What seemed like a brilliant idea last week landed with a resounding thud at eBay on Thursday when the 17 bicycles being auctioned off by Tailwind Sports received nary a bid.
The bicycles, mostly Madone 6.9 road bikes or Equinox TTX time trial machines, carried Discovery Channel colors, the sponsor that ended its association with Tailwind this year. Tailwind gave up on finding a new sponsor and put these bikes out to bid.
Even though the individual Treks had pedigree papers identifying their authenticity and pro riders who used them, apparently no one thought that cache was worth plunking down up to the $12,200 starting bid — not even for George Hincapie's time trial bike (above). …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/12/21/zero-bids-for-used-discovery-channel-racing-bikes/
There's a more than 100-mile-long abandoned railway corridor on Washington's Olympic Peninsula that is being transformed into a first-rate bicycling trail named the Olympic Discovery Trail.
When completed it will stretch all the way from La Push on the Pacific Ocean, across the base of the northern slope of the Olympic Mountains, to bustling Port Townsend on Puget Sound.
More than a third of the trail is routed and paved (primarily the central portion connecting Port Angeles and Sequim on the Strait of Juan del Fuca), and volunteers are beginning work on another section east of Sequim that brings the trail closer to Port Townsend ……
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/12/20/work-continues-on-olympic-discovery-trail/
Purple is proposed and red has been completed. Details at the Olympic Peninsula Trail website.
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A bicycle rider pedals across one of the many old railroad trestles on the Olympic Discovery Trail on the Olympic Peninsula in northwest Washington.
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Stuck for a last-minute gift for a fellow bicycling enthusiast? Socks are always nice, but you can only have so many pairs of gloves, rear blinkers and water bottles.
My recommendation is that people give memberships to national bicycling associations or local bicycle clubs this year. These are the folks who do all the heavy lifting when it comes to creating bike routes, building trails or advocating on our part in the halls of Congress or down at City Hall.
And since most have a nonprofit status, a portion of those memberships are tax deductible; always a consideration at the end of the year.
Here are what I'd consider the four best memberships you could give …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/12/19/the-4-best-last-minute-gifts-for-bicyclists/
Police in Edmonton, Canada, aren't giving up on a bicycle fatality, even though the case is 22 years old.
The mother of the 16-year-old hit-and-run victim and police are making another plea for information in the death of Robert Phillips. At a police department press conference, the boy's mother, Donna Nelson, said:
“I'm hoping for a miracle. Maybe somebody's carrying some guilt around that would like to deal with that. That's the only thing that's going to motivate a reaction.” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/12/19/canadian-police-reopen-1985-bike-fatality-case/
Specialized Bicycles is voluntarily recalling 3,000 Model-D helmets that failed tests required by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The helmets could fail on impact, causing serious head injury to cyclists. Fortunately, no injuries have been reported.
The ultralight helmets retailed for $200 and were sold through Specialized authorized dealers and online stores between July and October 2007, when they were taken off the market. Apparently there was a chin strap buckle problem. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/12/18/specialized-recalls-3000-bicycle-helmets/
Specialized, in cooperation with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, recalled these helmets in December 2007. More info here.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/12/18/helmet-model-recalled-by-specialized/
Every year during the holidays I take a look at some bicycle donation programs for underprivileged children. It's always easy to find some big-hearted bicycle enthusiasts who are sharing their love of bicycling and youth by donating new or refurbished bikes to kids.
Bike Build 2007 by TurningWheels for Kids in San Jose is one of the biggest I ran across this year (left). Hundreds of volunteers assembled and donated 1,800 bicycles this past weekend.
I stumbled across others in Akron, Ohio; Houston, Texas; Syracuse, New York; Cleburne, Texas; Fontana, California and my current hometown of Bellevue, Washington. Some were big, others were small. Some raised money for new bikes, while others collected old bikes to be refurbished into a decent set of wheels for kids. ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/12/18/every-kid-deserves-a-bicycle/
Photo by shutzele at flickr.com
Hundreds of bike boxes are lined up, waiting for volunteers to assemble bikes at the TurningWheels for Kids event in San Jose on Saturday.
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