If Kryptonite ever improves on its “New York Fehgettaboudit” bicycle lock, they might want to rename it the “Igor Kenk.”
That's because Igor Kenk is the unofficial world champion bicycle thief — not an achievement that's going to win him a spot on a box of Wheaties.
The 49-year-old Toronto bike shop owner was last credited with possessing 2,865 stolen bicycles. They were at his shop, his home and 10 garages he rented around Toronto ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/08/27/torontos-notorious-bicycle-thief/
A 1952-vintage Schwinn bicycle that carried Donald Deer and his family all around Evansville for a half-century was stolen from outside a McDonald's recently.
While that Schwinn might be a museum piece for some, it was just a way to get around town for Deer, 64.
The local newspaper tells how Deer won the bicycle as a fourth grader by penning the winning fire safety slogan (Fire prevention week is OK, but let's make it a practice every day)…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/05/02/stolen-bike-carries-56-years-of-memories/
Could General Motors be going green?
BikeBiz.com reports early Tuesday morning UK-time that the world's biggest carmaker is buying California-based Specialized Bicycles.
Maybe GM sees the writing on the wall; one day there won't be any more oil to put in its cars. GM's Flora Lopi, VP for environment, energy and safety policy attributes it to GM being in the forefront of developing new transportation choices with limited impact on the environment.
See the San Jose Business Journal for the full story. Be sure to check out the “Related News” on the SJBJ website for the latest developments to this story of interest to all bicyclists; and definitely check out Quickrelease.tv. Seriously. Check it out …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/04/01/gm-buying-specialized-bicycle-company/
All the obituaries for Richard Widmark, 93, talk about his roles as a villain in films, but I remember him mainly as Jim Bowie in “The Alamo” in 1960.
What I didn't know is that the Minnesota-born actor became interested in acting while giving lectures after a bicycle tour he made through Nazi Germany.
Apparently Widmark went on his bike tour of Deutschland in the early 1930s. He was unsuccessful in his attempts to visit a camp for political prisoners named Dachau, which later became one of Hitler's infamous extermination camps. However, he did sneak into a youth camp …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/03/27/bike-tour-led-to-acting-career-for-richard-widmark/
Some pretty famous sports figures have been celebrated as bobblehead dolls. I don't know of any cyclists who have been honored this way except for Italy's Fausto Coppi.
Now there's another.
The Wheeling Nailers hockey team is honoring “Moon Dog,” a local character who's known for riding his flag-festooned bicycle around town and appearing in local parades.
The first 2,500 fans who go to see the “AA” Wheeling, West Virginia, affiliate of the Flyers and Penguins play on March 22 will get their very own Moon Dog Mini-Bobblehead. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/03/11/get-your-own-moon-dog-bobblehead-in-wheeling/
Better check the label on your bicycling trou before heading out for your next spin.
Police in Poland say a 55-year-old man suffered 2nd degree burns on his legs and stomach after his pants spontaneously caught fire.
“Witnesses said he was like a flaming human torch cycling along the road.” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/03/02/are-your-cycling-pants-flame-repellent/
Something you'll be hearing a lot soon is that something “is your new bicycle.” It started with a website called “Barack Obama is your new bicycle” which caught fire and already has a slew of imitators.
The term will probably reach a peak in a few weeks, when advertisers will start using it in their “hip” commercials. That's when we'll quickly get sick of hearing it, and the once-clever term will die out of use.
Here's what Matthew Honan, a San Francisco based writer for Wired magazine, told Eric Zorn at the Chicago Tribune about the website and how it got started….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/22/fill-in-the-blank-is-your-new-bicycle/
Bicycling is almost always fun for me, but I get tired of rolling over the same old routes. It's fun to visit someplace new where every bike ride is a new adventure.
I spent much of the past week in Sacramento for some high school functions with my son, and I made the best of my free time with some decent bike rides.
I googled “bike rental Sacramento” before I left, so I already had a map of area bike rental shops when I got there. Although the weather was supposed to be “Seattle-like,” my days for rides were sunny. Lucky me …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/02/january-tale-of-the-tape/
The 2008 Bicycle Film Festival is coming off its best year ever, entertaining some 100,000 people in 15 cities around the world.
As it enters its eighth year of celebrating all things bicycle, the festival organizer is seeking submissions for this year's festival. The deadline is Feb. 19. The 2-minute video at left splices together some trailers from last year's BFF films.
Founding director Brendt Barbur says they're looking for films representing a bicycle theme or character. “A fine thriller with one scene of a bicycle chase does not count…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/01/22/2008-bicycle-film-festival-seeking-entries/
In the world of bicycling, one of the biggest mysteries to me is how someone can lose a bicycle.
I can understand a person losing track of a bicycle that is stolen and ditched, but apparently people will occasionally park a bike and then not retrieve it. Do they forget it? Did they die? Were they whisked away by aliens?
For instance, the Seattle Metro transit system reported that 863 people put their bicycles on bus racks in 2007 and forgot to remove them….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/01/18/bicycle-lost-and-found-leaving-your-bike-on-the-bus/
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