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Here's an inside view of the Big Savage Tunnel on the Great Allegheny Passage trail that runs for 150 miles from Cumberland, Maryland, to Pittsburgh.
My cross-country cycling companion took the picture while riding through it on a visit to his hometown in Western Maryland recently.
The completion of the rail-to-trail bike path through this old railroad tunnel was one of the last obstacles before the GAP opened last year. …
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Bruce Friedland at bpfphotography
My TransAmerica bike tour companion recently took this picture inside the Big Savage Tunnel on the Great Allegheny Passage bike trail in Pennsylvania
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/19/big-savage-tunnel-on-great-allegheny-passage/
Regular readers of this blog will remember that I recently had been off my bicycle for a few weeks for blood tests and biopsies related to my prostate.
Since then I've received quite a few supportive messages, which I certainly appreciate, and I have returned to regularly riding my bike.
Unfortunately, I also received news from my urologist earlier this week that my prostate biopsy was positive. There's a tumor on the right side and my urologist is recommending complete removal of the prostate….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/19/bicycling-down-the-road-with-prostate-cancer/
Tour de France runner-up Cadel Evans won the individual time trial at the 2007 Good Luck Beijing Road Cycling International Invitational on Sunday.
Michael Rogers, Evans' teammate from Australia, finished in second place and Alexandr Dyachenko of Kazakhstan finished third.
Cyclists raced on the same course that will be raced at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The 14.6-mile route on Sunday will be extended for next year's competition…..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/19/cadel-evans-wins-itt-preview-for-beijing-olympics/
The 2008 Summer Olympics are only a year away, and cyclists raced on the bike course Saturday to test the conditions.
Bosisio Gabriele of Italy won the 2007 Good Luck Beijing International Road Cycling Tournament in Beijing.
The 108-mile course follows the same route that cyclists will take in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. However, the course will be longer as three laps will be added to the circuit, making it 152 miles. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/18/testing-the-course-for-the-2008-olympic-road-race/
Here's the cycling icon for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/18/official-cycling-symbol/
Almost one year to the day before road cycling events start at the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, the “Good Luck Beijing” 2007 International Road Cycling Invitational Race is running this weekend.
Officials says 18 teams comprising 122 racers will compete according to UCI competition rules. The event includes the men's road group and the men's road individual time trials with the competition quota as six and three for each team respectively.
Among countries sending teams are USA, Russia, Australia, Korea, Chinese Hong Kong and Chinese Taipei. Additionally, Luxembourg, with the smallest participation, sent only one racer and two officials…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/18/good-luck-beijing-bike-racing-this-weekend/
Long before the owners of the pro cycling team sponsored by the Discovery Channel announced they were abandoning their search for sponsors, they had promised to race in the inaugural Tour of Missouri (Sept. 11-16).
Now they've announced that US cyclists Levi Leipheimer and George Hincapie will be racing in Missouri, as will Tour de France winner Alberto Contador.
Other Discovery teammates slated to race in Missouri include Americans Tony Cruz, Jason McCartney, and John Devine, and Fuyu Li (China) and Yaroslav Popovych (Ukraine). …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/18/tour-of-missouri-the-last-days-of-disco/
With the nation's cities choked by more and more cars, it's interesting to hear from US Transportation Secretary Mary Peters that she considers bike paths just so much pork barrel.
Peters says that earmarked funds going to pay for — among other things — bike paths and trails should go instead to support the infrastructure.
What Peters must not realize is that more commuters are turning to bicycles all the time to beat traffic, reduce pollution and make themselves more fit (just check out this crowded bike parking lot in Seattle). They use bike paths. Doesn't that make paths and trails for bicycles and pedestrians part of the infrastructure? …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/17/bike-paths-are-just-pork-us-transportation-secretary-thinks-so/
I counted 60-some bicycles, not to mention those hidden from view in the lockers, at this nameless bike parking lot near the University of Washington Medical Center in August.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/17/bike-parking-lot-in-seattle/
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