Shawn Anderson is a 46-year-old motivational speaker and author who is riding his bicycle cross-country. His website is Extra Mile America. Photo by Julian Walter.
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The faster that technology progresses for bicycles, the quicker it is that repair and maintenance books fall out of date.
Although many of those books were excellent in their time, anyone trying to do repairs on a new bike might be pretty lost using those books today.
Lennard Zinn, an expert mechanic and technical writer for VeloNews magazine, probably knows this as well as anyone. That's why he's created a third edition for the popular “Zinn and the Art of Road Bike Maintenance.”
The 440-page paperback book, printed in two colors for “easier reference”, explores all the newer high-tech equipment on bikes, as well as including repair and maintenance tips for equipment on older bicycles ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/08/21/lennard-zinn-updates-art-of-road-bike-maintenance-book/
US cyclists are battling it out for high positions in bike races in Belgium, Ireland and the US on Friday.
Cyclist Tyler Farrar missed a third straight stage victory at the Eneco Tour when Tom Boonen sprinted right past him at the finish line in Hasselt, Belgium, on Friday.
Meanwhile, Lance Armstrong's highly touted participation in the Tour of Ireland ended with him finishing in the main peloton, just 16 seconds behind the winner, Russell Downing of Great Britain…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/08/21/a-couple-of-near-misses-for-us-cyclists/
Washington state homeboy Tyler Farrar captured his second sprint-finish win at the Eneco Tour bike race in Belgium on Thursday.
Born and raised in Wenatchee, Farrar earlier admitted he had a frustrating Tour de France with several second-place showings against Team Columbia's sprint phenom Mark Cavendish. The Brit won 6 stages in the 2009 Tour.
In the past week, the 25-year-old member of US-based Garmin Slipstream has two first place finishes at Eneco Tour on Wednesday and Thursday and a win at the Vattenfall Cyclassics in Germany on Sunday.
It's uncertain when Farrar and Cavendish will finally get a chance to meet again…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/08/20/tyler-farrar-gets-back-to-back-bike-race-wins-in-belgium-leads-eneco-tour/
Cycling fans will be treated to action from three bike races in the upcoming weeks on both the computer screen and the TV screen.
Versus is offering a delayed broadcast of the 3-stage Tour of Ireland running Friday through Sunday and featuring comeback cyclist Lance Armstrong.
Then Universal Sports provides the 64th edition of the Vuelta a Espana from Aug. 29 through Sept. 20 as a live online videofeed and cable broadcast in the morning, followed by another cable broadcast later in the day.
At the same time, from Sept. 7 through 13, Universal is offering a live cable broadcast and an online streaming videofeed of the Tour of Missouri. …
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Universal Sports is providing a live feed and daily cable updates of Vuelta a Espana and Tour of Missouri in September. See Universal Sports – Cycling for details.
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More details at Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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Owners of Felt F1X Cyclocross Bikes from 2007 and 2008 should stop riding because a faulty steerer tube can break, causing an injury.
The Irving, California-based bike distributor recalled 1,500 of the bikes manufactured by Aprebic/EVO Industry Co. Ltd., of Taiwan.
Felt received six reports of steerer tubes breaking, causing falls and minor cuts.
Bike specialty stores nationwide sold the bicycles from July 2006 to April 2009 for $1,400 to $1,500 …
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1,500 2007/2008 Felt F1X Cyclocross Bicycles recalled because of fork problems. See the US Consumer Product Safety Commission for details.
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This guy from Dallas sinks to a new low among motorists who weasel out of taking responsibility for their actions when they strike a bicyclist and drive away.
The 27-year-old driver crossed the centerline, struck the bicyclist head-on, stopped, dragged him off his car and stuffed him onto the floorboard in the back seat.
A police sergeant told the Dallas Morning News:
“In about 20 years of accident investigation, I've never seen anything like that ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/08/18/hit-and-run-outrage-in-texas/
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