Last weekend marked the one-year anniversary of the death of 15-year-old North Carolina resident Rachel Giblin on a charity bicycle ride in South Carolina.
As the Breakaway to the Beach went off again as scheduled, Rachel's parents talked about their efforts to raise the awareness of motorists to make things safer for bicyclists on the road.
The family has launched a website entitled “Share the Road for Rachel,” and they're distributing magnets and stickers with that slogan. More than 1,000 have gone out so far….
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Parents of North Carolina teen try to improve safety for bicyclists at Share the Road for Rachel website.
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Here is a tale of two cities, one in the real world and another in the Bizarro World; one that rewards for helmet use and another that considers punishing accident victims for not wearing a helmet.
The first is Salina, Kansas, where firefighters are handing out candy coupons from a local grocer to bicyclists who are wearing helmets. Nice and positive.
The other is a suburb of Toronto where police are considering charging a 16-year-old cyclist for not wearing a helmet after she was struck by a truck. They want to interview her about it, but she's still unconscious
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/09/19/going-too-far-to-enforce-helmet-laws/
It seems fitting that the 225-mile Katy Trail in Missouri should be named to the Rail-Trail Hall of Fame during the same year as the inaugural run of the Tour of Missouri bicycle race.
The crushed limestone bike and hike trail stretches nearly across the state, between St. Charles, on the outskirts of St. Louis, to Clinton in the west. It's used by local recreational cyclists to stretch their legs or touring bicyclists who jump off the trail to taste the local culture along the way.
The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy has begun honoring the best 25 bike and hike trails in the US, a five-year task …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/09/16/missouris-katy-trail-named-to-hall-of-fame/
This might seem a little odd, but there's an exercise book that recommends workouts based on your astrological sign.
“Zodiaction: Fat-Burning Fitness Tailored to Your Personal Star Quality” was written by TV fitness personality Ellen Barrett and astrologer Barrie Dolnick.
A newspaper story summarized findings for the different signs of the Zodiac and told which exercises were most appropriate for each group. Which signs are aligned with bicycling? …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/09/15/bicycle-touring-might-be-in-the-stars-for-you/
Blue Eyed Fawn at flickr.com
A cyclist ride toward the old railroad station on the Katy Trail in Missouri. The rail-to-trail was named to the Rail-to-Trail Conservancy's Hall of Fame in September 2007.
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There's something very odd going on with the Discovery Channel pro cycling team at the Tour of Missouri.
This year's winner of the Tour de France, Alberto Contador, is working as a domestique to the Tour's yellow jersey wearer, George Hincapie. When's that last time that happened on this team? What a difference two months can make.
After retaining the yellow jersey after Stage 4 on Friday, Hincapie told VeloNews:
“Everyone is working well. I have the reigning Tour de France champion bringing me bottles. That's not a normal thing, but it's a great honor to lead the race. I will do everything I can to keep the jersey.” …
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Earned by Ivan Dominguez and George Hincapie at the inaugural Tour of Missouri in 2007
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Battling to make the fight against cancer a campaign issue in the 2008 presidential election, Lance Armstrong is asking supporters to thank the candidates who participated in his Iowa forums last month.
Six candidates participated in the forums: Republicans Sam Brownback and Mike Huckabee and Democrats Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Dennis Kucinich and Bill Richardson. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/09/14/armstrong-thanks-candidates-in-iowa-forum/
If the “How I bicycled my summer vacation” poll is any indicator, Biking Bis readers are an independent bunch.
That's how Missouri's Lazy Louie would have described the style of bicycling that half of my poll respondents said they preferred this summer.
Lazy Louie ran a roadside camp for bicycle tourists between Hartsville and Marshfield on the BikeCentennial Route. He was quite a character who had his own lingo for bikes that passed his way. There were Trucks (Treks), P Joes (Peugots) and Motor Pecans (Motobecans) …
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