Cycling the Erie Canal bike map. See interactive map
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/12/27/erie-canalway-bike-path/
Somewhere in this mass of bicyclists wearing T-shirts and “beer-cooler” helmets you can find my friend Bruce and me.
We're riding our bicycles across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge as part of Cycle Across Maryland — a wonderful event that petered out in the latter part of this decade.
As you can guess from our cycling gear, this photo was taken in the early 1990s. It was 1994, in fact, the first and maybe only time that the 4.3-mile-long eastbound span of the Bay Bridge on US Route 50 was closed to everyone but bicyclists.
The photo was taken by Bob Gilbert, a former colleague at the Annapolis Capital newspaper who loved shooting pictures from anything up high. I just stumbled across this photo ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/12/26/remembering-cycle-across-maryland-crossing-the-bay-bridge/
Three bicyclists who were ticketed for riding their bicycles in Black Hawk, Colorado, are fighting those tickets all the way to the Supreme Court.
The highest court in Colorado has agreed to hear the case that dates back to the summer of 2010 when the small gambling town in Colorado started enforcing its bicycle ban.
The justices will hear arguments and rule on three issues:
“Whether municipalities may ban bicycling on local streets …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/12/23/bicycle-ban-issue-going-to-colorado-supreme-court/
Stick it on your car, your home, your roadside mailbox or the entrance to your business.
The blue “Bicycle Friendly” sticker tells passersby that you support bicyclists, and any cyclist in need is welcome to stop in.
The sticker idea originated in Columbia, Kentucky, home to the four-year Lindsey Wilson College, which distributes the stickers online.
The college cycling team's coach, David Grigsby, explains that he was speaking at a local Rotary club meeting when one member asked if there was a way to communicate to the cyclists that it was OK to stop at his house to use the restroom, get water, make a call, or get directions …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/12/22/bicycle-friendly-stickers-say-youre-willing-to-lend-a-hand/
Sticker distributed by Lindsey Wilson College in Kentucky tells passersby that you're willing to help any bicyclists in need.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/12/22/bicycle-friendly-sticker/
A few days ago I posted a story about a short bicycle path opened in Bellevue that avoids some busy roads and intersections in the Factoria shopping district.
Here's a video the City of Bellevue posted online about the bike path.
One interesting note about this route is how the city used state and federal funds to help pay the …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/12/21/that-new-bicycle-path-in-bellevue/
If you revel in cycling challenges and you keep a bucket list, then the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hill Climb is a perfect candidate for it.
The 7.6-mile scramble to the summit of the New Hampshire peak has an average gradient of 12% with sections of 18%. The last 50 yards, where it really counts, maxes out at 22%.
Viewing the unnatural upward tilt of some bicycles in this video makes my thighs burn, but I can understand some cyclists' desire to return here year after year. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/12/20/mt-washington-bike-race-suits-the-masochist-in-us/
The coming year will probably witness more bicyclists embarking on around-the-world journeys than ever before.
In February, endurance cyclists will set off on their own from London on the Global Bicycle Race. Each participant will be seeking to break the current Guinness World Record of 163 days for a 18,000-mile circumnavigation by bike.
Then, in September, a group of bicyclists will leave London together for a fully supported world tour called the World Cycle Challenge. Their mileage — 18,010 — would qualify for a global bicycle journey, but the 9-month journey isn't designed for a world record.
Two global bicycling world record holders are at the heart of each endeavor …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/12/19/2012-the-year-of-around-the-world-bicycling/
A new around the world bicycle race.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/12/19/global-bicycle-race-masthead/
Fully supported around the world bicycle tour.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/12/19/world-cycle-challenge-logo/
Adventure Cycling Association Trail biking Rails to Trails Conservancy League of American Bicyclists
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