REI recalls Novara Trionfo bicycles. More information.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/06/02/rei-recall/
Hmmm. Pie.
A gal in San Francisco who sells pies from her bicycle is just one of a number of folks who are putting their bikes to work these days.
The BikeBasketPies baker announces her schedule via Twitter. Apparently she launched her business on Monday in Delores Park at the western edge of the Mission District.
Her specialties are strawberry-rhubarb, blueberry-mango-coconut, and mixed berry mini pies. Other working bikes…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/06/02/putting-your-bicycle-to-work/
A 47-year-old home builder who took a couple of years off to bicycle around the world is looking ahead to his final 3,500-4,000 miles in a trans-America tour.
Steve Dale of Yorkshire, England, is presently in Australia and set to fly to New Zealand where he'll bicycle before heading to the United States. He's already traveled across Europe and Asia by bicycle.
In preparation for his bike tour across the US, Steve contacted me at the BikingBis blog. He wants to know about “the best practical, but most direct bicycle route across America.”
He wants to start in San Francisco and finish up in New York. Anyone out there with ideas about the best route? …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/06/01/world-bicycle-tour-ends-with-cross-country-ride-in-the-uslooking-for-best-route/
Home builder from England plans to wrap up his 16,000-mile around the world bicycle tour with cross-country trip in the US. See Ride With Steve website.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/06/01/steve-dale/
Russian Denis Menchov protected his lead over voracious rival Danilo Di Luca in the final stage time trial of the Giro d'Italia on Sunday, in spite of crashing on rain-slicked streets just a kilometer from the finish.
Riding hard on the 9-mile loop around ancient Rome, Menchov slipped on the wet street and crashed. After slidding along the pavement, Menchov immediately got up and picked up his bike. His mechanic in the trailing team car quickly handed him a new bike, enabling him to cross the finish in 10th place.
In spite of the fall, Menchov put an extra 21 seconds on his margin over Italy's Di Luca, who finished the race in second place, 41 seconds behind Menchov.
Levi Leipheimer was the highest placed US rider in the Giro …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/05/31/menchov-falls-but-doesnt-fail-wins-2009-giro-ditalia/
Here's a welcome sign for pedestrians and bicyclists: Street closed to traffic on Sunday.
Alki Avenue along the beach in West Seattle is reserved for people on bicycles and on foot this Sunday.
Cars and trucks will be banned on the usually busy street that runs beside Alki Beach. Instead, visitors can see stunt bike shows, bicycle art and maintenance booths, a kids' bike parade and more.
Getting there
If you're going, I'd recommend riding your bicycle or taking the water taxi, or both. That's what I did on Friday when I visited the area…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/05/30/celebrate-bicycles-at-summer-streets-in-alki-on-sunday/
With everyone watching the showdown between Denis Menchov and challenger Danilo Di Luca, Belgium's Philippe Gilbert slipped out of the lead group with less than a mile to go and won Stage 20 in Agnani on Saturday.
Menchov and Di Luca finished together in the pack. Italy's Di Luca actually lost 2 seconds in his bid to dislodge Menchov from first place.
The result means that Menchov carries a 20-second lead over Di Luca as they prepare for Sunday's final stage, a 9-mile individual time trial around the streets of Rome. Menchov, who gained the leader's pink jersey from Di Luca in the Stage 12 individual time trial, is expected to retain that lead. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/05/30/menchov-protects-giro-ditalia-lead-with-one-stage-to-go/
Giro d'Italia race leader Denis Menchov stuck to his rival's rear wheel as Italy's Danilo Di Luca tried unsuccessfully to win back the pink jersey on Stage 19 on Friday.
Although Menchov finished in fourth place, right behind Di Luca, the Italian did gain 8 seconds on Menchov. Di Luca is now within 18 seconds with just two more stages to go in this year's bicycle race.
While that contest was brewing below, Carlos Sastre won the stage with an attack on the final climb of Mount Vesuvius. He improved his overall ranking by one rung to fourth place…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/05/29/sastre-erupts-on-vesuvius-di-luca-cant-shake-menchov/
Here's my reward on Thursday for a half-hour drive and nearly an hour of butt-busting climbing on my old Rockhopper mountain bike.
That's me checking out the view of Mount Rainier from the east summit of Tiger Mountain. It was such a wonderful day for Seattle — sunny and 70s — that I wanted to commemorate it with a new bicycle route.
Earlier in the week I had stopped by Half Price Books and stumbled across Mountain Bike Adventures in Washington's South Cascades and Puget Sound by Tom Kirkendall. What a great find and a great bargain, I thought, until I got home and realized the book was 14 years old.
With warm temperatures and blue skies, I was willing to see if these routes still exist. ..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/05/28/difficult-bicycle-climbs-have-their-rewards/
Now there's an online resource where you can tell the world about problems you've encounted while bicycling.
The Cascade Bicycle Club has created www.bikewise.org to map the locations of bicycle crashes, road hazards and bicycle thefts.
Although it was created by the Seattle-based bicycle club, it's available for use anywhere in the world, and the developers are encouraging bicycle riders in other regions to use it.
BikeWise is more than just someplace to vent your anger about the location of a dangerous intersection or poorly maintained construction site. Check into the detailed reports of crashes, for instance, and you see a section on “lessons learned.” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/05/28/cascade-launches-bikewise-com-to-track-crashes-hazards-thefts/
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