The first legitimate snowfall in my area got me to thinking about pedal-powered snowplows.
They have lots of advantages, primarily by transforming the act of snow-shoveling into a good workout for your legs instead of a back-breaking chore. Here are three good ones.
As for this one at left, it's effective as well. Kevin Blake (MrPlowKevin), an engineer at Trek, created it for last year's Specialized Innovate or Die contest. He used parts from an old riding lawnmower and old bicycles and two store-bought snow shovels.
The plow didn't win the contest (a water filtration bike did), but it certainly looks like a useful machine …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/18/pedal-powered-snowplows-clear-driveways-and-paths/
Usually by the time the Vuelta a Espana rolls around, I'm burned out on the Euro pro cycling scene.
The three-week race around Spain follows the Tour de France by 3 or 4 weeks. That's when all the Tour's post-race doping news is hitting its stride, and I'm fed up with the sport and the cheating cyclists.
Who knows whether this year will be different. The course for the Vuelta is certainly unusual, as it starts in the Dutch city of Assen and the bike race's first three days take place in the Netherlands. Then the peloton passes into Belgium before taking a day off to travel to Tarragona, Spain, to continue the race …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/18/vuelta-a-espana-starts-in-the-netherlands-hops-to-spain/
The Vuelta a Espana rolls out of Holland on Aug. 29, ending in Madrid on Sept. 20. More information about the bicycle race at the Vuelta a Espana website.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/18/2009-vuelta-a-espana/
The 2009 Giro d'Italia celebrates its centennial from May 9 to 31. The bike race starts in Venice and ends in Rome, instead of the usual finale in Milan. More details Giro d'Italia.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/18/2009-giro-ditalia-route-map/
The New York City policeman who body-checked the bicyclist in this YouTube video has been charged with filing false statements, assault and harassment charges.
The cop, Patrick Pogan, pleaded not guilty earlier today to all charges.
The original charges Pogan filed against the 29-year-old who he body slammed during a July 25 Critical Mass bike ride in New York City were dropped several months ago. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/16/update-charges-in-youtubes-ny-cop-vs-cm-cyclist-knockdown/
Lance Armstrong will be joined by 2006 Tour de France winner Oscar Pereiro at the Town Down Under next month in Australia.
Pereiro, who won after Floyd Landis was stripped of the championship, will lead the Caisse d'Epargne team, while Armstrong will ride for Astana.
It's the first time that two Tour de France winners …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/16/two-tour-de-france-winners-compete-at-tour-down-under/
What have you done in the past 100 days? I can't say that anything I've done is as exciting as the bicycle touring adventures by Philippe and Leandra Brient.
The couple from British Columbia set off from France on Sept. 1, and so far have visited 13 countries in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa on their bicycles. (At left they're warming up in Turkey.)
According to their website, Vimax Adventures, the pair have reached Egypt after bicycling across the Sinai Peninsula. It looks like their cyclo-touring will continue after the first of the year.
Philippe and Leandra e-mailed me about their adventures and invited me to check out their website “to give inspiration and information to other cyclists (as others did to us). …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/15/canadian-couple-explore-13-countries-by-bicycle-in-100-days/
Philippe and Leandra Brient warm up while exploring in Turkey. The pair have covered 13 countries in Europe and the Middle East in 100 days.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/15/canadian-bicycle-explorers-warm-up-in-turkey/
Cycling enthusiasts — and Lance-o-philes — can tune in to the Versus cable network for daily half-hour updates from the Tour Down Under, which rolls out Jan. 18-25, 2009.
Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong is making his comeback to pro cycling in the South Australia race, suddenly making the week-long stage race more noteworthy that usual.
The times for the Tour Down Under listed on the Versus TV schedule (all times are Eastern time zone…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/14/versus-tv-schedule-for-2009-tour-down-under/
The Team Garmin cyclists must be licking their collective chops on Saturday after learning that the 2009 Giro d'Italia opens with a team time trial in Venice.
An opening team time trial in the Giro last year put the US-based team — then known as Team Slipstream-Chipotle — in the leading position with Illinois-raised Christian Vande Velde in the pink jersey.
The Giro rolls across Italy (with brief visits to Austria, Switzerland and France) for 2,105 miles from May 9 -31. It finishes in Rome with a time trial, the first time the bike race has skipped Milan as the finish since 1989 …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/13/2009-giro-ditalia-route-revealed/
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