Pat yourself on the back if you're one of the 5,100 bicycle riders who participated in the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge this year.
The two-day charity bike ride raised $33 million for cancer research and care at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.
How does $33 million for the two-day event compare to other charity bike rides? The Lance Armstrong Foundation reported that its LiveStrong Challenge rides raised about $10 million in 2006, and all 100 MS bike tours combined raised $67 million last year …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/11/12/the-biggest-bicycle-charity-ride-ever/
Amsterdam is No. 1
A travel website has come up with the 11 most bike-friendly cities in the world. I'm pleased, and somewhat surprised, to discover that four of them are in the US.
The highest ranked US city at No. 2 overall is Portland, Oregon. Boulder, Colorado, follows at No. 4; Davis, California at No. 5; and San Francisco at No. 6.
The ranking is based on criteria used by the League of American Bicyclists to name cities to its Bicycle Friendly Communties list. The results here are interesting because Davis leads the LAB's bike friendly list as the only Platinum level city …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/11/12/going-global-with-the-best-bicycling-cities-list/
Two new UCI-level bicycle races are on tap in the US for 2008, joining three regulars — Tour of California, Tour de Georgia and Tour of Missouri.
The new bicycle races are planned for Colorado and Pennsylvania, both deserving locales considering their history in domestic cycling.
The Colorado Stage International Cycle Classic is a three-stage bicycle race that incorporates the Vail Pass Time Trial course from the old Coors Classic. The other two stages comprise a road race from Breckenridge to Beaver Creek and a circuit race between East Vail and West Vail…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/11/11/uci-level-bicycle-racing-in-colorado-and-pennsylvania-next-year/
UCI-level comes to Colorado Aug. 22-24, 2008 with the Colorado Stage International Cycle Classic.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/11/11/colorado-stage-international-cycle-classic/
Some of you who follow the Biking Bis blog know that I underwent prostate surgery for cancer at the end of September.
Being attached to a catheter for a week and plainly having soreness where I sat limited my exercise to daily walks to the store and beyond for several weeks.
Then a week ago Thursday, five weeks to the day after my surgery, I climbed back onto the saddle — gingerly — and set off on my first ride. Over the next few days I rediscovered the fun of cycling, my appetite, and how bicycling seems more friendly in the fall …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/11/10/getting-back-into-bicycling-after-surgery/
Depending on where you live, it might be a little late in the season for taking scenic bike rides to catch sight of brilliant leaves along roads and trails.
If there's still time in your area, or you just want to see what's available to bicyclists in other parts of the country, Bicycling magazine and Rails-to-Trails Conservancy recently created a list of “leaf-peeping” bike tours.
Unfortunately, they both ignore the Pacific Northwest. Although people mostly think of giant conifers and other evergreens inhabiting the region, there's nothing more colorful than our local big leaf maples whose leaves have turned bright yellow in the fall …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/11/09/watching-the-seasons-change-fall-bicycle-rides/
Fall color along Lake Washington bike trail in Bellevue, Washington
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/11/09/section-of-lake-washington-bike-trail/
Some concerned Seattle area bicyclists have set up a reward fund for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the nitbrains who shot bike commuter Peter McKay, left, last week.
Peter, a member of Seattle International Randonneurs, was riding home to West Seattle after work on Thursday when someone shot him from a passing car.
Amazingly, he completed his ride home after the incident, although he felt pain with every breath. He found blood on his clothes and two small bumps when he arrived home. Doctors at the hospital found one BB pellet had penetrated his left lung, releasing air into his chest cavity. The other just missed his aorta and spinal cord. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/11/08/reward-fund-created-after-seattle-cyclist-shot-from-passing-car/
Seattle bike commuter shot with BB pellets, which penetrated his lung. More at his website Peter McKay — Not a Typical Commute Home.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/11/08/peter-mckay/
Congratulations to everyone recognized by the Adventure Cycling Association for going “above and beyond” to make conditions for bicycle travelers safer and more enjoyable.
Those honored for 2007 were:
Pacesetter Award: Neil Gunton, webmaster of Crazy Guy on a Bike;
Trail Angels Award: Nita Larronde and Don Kearney, and Pie-O-Neer Café owner Kathy Knapp of Pie Town, New Mexico;
Sam Braxton Bike Shop Award: Bicycle Outfitters of Seminole, Florida;
Volunteer of the Year: Chuck Harmon of Dublin, Ohio …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/11/08/honoring-folks-who-make-a-difference-for-touring-bicyclists/
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