Talks at Seatte Bike Expo
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Bicycling and fitness coach Chris Carmichael answered the question that was on a lot of minds when he spoke Saturday at the Seattle International Bike Expo.
Could Lance Armstrong win the Tour de France again?
“He's an amazing athlete. I think he could. … It would take a lot of effort, but I think he could win it again.”
Carmichael said Armstrong, at age 36, is running in the Boston Marathon (April 21) and is looking to break 2:45; he wants to run in his third New York City Marathon (Nov. 2) and do it in 2:30; and he plans to ride at the Leadville 100 mountain bike race (Aug. 9)…
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Fitness trainer and founder of Carmichael Training Systems poses with new-found friends at Seattle International Bike Expo in 2008
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Here are some photos from the first day of the Seattle International Bike Expo, presented by the Cascade Bicycle Club.
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You wouldn't think you'd have to explain the bike lane parking law to people attending the 2008 Seattle International Bike Expo on Saturday, but here it is:
“Do not park in a bicycle lane.” — page 78, Washington Driver Guide.
Apparently the lure of “free” (illegal) parking close to the site of this year's expo at Terminal 30 on East Marginal Way was too good to pass up. Scores of cars were parked illegally in the bike lane.
There was plenty of free parking within a short walking distance of the event, the Cascade Bicycle Club arranged for shuttle buses…
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Cars at Seattle Bike Expo block the bike lane.
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Seattle cops ticketed dozens of cars on East Marginal Way during the Seattle International Bike Expo.
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Sometimes the good guys — that would be bicyclists — prevail.
After advocates mounted a bike protest ride and conducted a traffic count, the Seattle transportation department is agreeing to replace sharrows on Stone Way North with bike lanes.
Merchants along the road that heads north from the Burke Gilman Trail insisted last summer that four lanes were needed on Stone Way because of truck traffic. The city installed sharrows on the uphill portion instead of bike lanes, an action which bike advocates said created a dangerous situation …
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Bicycles. Cars. Hit-and-runs. Probated sentences. The beat goes on.
A Texas woman convicted of striking a bicyclist and not stopping to help was sentenced to five years probation and a six-month probated jail sentence. The cyclist died five months later.
The Lubbock jurors deliberated two hours before coming up with this ridiculous sentence. It means the hit-and-run driver won't serve any jail time as long as she abides by the terms of her probation for five years.
In his closing arguments, the prosecutor asked for the five-year maximum sentence:
“Why would you consider probation for someone that didn't even give Brett the consideration some people would give a dog.”
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This Sierra Club poll may not be new, but I've just stumbled across links to it in the past couple of days.
It's sort of a good-natured way to educate bicyclists that they may not be as “green” as they think, depending on some bicycling choices they make.
Take the poll at “How Green is My Bike Ride?” No cheating.
In the efforts of full disclosure, I scored a 91 out of 100. I got knicked for …
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