Congratulations to Scottish bicycle traveler Mark Beaumont for finishing 13,000 miles of bicycle travel down the length of North and South America.
The 27-year-old left Anchorage in May and finished up at Usuaia in southern Argentina on Thursday. There he is at left celebrating from “the end of the world.” The bike tour took 268 days.
He interrupted his bike travels to climb, by foot, the highest peaks on each continent — Denali in Alaska and Aconcagua in Argentina.
Beaumont's name might already be familiar to you. Two years ago he completed his record-setting around-the-world bicycle trip, covering 18,000 miles in 194 days. His latest bike adventure was accompanied by a BBC blog and a constant stream of Twitters.
It's been interesting tracking Beaumont's progress, especially on his Twitters. Reading thoe posts was a good reminder that not every day of bicycle touring is the best….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/02/20/scottish-adventurer-completes-pan-american-bike-journey/
Scottish cyclist finishes ride down the length of North and South America. See more at his blog, Cycling the Americas.
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You better start practicing your bicycle jousting skills, your two-wheeled balance and your good humor as the New Belgium Brewery's Urban Assault Rides are coming to 13 cities in 2010.
Essentially, a two-person team sets out to visit 11 checkpoints around town to complete a challenge at each location. There's no route. The team to complete all 11 obstacles in the shortest time wins.
Three cities have been added to the Urban Assault Ride tour in 2010. The 13 are:
Tucson — April 18
Berkeley — May 2
Seattle — May 16
Portland — May 23
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/02/19/new-cities-for-2010-urban-assault-rides/
Back in 1899, Charles Minthron Murphy achieved the incredible feat of pedaling his bicycle one mile in a minute by drafting behind a speeding train.
He's probably lucky that he wasn't killed. Since he survived the ordeal, he forever after became known as “Mile-a-Minute” Murphy.
Now the Town of Babylon, on New York's Long Island, would like to commemorate the event that happened there by putting Murphy's track bicycle on display.
The problem is that the bicycle is in storage at the Springfield (Massachusetts) Museums and they won't relinquish it, not even for the offer of $20,000 from Babylon.
At the time, Murphy's feat put Babylon on the map and celebrated human achievement ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/02/18/long-island-town-cant-get-historic-bike-in-spite-of-20k-offer/
Old photo of Charles Murphy attempting to set the 1-minute-mile mark in 1899.
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In 1899 Charles Murphy arranged to catch the slipstream of a speeding locomotive to cover a mile in under 60 seconds. More at Long Island History.com
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/02/18/mile-a-minute-murphy/
We might not like all the projects that the federal stimulus grants are funding, but it's cool to see some of the money going to build projects for bicycles.
Just today, the US Department of Transportation announced $1.5 billion in Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grants. About $43 million of that, or 3%, will go directly to bicycle and pedestrian path networks in Philadelphia-Camden and Indianapolis.
In addition, portions of grants to rebuild bridges and create rail-transit hubs in other cities will be used for bicycle facilities. See all the projects.
The biggest TIGER grant to bicycling announced Wednesday was the $23 million that Philadelphia and Camden will share for a 16.3-mile network of biking and hiking paths to connect the two cities. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/02/17/your-federal-stimulus-dollars-pedaling-to-work/
Philadelphia bicycle network
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That family of five that set off last summer from Kentucky on a five-seater bicycle has hit the Pacific Coast. Now they're heading north to their Alaskan destination.
The Harrison family had pedaled nearly 4,000 miles to San Diego. They still have 3,000 miles to go before reaching Fairbanks.
To recap, Bill Harrison and his wife Amarins are traveling with their three girls, Cheyenne, 6, Jasmine, 4, and Robin, 3. They're riding a five-person yellow tandem and carrying their gear in a trailer. You can follow their adventures at Pedouin.com.
Theirs is quite an inspiring story for anyone preparing for a long bike trip. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/02/17/famly-bicycle-5-riders-strong-rolls-north-along-pacific-coast/
The Harrisons pause while riding their yellow tandem. See more at the Pedouins.
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