It's not everyday that I have a rolling conversation with a guy riding a bike with one wheel, also known as a unicycle. That' just one reason why I'll remember my 56-mile bike ride from Saturday for a long time.
Memories from most of my bicycle rides dissolve away in a matter of days. Same route. Same weather. Same traffic. Rinse. Repeat.
But on Saturday, after finding that my planned route was very clogged with bicyclists enjoying the super weather here in the Pacific Northwest, I hung a right turn up the bicycle ramp toward Factoria.
Goodbye to the cycling hordes cyclists hammering around Lake Washington. With no clear destination…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/08/29/a-memorable-august-weekend-bike-ride/
The 11-second margin held by Levi Leipheimer since Wednesday was all he needed to win the title at the USA Pro Cycling Challenge that ended in Denver on Sunday.
It was the 37-year-old Team RadioShack cyclist's third tour championship this year, after victories at the Tour de Suisse and the Tour of Utah.
He shared the podium with runner-up Christian Vande Velde of Garmin Cervelo and Tejay Van Garderen, 23, of HTC-Highroad. Add in Tom Danielson (Garmin) in 4th and George Hincapie (BMC Racing) in 5th, and you have Americans owning the top 5 spots …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/08/28/leipheimer-wins-usa-pro-cycling-challenge/
American Tyler Farrar started Stage 7 of the Vuelta a Espana on Saturday, in spite of a falling in a serious crash within sight of Friday's finish line.
The Wenatchee, Washington, native only lasted a few miles, however, before abandoning the race.
Farrar, 27, crashed on Friday when he collided with another cyclist sprinting for the finish line Talavera de la Reina. After picking himself off the pavement and crossing the finish line, members of the Garmin-Cervelo staff …
American sprinter Tyler Farrar crashed in the final kilometer of the sprint on Friday at the Vuelta a Espana.
The setback must be disappointing to the world-class sprinter raised in Wenatchee, Washington, as it's one of the few chances for a sprint victory at this year's bike race.
Marcel Kittel (Ger) Skil – Shimano won the stage ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/08/26/farrar-crashes-in-vuelta-sprint/
A Colorado-based mountain biking videographer and his freestyle biking friend rolled out our way recently to document some of our amazing places to ride. They found more than they expected.
One of the locations featured is the Duthie Hill Park, which opened last year up in the Issaquah Highlands.
The skills park is a great example of a government agency (King County Parks) working with local enthusiasts (Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance) …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/08/26/pacific-northwest-mountain-biking-featured-in-video/
There are several ways to win a stage race: One is to whittle away at the time gap to the leader until you're in first place. The other is to simply earn it directly by winning stage after stage.
That second way appears to be Levi Leipheimer's strategy as he won his second stage of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge in Colorado on Thursday and took back the overall lead from his young rival Tejay Van Garderen.
Leipheimer won Stage 1 in a memorable uphill attack at Crested Butte after a RadioShack teammate paced him to the front. Stage 3 was a mano a mano contest — an uphill, 10-mile individual time trial …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/08/25/back-in-the-drivers-seat-at-usa-pro-cycling-challenge/
It's only three days old, but this USA Pro Cycling Championship has been full of surprises.
The latest is George Hincapie's (left) sprint finish victory — at 8,000 feet elevation — to end Stage 2 in Aspen on Wednesday.
Although he beat Tejay Van Garderen to the line — a cyclist 15 years his junior, the HTC Highroad cyclist, above right, can find solace in taking the overall leader's yellow jersey.
RadioShack's Levi Leipheimer, who took the yellow jersey Tuesday on an uncharacteristic uphill attack at the finish in Crested Butte, dropped to fourth place overall. Hincapie raised himself to 2nd overall, followed by Tom Danielson (Garmin Cervelo) …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/08/24/by-george-big-win-in-colorado/
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