Around the world bicycle explorer takes to the high seas. http://www.transatlantik.si/eng/odprava
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/01/03/alastair-humphreys/
What happens to global bicycle travelers when they've completed their journeys? In the case of two from the British Isles, they take to the sea.
Scotsman Mark Beaumont and Englishman Alistair Humphreys are separately embarking on trans-Atlantic rowboat journeys this month. Both are dyed in the wool adventurers and already have completed endurance expeditions off their bicycles.
The six-member Atlantic Odyssey rowing team, above, which includes Beaumont, embarked from Tarfaya, Morocco, Monday afternoon. They're seeking to set a world record for the 3,000-mile east-west crossing and become the first crew to break the 30-day barrier.
Their boat is the “Sara G”, a 33-foot vessel with 3 sculling positions on the deck that allow 3 to row while 3 rest. They clocked 4.17 knot speeds on Monday …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/01/03/global-bicycle-travelers-embark-on-self-propelled-ocean-voyages/
Former bicycle around the world record setter Mark Beaumont joins team. http://www.atlantic-odyssey.com/
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/01/03/trans-atlantic-rowing-team/
A couple from Madison, Wisconsin, finished up a 17,000-mile Pan American bicycling adventure in Argentina a couple of weeks ago.
Meanwhile a couple from Tempe, Arizona, are waiting there to get their tandem out of customs to begin their journey north.
Alan Turnquist and Erin Syth, at left, arrived in Ushaia, the southern-most city in South America, in mid-December after traveling for 550 days from the Arctic Circle.
The Madison couple quit their jobs and drove to Canada's Northwest Territories …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/01/02/pan-american-tandem-bike-adventures-1-ends-1-waits-to-begin/
Alan Turnquist and Erin Syth head across an Argentinian desert being chased by a dog. Read their adventure at 2ToTango.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/01/02/tandem-cycling-through-argentina/
A lot of dads enjoy the companionship of an occasional father-son bicycle ride.
But here's one that lasted all-day and all-night and resulted in a record.
The father-son team of Chuck and Matt Knott, left, competed in the National 24-Hour Challenge last summer in Middleville, Michigan.
They each completed 420.1 miles, breaking the previous record of 782 miles that had been standing …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/01/01/father-son-bicyclists-set-record-after-a-day-in-the-saddle/
Father and son team from Ohio set 24-hour distance record last year..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/01/01/chuck-and-matt-knott/
By now, just two days before the New Year, the interest in the top stories for 2011 at this blog must be reaching a fever pitch.
While many other blogs already have divulged their top stories, I've been holding back until I show my hand.
Unfortunately, my site stat database only shows month-by-month results. Since I'm too lazy to add them up, here is a monthly look at the stories blog readers found most interesting this year. [Photo above from 2011 Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic.]
January
“Computer snafu ties up registration for Cascade Bicycle Club.” Unfortunately, this story was updated so many times …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/12/30/the-most-popular-2011-stories-at-bikingbis-month-by-month/
Often in pursuit of my goal to ride 4,000 miles during the past year, I took the time to stop and take a few snapshots.
Here are a few from this past year's memorable rides that took me from Lake Washington to Kansas to Snoqualmie Pass.
Let's start on January 1. Although we our share of precipitation in the winter and spring, the first day of the new year was bright and sunny. Here are a couple of chaps riding along Lake Washington in Renton with the Olympic Mountains in the background …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/12/28/images-from-some-favorite-bicycle-rides-in-2011/
Just like the movie says, “If you build it, he will come.”
In the case of the Erie Canalway Trail in New York state, “he” is 500,000 bicyclists annually.
The Canalway Trails Association of New York says that about 75% of the 365-mile canal towpath between Buffalo to Albany is complete as an off-road bicycle path.
Completing the remaining 75 to 80 miles will cost about $35 million, according to a report issued this month by the association: “Closing the Gaps: A Progress Report on the Erie Canalway Trail”.
In addition to creating jobs for hundreds of workers, the completion of an off-road link from …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/12/27/closing-the-gaps-on-erie-canal-will-draw-bicycle-travelers/
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