Like the banner says, May is National Bike Month. And Monday through Friday is National Bike Week. Let's go ride our bikes.
The League of American Bicyclists is a clearinghouse to find out about many — but not all — of the events going on this week across the US. It's a good place to start looking for events in your area.
One of the biggest draws of bike “month” and bike “week” is “Bike to Work Day.” Here in the Seattle area, that's going to be Friday, although bicycle commuter events are happening on different days elsewhere. …
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Banners and other info at League of American Bicyclists.
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(Updated) The US Anti-Doping Agency vs. Floyd Landis hearings, which began Monday, will be made available for viewing online at the conclusion of the days' proceedings.
Almost from the start, the Landis defense team has sought total visibility for the process used to try athletes for doping allegations. Making the videos available through Courtroom View Network is the latest manifestation of that. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/05/14/video-of-floyd-landis-hearing-available-at-end-of-day/
It's been more than a year since Italian sprint specialist Alessandro Petacchi won a stage at the Giro d'Italia, but he did it on Monday without a leadout from his Milram teammates.
Since he injured his kneecap in Stage 3 last year, you'd have to look back to 2005 for a Giro stage win by the “Ale-Jet,” who still holds the most Giro wins among active cyclists.
Petacchi won 6 stages of the Giro in 2003, 9 in 2004 and 4 in 2005. Even with his current dominance, he has a long way to go to match the record of 42 Giro wins held by Mario Cipollini, who won his last Giro stage the same year that Petacchi won his first. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/05/14/petacchi-gets-his-20th-win-at-giro-stage-3/
Italian cyclist is winningest at Giro d'Italia among active riders; Milram team
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After months of previews, the long-awaited Floyd Landis Show hits the courtroom this morning at a public arbitration hearing expected to last a couple of weeks at Pepperdine University in Malibu.
Landis will be fighting for his cycling life against charges issued by the US Anti-Doping Agency that he doped during the 2006 Tour de France.
It will be the first time that such an arbitration hearing to determine an athlete's future will be open to the public. I'm hoping to read informative first-hand coverage online, and I'll be looking specifically to the cycling press. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/05/14/floyd-landis-doping-case-begins-today/
The cycling world might be beset by countless doping inquiries, but for a few moments on the island of Sardinia on this Mother's Day Sunday, everything seemed as it should be.
The Giro d'Italia peloton had chased down a five-man breakaway with about 3 miles to go in the 126-mile stage from Tempio Pausania to Bosa, and the sprinters were lining up.
Italian sprinter Allesandro Pettachi sits behind his leadout riders from Milram, whose speed stretch out the peloton. Taking advantage of the situation are Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) sitting on Pettachi's back wheel and Paolo Bettini (QuickStep) sitting in McEwen's slipstream …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/05/13/mcewen-wins-stage-2-in-classic-sprint-at-giro-ditalia-di-luca-in-pink/
Saturday was the first day this year that Seattle closed a 4-mile stretch of Lake Washington Boulevard to car traffic so bicyclists could ride free and safe along the lakefront road (see schedule below for more dates).
I pedaled over and saw all stripes of cyclists taking advantage of the car-free day — called Group Health Bicycle Saturday & Sunday — provided through the cooperation of Seattle Parks and Rec, Group Health, and the Cascade Bicycle Club.
Several were strong riders, stumbling upon it by accident, as they incorporate this stretch into their loops around the lake. But the majority were slower recreational bicycle riders …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/05/12/seattle-bikes-take-over-lake-washington-boulevard-on-saturday/
A boy sits in a unique seat on his dad's bike as he pulls a trailer-bike at Bicycle Saturday & Sunday on Lake Washington Boulevard
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Those of you who have been regular readers of Biking Bis will know that my friend Bruce and I took off on a cross-country bicycle tour beginning on May 13, 1984.
We each kept journals of our impressions at the time, and I first started publishing those journal entries — day-by-day — when this blog started back in 2005.
If you've seen them before, then please pardon my repeating them again. But more people come to Biking Bis every year, and I think some of the touring cyclists among you might enjoy reading our adventures from Virginia to California. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/05/12/time-again-for-that-1984-transamerica-bike-tour-journal/
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