The Adventure Cycling Association is throwing parties in Seattle, Portland and Eugene this week and San Francisco and Santa Cruz next week to celebrate the unveiling of its newest bicycle touring route.
The Sierra Cascades Bicycle Route rolls for 2,391 miles between Sumas, Washington, on the Canadian border and Tecate, California, on the Mexican border.
Printed maps of the route are available in mid-April.
Executive director Jim Sayer and cartographer Jenn Milyko will be on hand at the receptions in those three Northwest cities to unveil the routes and bring us up-to-date on other Adventure Cycling projects…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/03/27/sierra-cascades-bicycle-route-meetups-in-seattle-portland-eugene-san-francisco-and-santa-cruz/
There's isn't much positive news to send back home to bicyclists from the state capitols this year.
One of the few bright spots came from Mississippi, where the State Legislature approved a bill requiring motorists give bicyclists 3 feet of clearance when passing.
(That is Maryland's One Less Car president, Greg Cantori, at left demonstrating what three feet looks like when passing.)
Similar bills were either rejected or ignored in 7 other states — Idaho, Iowa, Maryland, Missouri, Ohio, South Dakota, Virginia and Washington. Iowa may still get some bicycle safety provisions passed, however, and Vermont is still considering a “due care” passing bill …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/03/26/scorecard-for-3-foot-passing-bills-in-2010-1-for-9/
One Less Car President, Greg Cantori, demonstrating the benefit of the three-foot safety bill in Maryland.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/03/26/what-3-feet-looks-like/
Yellowstone National Park has opened newly snow-cleared sections of road to bicycles already this spring before reopening the routes to motor vehicles.
Glacier National Park in Montana is clearing snow off roads and expects to open them to cyclists soon.
Meanwhile, snow removal crews, left, from the Washington Department of Transportation on Monday began running snow plows along the North Cascades Highway that cuts through the North Cascades National Park in preparation for opening the road with mile-high passes.
It's one of the rites of spring in the western states where snowfalls bury roads with some of the most spectacular scenery for several months out of the year ..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/03/24/spring-bicycling-opens-in-some-national-parks/
Hitting the last leg of a bicycle ride near my home on a beautiful spring afternoon on Tuesday, I stumbled on this scene along southbound Interstate 405 between Bellevue and Renton.
Bumper-to-bumper freeway traffic crawling along as far as the eye could see, right next to a wide open bike lane.
I wondered if those people in the cars and trucks thought about what it would be like to ride along this stretch on a bicycle. They probably get to think about it a lot. This backup isn't uncommon here; it's pretty much a daily occurrence.
It got me to thinking about US Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood's announcement about a major policy revision that puts walking and bicycling on an equal footing ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/03/24/if-you-rode-a-bicycle-youd-be-home-by-now/
Bike trail adjacent to Interstate 405 between Bellevue and Renton.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/03/24/bike-trail/
Did you buy a bicycle off Seattle's Craiglist recently from a guy who advertised “Road Bikes Galore!”?
You shouldn't be surprised that there's a very good chance the bike was stolen.
The latest stolen bicycle caper comes from a 10-by-10-foot storage unit in Seattle's Lake City neighborhood filled “floor to ceiling” with bikes and bike parts. Two suspects in the case apparently lived in the storage unit.
It doesn't rival the Toronto crime spree that scored nearly 3,000 bikes, but it's amazing by local standards ……
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/03/23/suspected-chop-shop-bicycles-sold-on-craigslist/
Rabobank's Oscar Freire set up behind a couple of opposing Liquigas cyclists before exploding across the finish line at the 101st Milan – San Remo bicycle race in Italy on Saturday.
The sprint win marked the third victory at San Remo by the 34-year-old Spanish cyclist at the official opening of Europe's spring classics season.
He was followed closely across the finish line of the 185-mile race by Tom Boonen (Quickstep) and Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre).
Italy's Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) finished in 5th place; Freire set up behind Bennati …..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/03/20/oscar-freire-fired-up-at-milan-san-remo/
Spain's Oscar Freire, 34, wins 101st Milan San Remo. It was his 3rd victory in the opening race of the Spring Classics.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/03/20/oscar-freire-2/
When someone clued Lance Armstrong about comments made by the host of a sports call-in show, he didn't like what he heard. His reaction on Twitter:
“Disgusting, ignorant, foolish. What a complete f-ing idiot.”
The “f-ing idiot” was Tony Kornheiser, long-time sports commentator who had already been suspended from ESPN once this year for commenting on an outfit worn by a female co-anchor.
What drew Armstrong's anger was Kornheiser's comments about how motorists should hit bicyclists with their cars. He was running-off at the mouth ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/03/19/armstrong-confronts-bicyclists-public-enemy-no-1/
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