What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, and that goes for the Interbike International Trade Expo as well.
The bicycle industry show announced Tuesday that it's backpedaling on its announced plans to relocate to Anaheim, California, after 12 years in Las Vegas. Also, promoters have dismissed plans to schedule the show in August, instead of September.
The Interbike promoters announced the bombshell move to Anaheim shortly before this year's show opened Sept. 20-24.
Show director Andy Tompkins explained the well thought-out changes …
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A week after the Cascade Bicycle Club board of directors fired executive director Chuck Ayers, left, the board is bringing him back as interim director.
Two members at the Cascade message forum said that board member Don Volta made the announcement to a meeting of ride leaders on Sunday. That was confirmed this morning in an interview with a ride leader who attended that meeting. A Cascade staff member also confirmed Ayers is returning on an interim basis.
The Cascade Bicycle Club confirmed the rehiring in an announcement late Tuesday afternoon:
“Following many discussions over the last week between the Cascade Bicycle Club Board of Directors and Chuck Ayers, a new agreement has been reached that includes Chuck returning to the organization as interim Executive Director. Chuck will serve for a period of at least six months ….
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A 7 1/2-mile stretch of Los Angeles pavement was closed to cars and other motor vehicles on Sunday in an inaugural ciclovia event that exceeded everyone's expectations.
An estimated 100,000 people walked or rode their bikes, skateboards, or rollerblades on the closed thoroughfares from East Hollywood, through downtown, and out to Boyle Heights on Sunday. The LA Times dutifully noted that police and fire departments reported no incidents.
Called CicLAvia, it was the latest in a series of events based on the Bogota …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/10/11/some-100000-use-bikes-and-feet-in-ciclavia-event/
About 1 commuter out of 200 used a bicycle as the primary mode of transportation to get to work in 2009, a figure that didn't change one iota since 2008.
Meanwhile, the number of commuters who admit to driving alone to work rose by 1% in the same time frame to 76 out of 100.
That's quite a disparity and shows why bike advocates are pressing for more projects to be built that encourage people to ride their bicycles as transportation.
These results are taken from the American Community Survey conducted annually by the US Census Bureau. The League of American Bicyclists parsed the commuting data ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/10/10/top-10-big-cities-for-bicycle-commuting/
It's in the fall when the weeds dry up and leaves fall from the trees that the true nature of the John Wayne Pioneer Trail in western Washington reveals itself as an old railroad route.
The trail runs some 100 miles from near North Bend to the Columbia River. It slices through the deep evergreen woods of the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, but grasses, weeds, shrubs and deciduous trees grow along the abandoned right-of-way.
When those leaves fall and the weeds die off, remnants of the old railroad days are easier to see ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/10/08/fall-bike-ride-on-the-john-wayne-pioneer-trail/
2011 marks the sixth edition of the Amgen Tour of California.
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The 2011 Amgen Tour of California starts in the lofty Sierra Nevada as the sixth edition of the bicycle race rolls out May 15 to May 22.
Organizers announced the general route of the 800-mile bike race and the 15 host cities on Thursday morning.
Essentially, the route starts at South Lake Tahoe, winds through the Central Valley, then over the Coastal Range to the Pacific Coast for a finish in Thousand Oaks …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/10/07/host-cities-for-2011-amgen-tour-of-california-bicycle-race/
Six bicyclists have been killed on Tampa Bay area roads in the past 10 weeks, an alarming number in a state that already leads the nation in bicycling fatalities.
The most recent death occurred on Friday, when an out-of-control car careened into a woman standing on the curb with her bicycle while waiting to use the crosswalk. She was killed instantly.
Later that day, Tampa Bay cyclists were to make a 15-mile ride to memorialize five persons who had died while bicycling since July 29. Instead, they rode for six.
On Wednesday, the Hillsborough County commissioners directed the county staff to work with the municipalities to make area roads safer for bicycling …
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Do you have a favorite photo or two from a bicycle tour that you'd like to share with the world?
Then you might be interested to learn that Adventure Cycling Association is hosting its 2nd annual Bicycle Travel Photo Contest for images that capture the essence of bicycle touring.
Entries are being accepted at Adventure Cycling's contest group on Flickr.com through the end of the year. Each photographer is limited to five photos from past or present experiences.
The winning photo will be published in the March 2011 edition ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/10/06/bicycle-travel-photo-contest-at-adventure-cycling/
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