If you're fortunate enough to visit the Yosemite National Park in California, don't forget your bicycle the next time you go.
At first it's a scary thought. Some of the roads in the Yosemite Valley are as congested in the peak summer tourist season as anything in a big city.
But that traffic dwindles down between Labor Day and Memorial Day. And you probably won't be on the road anyway. There is a network of 12 miles of bicycle trails around the valley (see green line on map) that connect many of the attractions and carry you far from the hustle and bustle …
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Yosemite Valley bike trails, in green. See original map at Yosemite National Park Valley map.
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Lance Armstrong's first pro cycling race in 2009 could be Australia's Tour Down Under, known as the first stop on the world cycling calendar.
Race director Mike Turtur told the Sydney Morning Herald that Armstrong has told officials he'd like to compete in the six-day stage bicycle race across South Australia that rolls out Jan. 20 – 25, just four months away.
Perhaps we'll know more about Armstrong's schedule next Wednesday when he's expected to announce more details about his intentions.
Official tour operator
Interestingly, the Tour Down Under recently accredited a US tour operator for the first time to offer vacation packages to the race — Trek Travel. …
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If you want children to learn about healthy habits, who better to pass along the information than a bicycle traveler carrying 70 pounds of equipment some 60 miles a day from coast-to-coast.
That bicyclist is 27-year-old Chris Figureida. He's making his second cross-country bike trip — Cycle for Heart — to educate school children about the importance of proper nutrition and leading an active lifestyle in order to prevent obesity.
He left from Neah Bay on Washington state's Olympic Peninsula on Sept. 7, and he's already spoken to students in Seattle and Olympia. His itinerary calls for him to continue riding southeasterly until he reaches Key West ….
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Chris Figureida is riding his bicycle cross-country to meet school children and encourage them to be active and eat healthy to prevent obesity, which strikes 17% of those aged 2-19. Picture from his website, Cycle for Heart.
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Remember that old Saturday Night Live joke?
“I'm from New Jersey.” “Oh yeah? What exit?”
That retort could be rewritten to “What bicycle route?” as the New Jersey Department of Transportation has published three more bicycle route guides to make an even dozen that are available online for cyclists.
The three are Burlington County Bikeways, Cape May Shoreline Ride and Cumberland Salem Revolution bicycling guides. Combined, they offer 168 miles of bicycling through New Jersey ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/09/17/new-jerseys-12-in-depth-bicycle-tour-guides-posted-online/
New Jersey recently added three online bicycle guides to nine that were online. See Bicycle Tours at New Jersey Department of Transportation.
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When I read that the Smithsonian Institution will digitize its collection of 137 million artifacts, I surfed over there to see what the national museum currently has posted online in terms of bicycles.
The museum has photos of 45 bicycles online in its America on the Move Bicycle Collection and a couple of dozen other images of helmets, anti-car buttons and turn-of-the-century pro-bicycling pamplets.
The images in the collection run from a two-wheeled hobby horse manufactured in 1818 to a Schwinn Super Deluxe Sting-Ray made in 1965. There are standard bicycles, ordinary bicycles, bone shakers, and tandems. You'll recognize the names Schwinn, Columbia, Raleigh, and Pierce, among others ….
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This 1949 bicycle made by Raleigh was ridden from Colombia to Washington DC in 1950 and donated to the Smithsonian Institution. It and other bicycles can be viewed online in the Smithsonian's America on the Move collection.
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This Rex Cycle is one of the more unusual bicycles (even those it has three wheels) on display in the Smithsonian Institution's digital bicycle collection. See more about the Rex Cycle at the Smithsonian's America on the Move collection.
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