The authors of a French book that alleged 2 years ago that Lance Armstrong relied on banned substances during his cycling career have come out with a brand new tome about the same old subject.
As usual, the 7-time Tour de France bike race winner vehemently dismisses the accusations:
“This latest attack will be no different than the first – a sensationalized attempt to cash in on my name and sully my reputation by people who have demonstrated a consistent failure to adhere to the most basic journalistic standards or ethics.”
“L.A. Officiel” by Pierre Ballester and David Walsh focuses on recently disclosed testimony leaked from closed hearings regarding a lawsuit between Armstrong and the SCA Promotions in 2005. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/10/19/another-armstrong-doping-book-dont-look-for-it-in-bookstores/
One of the characters in bicycling safety video One Got Fat.
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Move over Tour de Georgia and Tour of California — the Tour of Missouri is joining the ranks of the USA Cycling Professional Tour as an internationally sanctioned bicycle race.
What this means is that top pro teams that compete in Union Cycliste Internationale events in Europe can also ride in the stage race as it winds through Missouri between Kansas City and St. Louis next September.
This is just another indication that interest in bicycle racing is exploding in the US. No more dreary returns like those from the Tour duPont and Tour de Trump.
In February, an estimated 1.3 million bike racing fans watched the inaugural Tour of California, drawing an estimated $100 million into the host cities. The Tour de Georgia draws upwards of 800,000 and had an estimated economic impact of $26 million in 2006.
The newly created …
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Tour of Missouri
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(Correction: The Consumer Product Safety Commission inadvertantly released a two-year-old recall announcement. There has been no recent recall of Light & Motion batteries. More info at website.)
The Light & Motion bicycle light company is recalling about 1,700 bike light batteries that can overheat, causing a fire or burn hazard for users.
The batteries were sold with the Light & Motion 2004 ARC Li-Ion HID and comprise manufacturer date codes of 1003 or 1103. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/10/18/light-motion-bicycle-light-batteries-recalled-see-correction/
Light & Motion recalled the following ARC Lithium Ion Bicycle Light Batteries:
The recall includes only batteries with a manufacturer date code of 1003 or 1103.
Contact Light & Motion support page or Consumer Product Safety Commission for more info.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/10/18/light-motion-recalls-bicycle-light-batteries/
Bicycle safety videos have come a long way in the past 40 years. Did I really have to sit through stuff like this? Fortunately, I've repressed the memory.
I stumbled across the 15-minute film while checking around for other examples of online bicycle safety videos before posting “Illinois bicycle safety video online.” The vintage 1963 film is called, “One Got Fat,” and it details how a group of monkeys (no, not children) fall victim to grisly accidents — one by one — for not following the rules of the road and not using common sense.
The monkeys are riding their bicycles to a picnic, but the one who had a bike basket to carry all the sack lunches is the only one to survive. He gets to eat all the lunches, hence, “One Got Fat.”
You'll note in the 15-minute film that none of the children (monkeys) are wearing helmets. That's OK; helmets probably aren't much help when being run over by a steamroller or an 18-wheeler or when tumbling into a bottomless manhole.
Do you recognize the narrator's voice? …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/10/18/mondo-bizarro-bicycle-safety-video/
You probably wonder what the heck is being taught in drivers' ed when someone honks at you as they pass and a young voice shouts, “Use the f***ing bike path.” I know I do.
At least in Illinois, though, the students are being taught all the right things.
The League of Illinois Bicyclists is distributing copies of its 7-minute video for new drivers on what to do and not do when encountering bicyclists — in other words how to share the road. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/10/18/illinois-bicycle-safety-video-online/
League of Illinois Bicyclists is distributing hundreds of these videos on bicycle-motorist safety around the state. See it online at the league website.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/10/18/illinois-share-the-road-video/
After Bob Breedlove died in a head-on collision with a pickup truck on a lonely Colorado highway last year, state police said the Race Across America bicyclist had veered into the pickup's side of the road.
The family now says that state police reached the wrong conclusion in the case, and they're supported by two independent investigators — including one hired by Outside magazine. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/10/16/breedlove-family-questions-2005-death-of-raam-bicycle-racer/
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