Rumors about the excellent bicycle touring opportunities in my big back yard, the Pacific Northwest, will be confirmed by the latest set of maps published by the Adventure Cycling Association.
The Washington Parks bicycle route is an 870-mile double loop within easy access from Seattle. One loop takes in the Olympic Peninsula in the west. The other climbs over and around the soaring Cascades in the east.
The routes take in three national parks — Olympic, Mt. Rainier, and North Cascade — along with wild ocean views, tranquil islands, steep mountain passes, and orchards and vineyards. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/05/07/washington-parks-maps-released-by-adventure-cycling/
Although it's only May, George Hincapie says he'll defend his title in the upcoming Tour of Missouri scheduled Sept. 8-14.
Hincapie won the inaugural Missouri stage bike race last year as a member of the Discovery Channel pro cycling team. He's now a member of Team High Road, officially registered in San Luis Obispo, California.
Hincapie recently finished the Tour of Georgia, where High Road teammate Kanstantin Sivtsov won the race with a decisive attack on Brasstown Bald ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/05/07/hincapie-says-hell-race-tour-of-missouri-in-september/
The Baseball Hall of Fame has a home in Cooperstown, and the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame is based in Cleveland. What about cycling?
The U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame is currently housed in a temporary space in Somerville, New Jersey. The directors are seeking a new home for the hall after its original location of some 20 years was sold for redevelopment.
The Hall displays bicycles, jerseys, photos, trophies and other memorabilia of more than 100 years of US cycling history. It also celebrates the sport of cycling by inducting Hall of Famers every year and coordinating annual bike races …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/05/07/u-s-bicycling-hall-of-fame-seeking-new-home/
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Touring bicyclists who benefitted from Gillian Hoggard's hospitality on the hot, dry plains of eastern Colorado in recent years are paying her back.
After a wildfire swept across her home and property last month and destroyed everything in its path, a “reforestation fund” has been set up and at least one work party is heading to her land near Ordway.
It's heartening to see touring cyclists come together to lend a hand to someone whose efforts on their behalf earned her the “Trail Angel” award from Adventure Cycling Association…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/05/06/transamerica-cyclists-helping-ordway-trail-angel/
Bicycles, jerseys, photos and other mementos of more than 100 years of US cycling history is housed in the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame in Somerville, New Jersey.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/05/06/us-bicycling-hall-of-fame/
In spite of an early prohibition, Giro d'Italia organizers are allowing the Astana pro cycling team into the three-week race that begins Saturday in Palermo.
That means US cyclist Levi Leipheimer will race in the Italian classic, along with teammate Alberto Contador, who won the Tour de France last year. (No word on whether the Tour de France chiefs may change their position on Astana.)
Only three of the 22 teams are sending US cyclists to the Giro this year; most of the US riders are members of the Slipstream team. In addition to Leipheimer, other US competitors are Jason McCartney of Team CSC and Jonathan Patrick McCarty, Danny Pate, Christian VandeVelde and David Zabriskie, all of Slipstream…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/05/06/six-us-cyclists-on-giro-ditalia-roster/
One of the most compelling on-the-road bike journals has rolled to a halt as Nevada photographer Rick Gunn completed his around the world bicycle trek this past weekend.
The Tahoe Daily Tribune has set some of his many photos to a slideshow, left, and music that it published online today.
The 44-year-old photographer started his journey at the Golden Gate Bridge in July 2005, returning 34 months later. Along the way he covered 25,811 miles on his 90-pound loaded bicycle, visited 33 countries, and camped out more than 800 times …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/05/05/around-the-world-bike-odyssey-ends-for-nevada-photographer/
Tahoe Daily Tribune set photos to music for Rick Gunn's around the world bike trip.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/05/05/slideshow-of-around-the-world-bicycle-trip/
If you like seeing what bicycles other touring cyclists are riding, then Fully Loaded Touring Bicycles on Tour is one of the best places to go.
Ron W has posted more than 280 photos of fully loaded touring bikes “at work” that have been submitted by their proud owners. The bikes are identified — everything from the Seven Vacanza to the Surly Long Haul Trucker — and you can see how they're packed.
Now he's added the FLT Gallery Profiles Page that features examples of the photographic work of touring cyclists and links to their websites. It's about more than the bike. It's about where the bike can take you ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/05/04/profiles-at-the-fully-loaded-touring-gallery/
Photo by Stephen Lord at flickr.com
A photo from a bicycle tour of eastern Tibet in 2006.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/05/04/touring-bicyclist-on-a-mountain-pass-in-tibet/
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