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For cycling fans, couch and Internet surfing the London Olympics should be a medal sport. It will take Olympic-sized proportions of skill and stamina to keep up with events over the next two weeks.
There are 13 days of cycling events in road cycling, track cycling, BMX and cross-country, and 16 gold medals will be awarded to men and women.
NBC and NBCSports is airing many of these events, but you can be assured that many will be delayed until later in the day. For those who want to see the action live, NBC is providing a live, online video stream….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/07/27/olympic-cycling-begins-on-saturday-live-streaming-of-cycing-events/
Here’s a photo of a couple of college-age bicyclists who don’t appear to have a care in the world as they set out from Virginia Beach in early June on a cross-country bike adventure.
Six weeks later they’re sitting in an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater where a man opens fire on the crowd with assault …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/07/26/cross-country-bike-travelers-experience-horror-in-theater-shooting/
The triple digit heat that plagued the 10,000 bicycle riders in the 40th Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) was erased on Wednesday by overnight thunderstorms.
Although touted as one of the easier RAGBRAI’s in terms of terrain, the weather appears to present the biggest challenge on this year’s 471-mile bike tour.
Iowa is in the midst of a severe drought that threatens …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/07/26/heat-relief-for-ragbrai-arrives-with-torrential-thunderstorms/
A Gonzaga University law student is getting a lesson that hit and run is illegal.
The motorist is charged with running over a bike trailer carrying a 2-year-old girl in the Millwood suburb of Spokane (WA) on Saturday. She remains in intensive care with a fractured skull.
Timmy Nguyen, 22, appeared in court on Monday …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/07/25/charges-filed-for-law-student-in-bike-trailer-hit-and-run/
You know how it goes: One day it’s just a small event with a couple of hundred people along for the ride. Then the next thing you know it’s 40 years old with thousands of bike riders joining in.
In a nutshell, that’s the history of RAGBRAI, the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa.
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/07/23/ragbrai-bike-tour-celebrates-40th-birthday/
The sight of yellow jersey wearer Bradley Wiggins helping set up the lead-out train for Mark Cavendish at the Tour de France finale indicates the teamwork that made Sky Procycling such a success this year.
Sky’s sprinter Cavendish rode away from the peloton for the stage win on the Champs Elysees on Sunday, marking his 4th career victory in Paris and his 23rd career victory in the Tour.
Asked after the race about the victory, a joyous Cavendish clicked of the team’s half-dozen stage victories at the race and said, “The win today put the cherry on top.” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/07/22/sky-high-finis-at-the-tour-de-france/
Looking back, this Tour de France pretty much ended the day Bradley Wiggins slipped into the yellow jersey way back on Stage 7.
He had sat quietly in 2nd place all week, 7 seconds behind the overall leader Fabian Cancellara who won the prologue, while the sprinters crashed and battled for stage wins. Then on …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/07/21/this-tour-de-france-was-over-in-the-first-week/
Just learned the sad news that June Curry, the “Cookie Lady,” died on Monday at age 91.
This wonderful lady was the personal friend to the thousands of touring bicyclists who passed through Afton, Virginia, on the Trans America Bicycle Route since its inception in 1976. The walls of her home were papered with postcards …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/07/20/rest-in-peace-cookie-lady/
When I showed up at the Foothills Trail in Pierce County (WA) last week, I was surprised to see this rig rolling off the end of the trail.
Never having seen such a trike-trailer-bike-tandem self-propelled vehicle before (I really didn’t know how to describe what I was seeing), I briefly talked to the owner and …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/07/18/tandem-trike-for-disabled-bicycling/
It looks like it’s all over for defending Tour de France champion Cadel Evans, as he struggled on three mountain passes in Stage 16 on Wednesday and dropped from 4th to 7th in the overall battle for 1st place.
Evans’ teammate Tejay Van Garderen (a native of Tacoma, Washington) also lost some time on the leaders, but did well enough that he moved up one place into 6th overall.
While Evans’ BMC teammates rallied around their suffering leader in an attempt to help him to the finish, Van Garderen was allowed to ride ahead to solidify his lead in the white jersey competition for best young rider.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/07/18/bad-day-for-defending-tour-champ-as-teammate-improves/
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