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Specialized Bicycles is on the hot seat with bicyclists — many of whom say they’re boycotting the company — after trademark attorneys for the US-based bike maker threatened to sue a war veteran in Canada.
It looks like the company is backing down, however, after it initially alleged that Dan Richter’s Cafe Roubaix Bicycle Studio …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/12/09/specialized-bicycles-overstepped-its-bounds-forced-to-back-pedal-over-trademark-attack-on-canadian-bike-shop/
When Denise Blanchard lost control of her bicycle and fell hard on a gravel road in Kansas, she thought last year’s TransAmerica bicycle tour was over for her and her husband, Charles Coderre.
She wrote at her blog, CharDenVeloMonde (translated from French):
“I lose control of my bike completely and it is the fall! Ayayaye! It hurts! I …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/12/09/trail-angels-save-the-day-for-canadian-couple-on-bicycle-tour/
Ever since I bought an old Yak bicycle trailer a few years ago, I’ve experimented with different uses for it.
Initially, I employed it exclusively for bicycle camping trips to the Olympic Peninsula, Mount Rainier, Wenatchee and the John Wayne Pioneer Trail.
One of the biggest drawbacks on those trips, I discovered, was my complete …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/12/07/putting-my-trailer-to-use-as-a-christmas-tree-carrier/
Several bicycle and pedestrian projects can go ahead now that the Puget Sound Regional Council on Thursday selected the projects for federal funding.
Among the biggest ticket construction items are the Prairie Line Trail ($1.9 million) in Tacoma, Overlake Village Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge ($5 million) in Redmond, the Northrup Way Connection to the State …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/12/05/bicycle-projects-in-seattle-tacoma-bellevue-renton-get-federal-funds/
Editors for the Bicycle Retailer and Industry News publication came away greatly impressed with the Emerald City during their recent Seattle dealer tour.
I know that the bicycling is great here in the Pacific Northwest, but it’s always good to hear praise from those who don’t spend a lot of time here.
As the magazine …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/12/05/seattle-bicycle-shops-featured-in-industry-newsletter/
Chicago-based bicycle component maker SRAM is recalling 1,700 derailleurs because of a fall hazard. SRAM asks owners to stop riding bikes with that equipment and return them for free replacement.
According to SRAM and the Consumer Product Safety Commission, a pivot pin can come loose on the SRAM RED WiFLi Rear Derailleur and cause it …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/12/04/sram-recalls-1700-derailleurs/
One of the longest operating cross-country charity bike tours is undergoing changes that puts it in private hands.
The American Lung Association’s Big Ride Across America will be owned and operated by Bicycle Bliss, LLC, a bike touring company owned by Charlton DuRant and Lynn Petrotte.
The two have been ride directors for Big Ride …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/11/30/cross-country-charity-bike-ride-goes-private-for-2014/
If you regularly ride your bicycle to work, then the League of American Bicyclists report “Where We Ride: Analysis of Bicycling in American Cities” is all about you.
The report by the LAB staff digs into the results of the 2012 American Community Survey released by the U.S. Census Bureau in September.
You might remember …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/11/19/the-who-what-and-where-of-bicycle-commuting-in-u-s/
Grim news for bicyclists (and all road users) from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: 726 bicyclists died in collisions with motor vehicles in 2012.
The bicyclist fatalities in traffic pose a 6.5% increase from the previous year. 2012 marked the third straight year that bicyclist fatalities have risen since a 10-year low of 623 …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/11/18/bicyclist-fatalities-injuries-rose-again-in-2012/
Plans are underway for next summer’s inaugural Trans Am Bike Race. The coast-to-coast self-supported bike race follows the Adventure Cycling Association’s TransAmerica Trail.
The rules for bicyclists competing in the 4,233-mile-long event are spelled out succinctly on the race poster:
“No outside support. No drafting. No entry fee. No prize money.”
That might be a …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/11/14/trans-am-bike-race-its-all-about-bragging-rights/
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