Imagine the movie “Assault on Precinct 13” — naked. That's kind of what happened in Vancouver, BC, this weekend.
After police there arrested a man who participated in a naked bicycle ride with his 3-year-old son on Saturday, the group rode through downtown Vancouver to the police station to protest the arrest.
Unlike the movie, there was no violence. Naked bicyclists don't carry weapons. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/08/25/naked-cyclists-protest-at-vancouver-police-station/
Cities large and small have been putting together bicycle master plans over the past few years to encourage bicycle use. Here in my neck of the woods, Seattle approved a plan last year and Bellevue is working toward a citywide pedestrian-bike plan.
The main idea is to make it easier and safer for people to use their bikes for errands and commuting. The result will be reduced traffic congestion and pollution.
It seems like the type of idea that San Francisco would jump on. But an article in the Wall Street Journal attributes San Francisco's years-long delay in implementing a plan to one man: Rob Anderson …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/08/24/why-san-franciscos-bicycle-plan-is-on-hold/
Until I look at the results, I'd assume that the US would dominate in mountain biking at the Olympics. Didn't a cast of characters racing down Mt. Tam in Marin County, California, on old bikes launch the modern sport of mountain biking just 30 years ago?
That may be true, but the sport caught fire and spread across the globe so quickly that cyclists from other countries routinely eat our lunch.
That's what happened at the Beijing Olympics on Saturday morning. Two Frenchmen and a Swiss cyclist took all three medals in the men's mountain bike competition; cyclists from Germany, Poland and Russia medaled in women's mountain biking …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/08/23/france-and-germany-sizzle-us-fizzles-in-olympic-mountain-biking/
All three US cyclists who raced in the men's and women's BMX finals won medals Friday morning at the Beijing Olympics.
Mike Day won silver and Donny Robinson took bronze in the men's finals. Jill Kintner of the Seattle area won the bronze medal in the women's finals.
As promised, the BMX finals produced rough and tumble action on the course. Three women went down in separate crashes as they went for broke in the race, and three men hit the dirt in one collision during the men's race.
This is the first Olympics to host BMX, and the sight of big people catching air as they race little bikes on the hilly course provides a lot of excitement…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/08/22/three-medals-for-us-at-olympic-bmx-finals/
Do you like irony? Then here's one for you:
An 18.8-mile bike path that's proposed to run alongside a toll road in the Washington DC suburbs is in danger of being blocked because it could damage environmentally sensitive parkland.
Never mind that the $2.4 billion, six-lane toll road follows the same route. In fact, the bike trail was originally proposed as an ecological offset for environmental damage caused by the new road between Gaithersburg and Laurel …
Eric Gilliland, executive director of the Washington Area Bicycle Association, told the Washington Post:
“We really don't understand the rationale behind dropping a bike trail for environmental issues when they're already running a big highway through there.” ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/08/21/environmental-issues-might-block-bike-path-while-toll-road-okd/
What better way to publicize the advantages of urban bicycling to national decision-makers than to make 1,000 bicycles available for use at the upcoming Democratic and Republican national conventions.
The new Freewheelin' bike-sharing program will be in Denver and Minneapolis-St. Paul during the conventions to lend out the free bicycles to anyone with picture ID and credit card.
The Humana health insurance company is behind the Freewheelin program, in partnership with the Bikes Belong advocacy group …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/08/21/1000-free-bikes-at-democratic-and-republican-conventions/
Cervélo is recalling some 5,800 Wolf SL Carbon Fiber bicycle forks because the fork steerer can crack under normal use.
The fork is manufactured by True Temper Composite Material Products of Guangzhou, China, and used on some Cervelo bicycles.
Although Cervelo didn't make the forks, the Switzerland-based company says it is issuing the recall and will replace the forks with different models at no cost to dealers or consumers. The company has received a dozen reports of the forks cracking or breaking….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/08/21/cervelo-recalls-wolf-sl-carbon-fiber-bicycle-forks/
Recall in conjunction with Consumer Product Safety Commission; details.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/08/21/cervelo-recalls-bicycle-forks/
Update: BMX semifinals and finals delayed until 9 a.m. Friday Beijing time (9 p.m. Thursday EST) due to rainy weather.
The entire US BMX team — 3 men and 1 woman — survived the early qualifying rounds and will compete in the upcoming semifinals for this event being seen at the Summer Olympics for the first time ever.
It was touch and go for one of the riders, Kyle Bennett, at left, who collided with a couple of other riders and dislocated his shoulder in last of 3 heats his group raced. He did not finish that heat, but scored well enough in the first 2 heats to advance. Doctors said he was good to go.
Mike Day won his quarterfinal to qualify for the semifinals, and Donny Robinson, like Bennett, finished in the top 4 of his quarterfinal run to qualify.
The lone woman on the US team, Jill Kintner of Seattle, raced in the seeding phase. She's ranked 7th for the upcoming semifinals …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/08/21/us-advances-3-men-and-1-woman-to-bmx-semifinals/
Kyle Bennett of Texas is a favorite in the inaugural BMX competition.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/08/20/kyle-bennett/
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