Research from England shows that bicycling is on the decline in that country as kids spend more time in front of the TV and computer games.
A report by Kellogg's finds that one home in three doesn't have a bicycle, and half the parents responding to a survey says riding a bicycle isn't important for kids today as when they were growing up.
In fact, one of every five parents in London won't bother to teach their kids how to ride a bicycle. And half the parents said they simply don't ride a bicycle anymore themselves.
While the Guardian newspaper was alarmed at this decline in bicycling, I wondered if there are similar trends in the US …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/06/15/bicycling-interest-declining-in-uk-but-still-ahead-of-us/
Try as he might, Australian cyclist Cadel Evans couldn't shake Alejandro Valverde as he tried to make up the 16-second margin that separated him from the yellow jersey in the final stage of the Dauphiné Libéré on Sunday.
No. 2 Evans attacked at least four times on the last climb, the St. Bernard-du-Touvet. Each time he was marked by Valverde and No. 3 Alberto Contador of Team Astana.
Stef Clement of the Netherlands won the stage in Grenoble, followed across the line by Garmin's Timothy Duggan of Boulder, Colorado …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/06/14/valverde-holds-off-evans-to-win-dauphine-libere/
Pierrick Fédrigo joined a 14-man breakaway just 10 miles into the 65-mile stage over the Col d'Izoard and beat the three other survivors as they raced their bicycles into Briançon on Friday.
Among the Dauphiné Libéré bike race leaders, Alejandro Valverde retained his margin over Cadel Evans and Alberto Contador at the end of Stage 6. The race ends Sunday in Grenoble.
While the leaders matched each other in the peloton on the steep climb up Izoard, Spaniard Mikel Astarloza made the only bold move and attacked…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/06/12/valverde-holds-lead-at-dauphine/
Bicycle thefts on college campuses can be frequent and commonplace, but I've been surprised this year by some of those held responsible.
First was the case of the University of South Florida dean whose involvement in a bicycle theft at the campus hospital was caught on tape. The dean, who earned $384,000 a year, is shown on tape helping his handyman take the bike.
Now, Washington State University in Pullman has suspended two freshmen football players from team activities after they were arrested in connection with bicycle thefts from a dormitory …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/06/12/2-wsu-football-players-arrested-in-connection-with-bicycle-thefts/
It's not quite time for “Lights. Camera. Action!” for the Lance Armstrong biographical movie, but apparently plans are shifting into a higher gear.
The screenwriter for the movie “Seabiscuit,” Gary Ross, has been hired to write a script for the movie based on Armstrong's first book, “It's Not About the Bike.”
The film's producer, Frank Marshall, told the Risky Biz Blog that the tale of the pro cyclist and the race horse have certain similarities …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/06/11/screenwriter-hired-for-lance-armstrong-movie/
If a professional cyclist wants to make a statement about his abilities, the epic climb of Mont Ventoux is certainly the place to do it.
Sylvester Szmyd and Alejandro Valverde finished 1st and 2nd on the moonscape mountaintop on Thursday for Stage 5 of the Dauphiné Libéré.
In the process, defending champion Valverde took the overall lead of the race away from Australia's Cadel Evans, who dropped 16 seconds back …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/06/11/valverde-facing-suspension-takes-dauphine-lead-on-mont-ventoux/
“What I've watched for the past 15 years has been almost robotic racing. I used to gasp for air and had to think about when I could take a sip of water – my sport drink – I'd try and time it for a flat section on the switchback of a climb.
“[Now] I see people talking on the 'phone' [radio] riding a climb at the front of the Tour de France. For me it's surreal – I don't recognise the sport anymore.”
— Three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond giving one example of why thinks there's widespread doping in cycling. He was speaking at the anti-doping Play the Game Conference at Coventry University in the UK. He went on to offer solutions to the problem, according to a report in that uses statistics and analytical data.
Expect to hear more about doping as we head into the Tour de France on July 4. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/06/11/quote-why-lemond-says-its-obvious-that-cyclists-are-doping/
Google Maps is bringing its Street View technology to bicycle and pedestrian trials.
Using a trike outfitted with an antenna, GPS and camera, Google has put cyclists out on bike paths in California, Italy and the UK (see video on jump).
The Monterey Bay Coastal Bike Path, right, is one of the first bike paths to make it online.
You'd have to agree that it will be fascinating to see the 360-degree views of all the bicycle paths that Google can shoot; that means that the bike paths will be making their way onto Google Maps …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/06/10/google-maps-filming-bicycle-paths-for-street-view/
Google Maps extends its Street View technology to bicycle paths. Here's an example in Monterey.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/06/10/google-making-street-views-of-bicycle-paths/
From early reports, it sounds like the new Hood Canal Bridge is a vast improvement for bicyclists.
The mile-long span was a narrow, traffic congested — yet unavoidable — link between the Kitsap and North Olympic peninsulas. The few times I used it, I always had the desire to kiss the ground on reaching the opposite bank.
The replacement floating-bridge, whose installation was completed last Wednesday after about five weeks of work, has 8-foot wide emergency lanes all the way across that bicyclists can use …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/06/10/hood-canal-bridge-reopens-positive-reviews-from-cyclists/
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