Tim Anderson writes about how to build a tall bike without welding at the do-it-yourself Instructables website. Yes. That's a piece of wood.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/03/tall-bike-with-no-welds/
Deep in the news stories about the I-35W bridge tragedy in Minneapolis on Wednesday afternoon are reports about the roles played by several people on bicycles.
For instance, one family felt their car drop several times as the bridge collapsed. It came to rest rear-end down on top of another car. The Star-Tribune reported:
“Someone yelled that we should get out,” said granddaughter Logan Winegar, 18, A passerby on a bicycle helped them climb out. ..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/02/bicyclists-offer-assistance-in-minneapolis-bridge-collapse/
I'm sure bicycles will come into play in coming days as workers in Minneapolis consider bicycling to solve a congested commute situation caused by the loss of the I-35W bridge over the Mississippi.
According to the city's website, Minneapolis already has the second high rate of bicycle commuters — 2.4% — behind Portland's 3.5%.
If you're thinking of bike commuting, I've put together some links that might be helpful. There are links for bike maps of the Twin Cities, some “bikeable” bridges and buses and trains that carry bike racks…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/02/bicycle-commuting-resources-in-minneapolis-st-paul/
Tour of Missouri organizers say nine North American cycling teams will compete among the 15 that will race around the state from Sept. 11 to 16.
In addition to the Discovery Channel team, which announced earlier, the North American teams are Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle, Toyota-United, HealthNet presented by Maxxis, Navigators, Colavita Oil/Sutter Homes, Jelly Belly, BMC and the USA National Team….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/02/north-american-teams-announced-for-tour-of-missouri-bike-race/
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Rescue workers in boats look for survivors at the Minneapolis bridge collapse. The photographer said he rode his bike over to the scene to see if he could offer assistance.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/02/minneapolis-bridge-collapse/
The northern stretch of Stone Way sports bike lanes, but just south of here the road is four lanes, with the outside lane marked with sharrows. See “Replacing bike lanes with sharrows sparks protest in Seattle”
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/01/cyclist-rides-in-stone-way-section-with-bike-lanes/
Installing sharrows to alert motorists that bicyclists will be using the traffic lanes can be a popular improvement.
But that's not the case on a Seattle street where bikes lanes were promised until local merchants stepped in to block them.
The Seattle Likes Bikes advocacy group is organizing a bike ride along Stone Way on Wednesday to enable cyclists to demonstrate their opposition to the use of sharrows instead of bike lanes on a 6-block stretch between the Burke Gilman Trail and neighborhoods to the north.
I rode down to the Fremont neighborhood Tuesday morning to check out the situation and was surprised to see that contractors hired by the city were installing sharrows on the pavement at that moment, one-day before the protest ride …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/07/31/replacing-bike-lanes-with-sharrows-sparks-protest-in-seattle/
Replacing bike lanes with sharrows doesn't appease cyclists in Seattle. See story
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/07/31/worker-attaches-sharrow-to-the-road/
Here are all the winners at the 2007 Tour de France.
Alberto Contador (Spain) won the General Classification, aka, the Yellow Jersey. At age 24, he also won the best young rider classification, known as the White Jersey.
Discovery Channel put two cyclists on the podium, Contador and US cyclist Levi Leipheimer. As Discovery and its predecessor, US Postal Service, they've won the Tour eight out of the past nine years. Might want to give a big dose of credit to Johan Bruyneel for that. Discovery won the team competition…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/07/30/2007-tour-de-france-winners/
Seeing replays of this year's rogue's gallery — Sinkewitz, Vino, Moreni and Rasmussen — reminded me of the strangeness of the 2007 Tour de France.
One day's hero was the next day's heel. It will certainly go down as one of the most bizarre Tours in history. I hope there's never another one like it.
It seems like ages ago that the Tour started in London for the first time in history. Everything was good. Trouble began about a week later…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/07/30/this-is-the-tour-de-france-that-was/
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