One sure way to ensure that bicycling will get more respect is to calculate and prove its economic impact on a region.
Wisconsin, for instance, just learned on Tuesday that recreational bicycling annually generates more than $924 million in total economic impact to the state.
Adding the impact of bicycle manufacturing, sales and service industry raises the total to $1.5 billion annually.
Whoa. Suddenly bicyclists are no longer just people who dress funny and compete for a small piece of the road. They're cash cows who contribute mightily to Wisconsin's economic health.
It would be useful if bike advocates in all 50 states had this kind of information to draw upon when lobbying for better facilities for bicyclists. Similar surprising findings…
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A scene from the Bike Northwoods Tour
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Update: Feb. 4 — Also cycling in Cape Argus bike ride in South Africa
Lance Armstrong and Team Radio Shack will compete at the Criterium International bike race on the island of Corsica on March 27 – 28.
That's a change for Armstrong, who originally was scheduled to race in the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya in Spain from March 22 – 28 .
Race director Christian Prudhomme made the announcement; he's also director of the Tour de France, which is owned by the same group that owns the Criterium. The schedule change …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/02/02/armstrong-to-compete-at-2010-criterium-international-bike-race-in-march/
Greg LeMond and Trek Bicycles announced Monday that they've settled their differences out of court.
The lawsuit-countersuit involved a breach of contract involving LeMond's line of bicycles marketed by Trek.
After a preliminary hearing a few months ago, it looked like the case may be headed for a high-profile trial that would involve Lance Armstrong and testimony about doping allegations.
I don't think many in the bike industry were looking forward to that, especially Trek and Armstrong. LeMond, however, has shown that he's willing to let the chips fall where they may.
Instead, Trek and LeMond agreed to end their business venture, and Trek agreed to donate $200,000 to LeMond's foundation — 1in6.org — which helps adult victims of childhood sexual abuse ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/02/02/settlement-in-lemond-vs-trek-vs-lemond/
Bike theft rose to a whole new level in Issaquah recently when a man flashed a gun at a bike shop employee as he left with an expensive racing bike.
The bike was a Pineralla Dogma tricked out with the best components. News accounts put the value at $11,000.
You might want to think twice before buying such a bike for a price that seems too good to be true. It might be stolen.
A surveillance video shows a man fiddling with the bike that was on display near the front door …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/02/01/bicycle-taken-in-armed-robbery-at-issaquah-bike-shop/
Style of bicycle taken in armed robbery at Issaquah bike shop
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Earlier this week, I pedaled my Rockhopper up the John Wayne Pioneer Trail east of North Bend in search of snow.
It's been warmer than normal in the Seattle area so far this winter, and I had to ride 12 to 13 miles up to Carter Creek Camp before I found any white stuff. I didn't have time to explore any further, so I don't know the conditions closer to the now-closed Snoqualmie Tunnel.
Along the way I came across this fallen boulder partially blocking the trail. It looked like a fairly recent fall. I rode my bike up this way in the autumn and don't remember it, and there's some fresh gouge marks in the trail where it looked like it hit.
Seeing this boulder on the trail, got me to thinking about how work crews for the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway company — aka The Milwaukee Road — made this route …..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/01/31/rocking-the-rail-trail-bike-path-into-the-cascades/
Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa organizers announced the host towns for its 38th annual bike ride — the third easiest route ever.
As many predicted, Sioux City got the honors as the starting town on the northern route that will cover 442 miles. The other towns and mileage:
Sioux City to Storm Lake — 68.5 miles;
Storm Lake to Algona — 79 miles;
Algona to Clear Lake — 51.3 miles;
Clear Lake to Charles City — 51.7 miles;
Charles City to Waterloo — 82.7 miles;
Waterloo to Manchester — 62 miles;
Manchester to Dubuque — 46.9 miles.
In identifying the route at RAGBRAI's first-ever announcement party ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/01/31/2010-ragbrai-rolls-out-from-sioux-city-to-dubuque/
38th RAGBRAI route
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Work crews for Milwaukee Road railway chisel a path for the train tracks across the face of a cliff. Detail from a Washington State Historical Society photo taken in 1908.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/01/30/work-crews-on-snoqualmie-pass/
Adventure Cycling Association Trail biking Rails to Trails Conservancy League of American Bicyclists
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