When I first wrote about Thomas Beasley in 2005, the cyclist was in the midst of his 53rd cross-country bicycle tour and said it might be his last.
Two years later and Beasley is still bicycling. And he's still saying it's his last tour. We'll see.
The 39-year-old is riding to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. So far he has raised $108,715 and logged more than 197,000 miles……
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/17/55th-cross-country-bicycle-tour-raises-funds-for-ms/
What do you really think about the automobile?
That's no mystery for the 2,000 bicycle riders who took to the streets in suburban Chicago last month in support of The Spindle.
Eight cars spiked on a 50-foot metal pole is a piece of art located in the parking lot of the Cermak Plaza shopping center in the Chicago suburb of Berwyn. A landmark featured in the movie Wayne's World, the thing is scheduled to come down soon to make way for a Walgreens.
Earlier this week, National Public Radio interviewed the artist, Dustin Shuler. He said, “I'm not a gearhead. Cars are something that you notice everyday… and they're probably the hazardous thing you deal with in your life everyday. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/17/the-spindle-is-it-art-or-a-bicycle-protest/
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Berwyn, Illinois, boasts this piece of art entitled The Spindle. It's eight actual automobiles spiked on a metal pole at shopping center. Featured in the movie “Wayne's World.”
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/16/the-berwyn-spindle/
Usually I lurk in a Wi-Fi enabled public library and do some freelancing or blogging while my daughter attends summer camp.
Facing a limited number of bicycling days, I took advantage of some rare sunny, dry, mild weather in Seattle and gave myself a bike tour between Green Lake and downtown.
I spotted the nattily dressed gentleman who had parked his bike at a park bench, above, along the Elliott Bay waterfront. His cap kept the sun out of his eyes while he gazed south along the busy harbor to Safeco and Qwest fields and Mount Rainier in the distance. What a perfect place to relax….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/15/playing-hooky-on-a-bicycle-along-the-seattle-waterfront/
The bicycle loop through Magnolia offers views of ships at anchor with Mount Rainier in the background. Only on clear days.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/15/ship-at-anchor-in-front-of-mount-rainier/
Bikes are prohibited off the paved paths at Discovery Park in Seattle.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/15/trail-at-discovery-park-in-seattle/
Dressed in his walking cap and light jacket, a man rests on a park bench along Elliott Bay bike trail.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/14/man-suns-himself-at-elliott-bay-in-seattle/
Cyclists representing road cycling teams from several countries are traveling to China to participate in Saturday's Good Luck Beijing road race and Sunday's individual time trial.
The race follows the same course that will be biked during the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, which might give some of these riders a leg up and they can check out the course the riding conditions first hand.
Among the particpants are Michael Rogers and Cadel Evans from Australia. Matt White, of the disbanding Discovery Channel team, will be among the US riders at the event…..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/14/road-cyclists-head-to-china-for-pre-olympic-racing/
A blog reader recently left a comment that “Cookie Lady” June Curry's fabled Bike House in Afton, Virginia, was closed earlier this month when the bicyclist stopped for a visit.
To find out more details about what was going on, I contacted her good friend Joyce Cooke, formerly of the Milepost Zero Bicycle Club. Among other things, the bike club assists June with keeping the Bike House clean and well-provisioned for cross-country bicyclists who pass through.
Joyce said that the Cookie Lady is not doing well and has been sidelined with severe pain associated with sciatica. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/13/cookie-ladys-bike-house-closed-often-this-summer/
The president of the International Olympic Committee says some events — including cycling — might need to be postposed if Beijing's pollution spikes during next year's games.
Pollution is a problem in Beijing, which is said to have some of the worst levels of nitrogen dioxide on the planet.
IOC pres Jacques Rogge said pollution wouldn't be a problem for …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/12/pollution-could-delay-cycling-events-at-summer-olympics/
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