Some features within two miles of my home.
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Feeling a little beleaugured by traffic or poor road design on your morning bicycle commute or ride to the store?
Rest assured that somewhere in the US, seven cities are being honored in 2007 by the League of American Bicyclists as new “bicycle friendly communities” for their efforts to integrate bicycles into the fabric of city life.
Certainly leading the list in terms of population and impact is New York City. Others receiving the Bronze-level designation are Lexington-Fayette County, Kentucky; Liberty Lake, Washington; Santa Clarita, Cal., and Spartanburg, S.C.
Two cities received the higher ranked silver award. They were Santa Cruz, Cal., and Steamboat Springs, Colo…..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/10/08/seven-new-bicycle-friendly-cities-chosen/
There's a little ol' 10-mile bike ride that's held every October in Central California that draws hundreds of bicyclists. In spite of the ride's short distance, it takes the fastest rider more than 45 minutes to reach the finish line; for others it can take more than two hours.
It's the Mount Diablo Challenge, a 10.8-mile slog up a San Francisco Bay Area landmark that gains 3,240 feet. Cyclists suffer a 6.9% gradient over the last four miles.
On Sunday, 976 bicyclists made it past Devil's Elbow and all the way to the summit. I tip my helmet to all of them, from Christopher Phipps, 37, of San Francisco who finished in 45:48 (14.1 mph) to Paul Phillips, 41, of Alamo, who crossed the finish line in 3 hours 5 minutes…
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See the story on Mount Diablo Challenge bike ride results
Mount Diablo Challenge annual fall bike ride draws about 1,000 Bay Area cyclists to the slopes of Mount Diablo for the 10-mile bike ride to the top. See California Bicycle Ride Calendar for more rides.
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Where's the bicycle market headed?
The Wall Street Journal reports that custom bicycles — with pricetags upwards of $10,000 — are the new rage for bike makers seeking to push up their bottom line.
Meanwhile, the Boston Globe says that “simple cycling” is the way to go. The style manifests itself in the line of easy-to-ride bicycles that use the automatic shifting Coasting system developed by Shimano …
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The top women's sprinter in America's track cycling is looking ahead to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Jennie Reed has a cool dozen national cycling jerseys and is looking to win more at the USA Cycling elite national championships in Carson, California. Reed won the keirin Thursday, the sprint Friday.
Reed hopes to perform better in the upcoming Olympics than …
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Limited edition production pumps up the price
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How many frontiers are left? A 40-year-old British man has completed a 46,000-mile journey around the world completely under his own power by bicycling, rowing, hiking and rollerblading.
The man, Jason Lewis, was just 26 years old when he and a friend set out to circumnavigate the globe without relying on engines, motors or wind power such as sailing; no tramp steamers to carry them across oceans or trains to cross deserts.
Along the way he broke both legs when he was hit by a car while rollerbladding in the US, was attacked by alligators, snakes and pirates, and headed off alone when his friend dropped out …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/10/06/jason-lewis-around-the-world-in-13-years/
Expedition 360
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The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy continues adding bicycle trails to its Hall of Fame. The latest is the Pinellas Trail, which runs 34 miles from Tarpon Springs to South St. Petersburg in Florida.
A bike path in sunny Florida is certainly something to dream about for someone who lives in the Pacific Northwest. But according to the conservancy, this trail has more going for it than the weather.
The trail passes through parks populated by waterfowl and trees heavy with Spanish moss. It parallels the Gulf Coast and crosses several tidal waterways…
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