Here's a book about precarious border crossings, bandits, wars and civil unrest, and big ol' hairy rats.
The latest John LeCarre spy novel? No. It's the latest bicycle tour book from Tim and Cindie Travis entitled “Down the Road in South America.”
Don't get me wrong. The book also tells about the wonderful people that the Travises meet on their journeys and the remarkable landmarks and scenery that they experience from the saddles of their loaded bicycles.
I suppose the book is best described by its subtitle, “A bicycle tour through poverty, paradise, and the places in between.” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/29/another-bicycling-adventure-with-tim-and-cindie-travis/
Although they do visit large cities on the South American bicycle travels, Cindie and Tim Travis find that people are friendlier and easier to meet in the small villages. Photo from DowntheRoad.org.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/29/cindie-travis-riding-into-a-village-in-peru/
While this is a dicey little stretch of road in the best of conditions, it was plenty slippery in the December 2008 snows. Cyclists often ride this road between Lake Washington Boulevard and the bike lane over the I-90 bridge.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/29/hairpin-turn-in-colman-park-seattle/
The sight of black pavement in my neighborhood this morning was enough to coax me out onto my bicycle after about a week-long hibernation.
Ordinarily I use better judgement about picking my bicycle rides, but we've been snowed in for awhile. And with only a few days remaining to knock out the last 90 miles of my 4,000-mile bicycling goal for 2008, just about any conditions are adequate for a bike ride.
By the end of the day, I was 33 miles closer to my goal. By riding gingerly or walking through sections of slush or carrying my bike over snow dunes at some intersections, it was one of the slowest rides of the year …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/28/desperation-bicycle-ride-around-lake-washington/
RAGBRAI — and any other organized bicycle rides — are welcome again in Crawford County, Iowa.
The county's board of supervisors earlier this week rescinded the ban they instituted in October 2007. That's when their insurance carrier paid $350,000 to settle a negligence lawsuit with the family of a man who died in the 2004 RAGBRAI.
The decision to allow organized bike rides again ends an ugly prohibition that threatened to spill over into other counties.
The change of heart occurred after the Register's Annual Great Annual Bicycle Ride Across Iowa …..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/27/county-that-launched-ragbrai-ban-backs-down/
Looking through some pictures for an end-of-year family photo album this week, I stumbled across some bike ride pictures and realized I had enjoyed many excellent bicycle rides this year.
Here are my 10 favorites (with links if I blogged about it) in no particular order:
Seattle to Portland — Although my son and I had done Ride Around Washington several times, we had never ridden the 200-mile STP together. He nailed it effortlessly (above) with just a handful of training rides; I chalked it up to his being 17 years old.
John Wayne Pioneer Trail — With the family out of town for a few days this summer, I took the opportunity to finally ride the rail-to-trail over Snoqualmie Pass. Amazing scenery. I returned in October and met a guy from Oklahoma who was riding his horse 2,000 miles to visit a friend in western Washington.
Overnight to Kanaskat — My son and I had never independently taken an overnight bicycle camping trip together. We rectified that this spring …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/26/my-top-10-bicycle-rides-of-2008/
200-mile bike ride is just a chance to fool around .
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/26/my-son-horsing-around-on-stp/
After being struck by cars, robbed, and kidnapped on his worldwide bicycle tour, Okhwan Yoon has reached the southwestern US where he's continuing his solo trek.
Yoon, 46, has been on the road for seven years, travelling through 169 countries on his quest to ride his bicycle in nearly every country on Earth.
The South Korean is quite the media hound, as there are many stories about his travels online. Googling his name, I could follow him into Brazil (where he was struck by a hit-and-run driver), then Central America and Mexico, where an interview appears at YouTube.
After crossing the border and riding to San Diego, he continued to Los Angeles and is now in Tucson, where he was interviewed at the local newspaper …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/24/south-koreans-worldwide-bicycle-tour-reaches-the-us/
Okhwan Yoon, 46, has been travelling the globe by bicycle for seven years after leaving his home in South Korea.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/24/korean-bicycles-in-us-on-worldwide-tour/
When Lance Armstrong comes out of retirement, he really comes out of retirement.
CNN says that Armstrong and girlfriend Anna Hansen are expecting a baby in June. What's so amazing about this is that the couple conceived without the use of any artificial fertilization.
Armstrong was first diagnosed with testicular cancer in 1996. Before undergoing surgery and chemotherapy, he had some sperm stored that was later used to conceive his first three children with his first wife, Kristin …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/24/lance-armstrongs-fourth-child-expected-in-june/
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