The Tour de Kitsap fall color classic is presented by the Cascade Bicycle Club.
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The adoring crowds of bicycling enthusiasts at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show in Richmond are spent.
The lust-fest of amazing bicycles ended Sunday, leaving everyone to contemplate word that the 2011 NAHBS will be held in Austin, Texas.
Before leaving, however, the 131 exhibitors and those left at the convention center learned the winners of the 2010 NAHBS awards.
Best of Show went to Ellis Cycles, owned by Dave Wages, left. His outfit is located in Waterford, Wisconsin.
The winning bike was built for a customer in San Francisco. Wages described it as “shiny but understated” with a “classic look.”
The NAHBS blog has all the other winners and details. They are:
President's Choice — Cherubim. The Japan-based family-owned business is run by Shin-Ichi Konno …
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Dave Wages, owner of Ellis Cycles, works on a retro bike for the North American Handmade Bicycle Show. From his Ellis Cycles blog.
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There comes a point on some organized bicycle rides when I wonder what I'm doing there.
That point came very early on the 2010 Chilly Hilly ride on Sunday as I stood in line with several thousand other cyclists and wondered if I was ever going to make the ferry to Bainbridge Island for the start of the ride.
But I came to understand what I was doing there — to enjoy the camaraderie of 6,000 fellow cyclists — later on down the road.
The promise of partly sunny skies had organizers expecting record numbers for the 37th annual bike ride sponsored by the Cascade Bicycle Club. The 33-mile tour marking the end of winter is a rite of passage for bicyclists in the Seattle area, and more tend to take those rites when the temperature is in the 50s.
In fact, Sunday was such a great day that Cascade reported 6,028 riders participated this year, an all-time record for the ride.
In spite of arriving early, we missed the first first ferry ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/02/28/record-breaking-2010-chilly-hilly-bike-ride/
Just finished the story of Douglas Whitehead's bicycle travels across Europe and Asia in the UK Telegraph.
“The Bicycle Diaries: One man, one bike, 6,000 miles” is a good yarn by a 40-year-old Englishman who cut all ties to a normal life and takes off for 9 months across the unfamiliar territory of 19 countries.
After reading his wild and woolly tale, I'd say that training for such an adventure involves more than just trying to build up a good base of miles on the bike. You also need to practice:
Sleeping under bridges or in abandoned buildings;
Choosing ad hoc riding partners carefully;….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/02/26/bike-tour-across-europe-and-asia-called-on-creativity/
The bike traveler wrote a blog for the Telegraph about his travels across Europe and Asia.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/02/26/douglas-whitehead-with-his-dawes-galaxy/
The sixth annual installment of the North American Handmade Bicycle Show opens in Richmond, Virginia, on Friday and runs through Sunday.
The showcase for those wonderfully crafted hand-built bicycles will feature 131 exhibitors at the Greater Richmond Convention Center.
Show times 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. The convention center is at 403 N. Third Street, Richmond, VA .
Show owner Don Walker has found success in keeping the show on the road; last year it was Indianapolis and the year before that, Portland. It enables more local bike builders to enjoy the show and new handmade bicycle enthusiasts to see it.
Indianapolis saw 115 exhibitors last year and 6,428 attendees, down about 1,000 from Portland in 2008. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/02/25/2010-north-american-handmade-bicycle-show-in-richmond-va/
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck made news yesterday when he vowed his department would do a better job to protect bike riders, “our most vulnerable commuters.”
Sadly, that kind of statement by a police chief would make news just about anywhere. Bicyclists commonly feel that they're treated as second-class citizens on the road by other drivers, police and the entire criminal justice system.
The chief made his remarks to bicyclists who showed up at a Los Angeles Transportation Committee meeting after a protest bike ride called by the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition.
The cyclists were protesting a Jan. 6 anti-bicycling outrage:
Bicyclist Ed Magos was struck from behind on a downtown street while he was bicycling to work. The driver of the Porsche got out, looked at Magos lying injured in the street, got back in her car …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/02/25/la-police-chief-to-cyclists-we-need-to-do-a-better-job-for-you/
This Sunday's Chilly Hilly marks the traditional launch of the recreational bike ride season in the Pacific Northwest.
Presented by the Cascade Bicycle Club, the 33-mile bike loop around Bainbridge Island isn't that long compared to most organized bike rides.
It becomes more of a challenge, however, when you factor in the 2,875 feet of elevation gain over a dozen steep climbs, the possibility of cold and wet weather and the fact that this is the first time some riders have had their bicycles out of the garage in several months.
This Sunday's weather on Bainbridge Island certainly aims to damage Chilly Hilly's reputation as an ordeal to be survived ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/02/24/chilly-hilly-bike-ride-forecast-partly-cloudy-not-real-chilly/
We can become obsessed with mountains and the gravitational challenges they represent, especially when our bicycles are loaded with the necessities for long-distance touring.
Mountains also can provide some of the most memorable and unsullied scenery on our bicycle travels.
So it's no surprise that mountains, hilltops or long downhill runs accounted for the themes of the winner and most of the top runners-up in the 1st annual Adventure Cycling Association photo contest.
The winning photo, above, of a cyclist in red bicycling through the mountains of Tenerife on the Canary Islands was taken by Dutch photographer and cyclist Marco Meijerink …..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/02/24/winners-in-adventure-cycling-photo-contest-announced/
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