes tip over?
After all these years and thousands of miles in the saddle, I can now give an authoritative answer to the question: What keeps a moving bicycle from falling over?
It's all about physics. That's what Deborah Byrd and Joel Block tell us from the Earth & Sky radio show heard over many National Public Radio stations.
They explain that spinning bicycle wheels have a “special property” called angular momentum. Physics demands that angular momentum be maintained unless its acted upon by an exterior force. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/08/15/why-dont-bikes-tip-over/
Bike and trailer maker Burley no longer a co-op
The Eugene, Oregon, company that makes those distinctive kiddie trailers — as well as bicycles and other cycling equipment — is no longer a worker-owned cooperative.
Burley Design Cooperative is now Burley Design Inc., a privately held corporation. The change is a “last ditch attempt to save Burley,” according to a letter from the board of directors …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/08/14/bike-and-trailer-maker-burley-no-longer-a-co-op/
The Burley Bee bike trailer
One of the many designs of bike trailers available from Eugene, Oregon-based Burley Design.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/08/14/the-burley-bee-bike-trailer/
Florida cyclist wins “Race to Replace”
Could amateur cyclist AJ Smith be the next Lance Armstrong?
'>Could amateur cyclist AJ Smith be the next Lance Armstrong?
Who knows, but the bicycle racer from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, did win the “Race to Replace” contest Saturday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway sponsored by the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/08/12/florida-cyclist-wins-race-to-replace/
Race to Replace
Amateur cyclists compete at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Aug. 12 in the Race to Replace..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/08/12/race-to-replace/
Bicycle quote: Armstrong's advice to Landis
“And the more you get out there and talk about it, I have to talk about it. The best is just to let the process play out and get out of the media. … I would have encouraged him just to lay low. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/08/12/bicycle-quote-armstrongs-advice-to-landis/
70-year-old's cross-country bike trip ends at Lincoln Memorial
Bill Cook's cross-country bicycle adventure ended in Washington, D.C., this week.
The 70-year-old retired journalist's 3,248-mile recumbent bike tour ended 49 days after it started in Seattle, where he left with a supported tour organized by the Adventure Cycling Association. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/08/12/70-year-olds-cross-country-bike-trip-ends-at-lincoln-memorial/
Another tragedy on cross-country bike tour
A Tacoma, Washington, couple's ride of a lifetime ended on a rural road in north-central Wisconsin earlier this week when Bob Burton, 55, was struck by a car as he rode his touring bike.
His wife, Anita, who had ridden ahead a little while before the collision, said:
“It was an instant thing. We had a beautiful road. Two feet (of shoulder) and then the white line. The person who hit him did not see him.” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/08/11/another-tragedy-on-cross-country-bike-tour/
Trail biking
- Orlando could build the 'O-Line', a Euro-style bike trail from downtown through SoDoEarly renderings show a two-way bike trail closest to the train tracks separated by a fence from the tracks, with greenery separating the bike path ...
- Denver's overlooked backyard mountain town offers some of Colorado's best fall bikingIn a state of superlatives, Winter Park and surrounding Grand County, Colorado, stand out: 1,800 miles of trails, one national park, ...
- Strawberry Hill Bike Park opens for use on Bainbridge Island WA - Kitsap SunA community project that involved land donation, fundraising and volunteer work culminated Sept. 13 with an opening of the new trail network.
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