Tragedy struck the Tour Divide Mountain Bike Race on Thursday when competitor Dave Blumenthal died from injuries he suffered in a collision with a pickup truck the day before in northern Colorado.
Blumenthal, 37, was pronounced dead at a Denver hospital. He leaves behind his wife, Lexi, and 4-year-old daughter Linnaea.
The outdoorsman from Vermont was competing in his first Tour Divide, which started June 11 in Banff, Alberta. After crossing the Wyoming-Colorado border, he had spent Tuesday night at the Brush Mountain Lodge near Slater and was heading toward Steamboat Springs when the crash occurred.
A Colorado State Patrol trooper told a Vermont newspaper (ArgusTimes.com) that Blumenthal and the pickup driver were heading in opposite directions ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/25/mountain-biker-dave-blumenthal-dies-from-crash-in-tour-divide/
Surprising no one, Lance Armstrong has been named to the RadioShack roster for the 2010 Tour de France.
He'll be joined by Americans Levi Leipheimer and Chris Horner.
Also on the roster are Andreas Kloeden of Germany, Janez Brajkovic of Slovenia, Sergio Paulinho of Portugal, Yaroslav Popovych of Ukraine, Gregory Rast of Switzerland and Dmitriy Muravyev of Kazakhstan.
The 38-year-old …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/23/radioshack-names-armstrong-to-tour-de-france-roster/
If you like riding your bicycle along scenic S.E. May Valley Road between Newcastle and Issaquah, Washington, then I've got horrible news for you.
The road will be blocked to bicycles and motor vehicles through the end of August at a small bridge that the county is replacing just east of the intersection with State Route 900.
Bicyclists will either have to head north over the pass between Squak and Cougar mountains, or south to East 4th Street in the Renton Highlands. Both routes have higher traffic volumes and a lot more hills than the pleasant ride past the farms and horse ranches along May Creek.
To be honest, I probably ride this route at least 25 times a year and I never really noticed the bridge just east of State Route 900. Built in 1950, it's a short culvert-like affair over a portion of the creek that is so overgrown…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/23/bridge-work-closes-may-valley-road-bike-route/
King County's May Valley Road will be closed until about the end of August.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/23/may-valley-road-out-for-summer/
Bridge replacement work is scheduled through end of August. SE May Valley Road closure
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/22/may-valley-road-closed-for-repairs/
Bike lanes in Florida are no longer places for bicyclists to ride based on their own judgment of conditions at the time.
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has signed a bill into law that requires bicyclists to use the bike lanes if they are painted on a road. Failure to do so will lead to a ticket.
There are exceptions, such as when the bicyclist is making a left turn, or if there are potholes, or tire-trapping storm grates, or glass, or fallen tree limbs, or parked cars, or road construction signs, or a dead armadillo or whatever other kind of crap finds a home for itself in a bike lane in Florida.
But what bicyclist wants to explain those exceptions to a traffic cop or to an upset motorist who feels ownership of the road, the whole road, and everything on the road…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/22/if-theres-a-bike-lane-bicyclists-in-florida-must-use-it/
Ironic license plate for Florida… Share the road
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/22/florida-bike-license-plate/
More than 900 members of the LiveStrong army took to the streets in Seattle and the hilly Eastside on Sunday to raise money for the Lance Armstrong Foundation.
It was the second year in a row that the charity bike ride visited Seattle to raise funds.
Many participants wore the LiveStrong, Mellow Johnny or Fat Cyclist jerseys and seemed reluctant to cover them up with rain gear as a steady drizzle fell on the course.
All the bicycle riders started at the Seattle Center near the Space Needle on Sunday morning and took off on rides of 10, 45, 70 or 100 miles ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/20/livestrong-challenge-faces-seattles-hills-and-weather/
As Stage 8 of the Tour de Suisse drew to a close with a final climb on Saturday, Lance Armstrong attacked a group that was chasing a six-man break up the road.
The General Classification contenders reeled him back, but Armstrong proved that there's still plenty of life in his legs.
He emphasized that point on the final stage Sunday with a decent finish in the individual time trial that catapulted him into second place overall, just 12 seconds behind winner Frank Schleck. Aussie Tony Martin (HTC Columbia) won the ITT, and defending champ Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) trailed by 17 seconds.
Armstrong, riding for Team RadioShack, finished 11th at 1:09 behind. He reported to his Tweet followers ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/20/big-finish-for-armstrong-at-tour-de-suisse-ready-for-tdf/
For a bike snob, that Eben Weiss is certainly one popular guy.
About 130 fans of his BikeSnobNYC blog showed up at University Book Store in Seattle on Saturday afternoon to hear him speak and to get autographs of his recently released book.
Weiss is making a tour of the western states to promote the book “Bike Snob, Systematically & Mercilessly Realigning the World of Cycling.”
It's a good thing that Weiss bikes regularly, because he needs his stamina. He had just flown in, with his bike, from San Jose where he participated in an event called “Bike Party” that lasted far into the night ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/19/bike-snob-in-seattle/
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