As bicycle trade shows go, this has to be the shortest run in history.
Messe Friedrichshafen, the Germany-based owners of the Eurobike trade show, announced at the end of October that they would launch a show in Portland in September 2007. Here it is one month later, and they've already called off those plans.
Instead, the Eurobike folks are promoting a spring show to be held in tandem with the 2007 Sea Otter Classic …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/11/28/no-north-american-eurobike-in-portland-next-year/
Can you imagine riding your bicycle in the future along this corridor where these railroad tracks run today? I can.
This is a very short stretch of a 47-mile railroad right-of-way that runs north-south about two miles from my home in the growing communities just east of Seattle.
The current owner, the BNSF Railway, wants to sell the 100-foot right-of-way. A deal currently in the works calls for the Port of Seattle to buy it for $100 million to $180 million and turn it over to King County along with the funds to build a bike and hike trail on it. In return, the Port gets the King County-owned 625-acre airfield just south of Seattle.
If the land swap deal happens — we'll probably know next year — the old rail line could become the backbone for a network of existing bike trails. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/11/28/how-a-rail-line-might-become-a-major-bike-trail-in-washington-state/
Part of the Burlington Northern Railroad right-of-way that could become a bike trail.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/11/27/wilburton-bridge/
Where would you go to bike the world's most dangerous road?
You might have your own local candidates for the distinction, but on a global basis it's the Unduavi-Yolosa Highway in the mountains near La Paz, Bolivia.
That's not me saying so. The Inter-American Development Bank judged this the World's Most Dangerous Road in 1995 based on the number of deaths per mile.
And the designation doesn't mean bicyclists avoid it. In fact, at least two La Paz-based bike touring companies …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/11/27/bicycling-the-worlds-most-dangerous-road/
American cyclist Tyler Hamilton has clarified a statement attributed to him last week when he signed up for a one-year contract with the Tinkoff Credit Systems pro cycling team. He writes on his website:
“I would like to clarify up-front, that an unauthorized translation of the Tinkoff team's initial press release issued in Italian on Friday, the 24th, has misinterpreted a quote from me. Although we notified the responsible parties of their error, and it was initially corrected, the quote has since been republished incorrectly. Given this confusion, the Tinkoff team has released a statement in response to the miscommunication.” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/11/27/tyler-hamiltons-curious-statement-clarified/
World's most dangerous road in Bolivia. Gravity Assisted Mountain Biking
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/11/26/cyclists-coasting-in-bolivia/
A family's lawsuit stemming from the death of a bicycle rider in the 2004 RAGBRAI is scheduled to go to trial in October 2007.
Betty Jo Ullrich and her daughters are suing Crawford County due to negligence in the death of Kirk Ullrich, 49, who died after his bicycle tire hit a crack in the road pavement and he fell.
The accident happened on July 25, 2004 …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/11/26/ragbrai-fatality-lawsuit-scheduled-for-trial/
It's early summer Down Under, where Australia's version of RAGBRAI began Saturday with 3,500 bicyclists leaving Wangaratta for the 534-km (331-mile) bike ride to Melbourne.
The Great Victorian Bike Ride has been running every year since 1984 with as few as 1,900 bicyclists in 1985 to as many as 8,100 for the “Great Ocean Road” in 2004.
This year's bike ride leaves from Wangaratta …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/11/25/2006-great-victorian-bike-ride-gets-under-way/
Tent city at Great Victorian Bike Ride in 2005. Photo by Marchee at flickr.com
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/11/25/tent-city-australia/
The organizer of the annual Celebration of Life bicycle ride in Virginia Beach says he's cancelling the event next year because the city's streets are getting too congested for the 1,000-or so participants.
What's ironic is that Virginia Beach received an “honorable mention” on the list of Bicycle Friendly communities by the League of American Bicyclists. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/11/25/safety-issues-cancel-celebration-of-life-bike-ride/
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