The loss of the Tour de Georgia for next year was sad news. But the Oregon Pro Cycling Classic is setting out to prove that there's good news for the sport of cycling as well.
Known for the past six years as the Mt. Hood Cycling Classic, the race is undergoing a makeover that will expand it to seven days and raise its difficulty in an attempt to rival the Amgen Tour of California.
The $50,000 event is listed on the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar from May 11 – 17, 2009 …
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Mt. Hood Cycling Classic becomes Oregon Pro Cycling Classic.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/03/oregon-pro-cycling-classic-logo/
C'mon. There's enough road rage out there without bicyclists turning on each other.
But that's what happened in Madison last week, reports the Wisconsin State Journal. According to police reports, Colin O'Brien, owner of Madison's Cronometro bike shop, was attacked one evening after suggesting that a couple of other bicyclists “get a light” after they passed him.
The man and woman had the decency to announce “on your left” when they passed, so they should have known that they needed to light up their rides after dark. Instead, the man shouted “mind your own business.” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/03/madison-bike-shop-owner-assaulted-by-fellow-cyclists/
Here's Lance Armstrong riding with Levi Leipheimer on an Astana team training ride on Tenerife in Canary Islands earlier Tuesday.
Those wheels on Leipheimer's bicycle drew a lot of attention when Armstrong posted this to TwitPic. Leipheimer later responded that they were prototypes that he was testing.
Another interesting incident occurred on this ride when …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/03/astana-training-ride-on-tenerife/
As we roll into the end of 2008, it might be a good time to check out some bicycle-themed calendars for 2009.
Of all the offerings, one of the most popular — at least for browsing — is the Cycle Passion 2009 calendar produced in Germany. The calendar offers photos of professional female cyclists unencumbered by typical cycling garb.
Other calendars feature Seattle's legion of women cyclists, legendary mountain biker Jacquie Phelan, bike culture expressed in exotic locales, and the annual cycling scenery masterpiece by Graham Watson.
That's Sabine Spitz, above, on the cover of next year's Cycle Passion calendar. Among her other accomplishments, the German cyclist was mountain bike champion at the 2008 Beijing Olympics (see the mountain bike on the floor behind her?) …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/02/eight-bicycle-calendars-for-2009/
Seattle to raise money for BikeWorks.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/02/calendar-release-party/
Photos of women cyclists grace the pages of the 2009 Cycle Passion calendar.
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The 2009 Tour de France is a sure thing for Lance Armstrong.
The 37-year-old returning professional cyclist confirmed his plans to the Associated Press from the Canary Islands where he's training with the Astana pro cycling team.
That's Armstrong, right, and teammate Levi Leipheimer taking a break from surfing during the team training. (More pictures at Twitpic.)
Armstrong initially announced in September that he'd come out of retirement to race at the Tour de France and other races in 2009. Lately, however, he said that didn't feel welcomed by the Tour organizers and was a little fearful of fan reaction on the road. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/02/lance-armstrong-confirms-hell-race-2009-tour-de-france/
This holiday weekend I took a virtual state-by-state bicycle tour around the U.S. by reading about all the exciting week-long bicycle tours that are available in 2009.
I dug up more bike rides than ever — 133 bicycle tours in 45 states — to update the BikingBis.com list of Across State Bicycle Tours.
That's kind of a generic title for the list. Although a few are patterned on RAGBRAI and actually go from one side of the state to the other, most are high-attendance, week-long rides that simply explore a region of the state by traveling the backroads …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/01/133-week-long-bicycle-tours-for-2009/
Normally, bicyclists who stop along the roadside during long rides are “taking care of business.”
But the 35 Acorns of Hope bicycle riders touring Louisiana's coastal plain earlier this month were professional arborists, and they were stopping to plant 2,000 live oak trees.
Acorns of Hope is a 5-year project that's aimed at replanting the thousands of trees along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico that were wiped out by Hurricanes Rita and Katrina.
Without trees and their roots to hold the soil along the coastline, erosion continues to threaten those who are returning to rebuild their homes and their livelihoods …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/11/30/ride-a-bike-plant-a-tree-in-louisiana/
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