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Bicycle helmet importer Louis Garneau is recalling 1,180 aerodynamic styled bicycle helmets because they don’t protect the user in cold temperatures.
Users are urged to stop using the helmets immediately and return them to Garneau USA for a refund or replacement.
The recall is for Louis Garneau P-09 aerodynamic bicycle helmets with model number 1405362. The helmets …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/10/12/louis-garneau-recalls-1100-aero-helmets/
The next time you consider skipping a bike ride because it’s drizzling, or it isn’t sunny, or you didn’t get your 8 hours the previous night, remember about Steve Quam.
The 68-year-old bicyclist from Anderson, S.C., suffers from Parkinson’s disease, a nervous system disorder that gets worse with time. In spite of that, he’s riding a self-contained bicycle …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/10/09/cross-county-cyclist-battles-parkinsons/
Some of the street trials tricks that Danny Macaskill gets away with on his mountain bike are just amazing. All of his videos prove that he’s extremely talented.
The stunts in his newest video — Danny Macaskill: The Ridge — are just as mind-blowing.
This video also features the breath-taking scenery of the Isle of Skye in Scotland. I’d have …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/10/04/conquering-the-isle-of-skye-by-mountain-bike/
Bicyclists in many states don’t even have one cross-state rail-trail to ride. Those in Missouri, already home to the popular 237-mile-long Katy Trail, could be getting another.
The owners of the old Rock Island Railroad announced plans to railbank the 145-mile-long railroad right-of-way, marking the first step toward turning the east-west corridor into a rail-trail.
The tracks run …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/10/03/another-cross-state-rail-trail-in-missouris-future/
Oct. 3, 2014 — The St. Louis County Police Department has Sunset Hills Mayor Mark Furrer with 2 felonies in connection with allegations that he intentionally ran a bicyclist off the road with his car.
Furrer was charged with one count of second-degree assault and one count of first-degree property damage, according to reports in the Call …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/10/03/did-missouri-mayor-intentionally-hit-cyclist/
Two sections of a southwestern Washington rail-trail that suffered bridge wash-outs in 2007 will remain closed for at least another year.
The two bridge replacement projects on the 56-mile-long Willapa Hills Trail were scheduled for completion this fall. Although work had started at the two sites in Lewis County, the contracts will have to be bid …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/10/02/bicycling-detours-on-rail-trail-near-chehalis-to-continue-at-least-another-year/
The future is now for Seattle. After years of preparation, residents and commuters are seeing the first installations of bike-share stations this week.
Pronto Cycle Share is still aiming for an Oct. 13 launch date for the first public bike-share system in the Pacific Northwest.
Before long, 50 docking stations to hold some 500 bikes …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/09/26/seattle-joins-bike-share-movement-next-month/
Ciclovia returns to Tacoma as seven miles of traffic-free roadway along the waterfront will be open to bicyclists and pedestrians on Sunday morning.
The city is closing down the thoroughfare between Port Defiance Park and the Tacoma Dome neighborhood for its second annual Downtown to Defiance Sunday Parkways event.
Downtown to Defiance will run from 8 a.m. to noon, when …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/09/25/tacoma-opens-waterfront-streets-to-bikes-and-pedestrians-sunday/
“Many (cross-country riders) stay at hotels and motels, lodges. They’re not whizzing by you with a tankful of gas. They’re stopping and buying a few things here and there. They’re there to interact with a local community instead of driving by in a car and looking out the windows.”
— Steve Jahn, member …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/09/25/bike-quote-why-bicycle-tourists-are-the-best-tourists-for-small-towns/
Twenty-eight businesses in West Coast and Pacific Northwest states joined or moved up on the League of American Bicyclists’ newest list of Bicycle Friendly Businesses.
One-hundred-and-fifty new and renewing businesses in 39 states and the District of Columbia made the list this fall — the most ever. The overall list of Bicycle Friendly Businesses contains 800 …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/09/24/new-bicycle-friendly-businesses-in-california-idaho-oregon-and-washington/
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