A roadside rest for weary cyclists bicycling through Okanogan on a Ride Around Washington bike tour.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/07/bicycling-in-okanogan-region-of-washington/
Today is the 62nd anniversary of the day that the US dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
On a visit to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum several years ago, Russ Couprie took a picture of this twisted bicycle and posted it on his website. The bicycle was found 2 kilometers from the ground zero.
At this year's commemoration, thousands of elderly survivors, children and dignitaries laid wreaths and flowers at Peace Memorial Park. They bowed in a moment of silence at 8:15 a.m., the time that the Enola Gay B29 bomber dropped the bomb….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/06/hiroshima-bicycle/
Spectators watch cyclists race at Derby Days in Redmond, Washington. At 67 years, the race is said to be the longest-running race in the US. It's a community event with kiddie rides and lots of booths, but the main draw is the bicycle racing. It makes for a nice ride from my home every year.
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Here's the remains of a bicycle that was found 2K from ground zero in Hiroshima. Russ Couprie took the picture on a visit to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum several years ago.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/06/mangled-bicycle/
You never know who you're going to meet on a bicycle at a 10,000-foot mountain pass in Colorado.
Howard at the Why Howard Laughed blog, for instance, stumbled across Floyd Landis at the Tennessee Pass rest stop on the Colorado Cyclist Copper Triangle bike ride on Saturday.
That's why you should always carry a camera. Howard did, and now he has a picture on his blog of Landis posing….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/06/landis-meets-and-greets-at-copper-triangle-ride-in-colorado/
Raleigh America is recalling about 1,200 Cadent style bicycles with carbon fiber forks after receiving reports that the forks broke under normal use.
The recall, in cooperation with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, involves the 2007 Raleigh Cadent 1.0, Cadent 2.0 and Cadent Carbon (pictured) bicycle models with carbon forks.
Raleigh received three reports of forks breaking resulting in riders suffering a dislocated shoulder, a concussion and a broken jaw…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/04/raleigh-america-recalls-1200-bicycles/
Raleigh recalls 1,500 Cadent 1.0, Cadent 2.0 and Cadent Carbon bicycles due to breakable forks. More info at Consumer Product Safety Commission or Raleigh.
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The province of Quebec is opening the longest network of bicycle paths in North America with the ribbon-cutting of La Route Verte this month.
Under development since 1995, the Green Route stretches from one end of the French-speaking province to the other. It encompasses 2,695 miles of bike lanes, trails, and abandoned railway right-of-ways that touch 320 towns and cities.
Bicycle tourists can take short tours from base cities, or do the entire route from the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region in the west to the spectacular Gaspe Peninsula in the east. The route brushes the US for access from New York, Vermont and Maine….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/03/la-route-verte-bike-path-network-opens-in-quebec/
Quebec has completed linking a network of bike paths and bike lanes across the province. Known as La Route Verte (the Green Route), it's the longest continual network of paths and bike lanes in North America.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/03/la-route-verte-map/
I always marvel at the cyclists on tall bikes. How do they build them? How do they ride them? How do they stop and dismount?
Tim Anderson, a regular contributor at Instructables website, answers the first question with his recent contribution “Build Your Own Tall Bike Without Welding.”
The welding aspect of making a tall bike is certainly a drawback to most garage bike mechanics. No welding? This is interesting ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/03/how-to-build-a-tall-bike-without-welding/
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