Border Patrol agents call it el Tour de Los Estados Unidos. The winners of this Tour gain illegal entry into the US from Mexico on bicycles they use to cross the border.
The rundown bikes cost $20 to $25 each. They run the gamut from mountain bikes to Chinese models with wing handlebars. The reflectors are removed; one bike was painted camouflage green, while others are spray painted black.
The immigrants ride the bikes at night on hiking trails or unused desert roads. The Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, right, is a favorite route.
“Usually you hear what sounds like off-road truck tires coming toward you down the road 'cuz there's so many of them” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/08/25/illegal-immigrants-racing-across-border-on-bicycles/
Illegal immigrants are using bikes to cross the border into the US. Here, discarded bicycles with plastic water jugs are left along a trail at the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona. Photo from Cryptome.
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An abandoned bicycle in Arizona desert near Mexico border. Illegal immigrants are using bicycles to cross border into the US, the US Border Patrol says. Picture from Desert Invasion website.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/08/25/abandoned-bicycle-in-desert/
Did it seem that you read more about bicycling deaths last year? That's because you did.
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration reported this week that 784 “pedalcyclists” died in traffic accidents in 2005; that's an increase of 57 deaths over 2004.
While overall highway fatalities rose 1.4% in 2005 …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/08/24/bicycling-deaths-rose-8-in-2005-alcohol-involved-in-more-fatalities/
Police across Indiana are mourning two cyclists killed on a cross-state bicycle charity ride to raise money for fallen comrades.
State Police Lt. Gary Dudley, 52, left, and former Lake County Police Chief Gary Martin, 63, right, were killed in the collision as they rode their bicycles on Tuesday. A third cyclist, retired Indianapolis Police Officer Spencer Moore, was airlifted to a hospital for treatment. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/08/24/2-die-in-police-charity-bicycle-ride-in-indiana/
Lake County Sheriff's Department Chief Gary Martin died on bicycle tour for Indiana Concerns of Police Survivors.
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State Trooper Gary Dudley, died on bicycle tour for Indiana Concerns of Police Survivors.
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The Tour of Benelux ended on Wednesday in a finish more reminiscent of a roller derby match. Stefan Schumacher swung into the path of George Hincapie about 60 yards from the finish line, nicking Hincapie's front wheel and sending him crashing to the ground.
Awarded a time bonus, Schumacher made up his three-second deficit and beat Hincapie by one second in the Tour of Benelux, an eight-day stage race through Belgium and the Netherlands. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/08/23/hincapie-goes-down-within-sight-of-finish-line-schumacher-wins-benelux/
Principals in a Kansas school district are prohibiting children up to third grade from riding their bicycles or scooters to school. That might not sit too well in some Oregon school districts, which encourage children to walk and ride to school.
The Lawrence school district enacted the ban last spring after a 6-year-old kindergartner was struck and killed by a minivan as he rode his scooter to school. Police said a shrub at the intersection obscured the motorist's view. ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/08/22/bicycling-ban-for-kids-under-third-grade-in-lawrence-kansas/
American George Hincapie held onto his overall lead in the Tour of Benelux on Monday, while Belgian cyclist Tom Boonen won the sprint stage from Hasselt to Balen.
A Discovery Channel cyclist, Hincapie took the overall leader's claret jersey with a time trial win on Sunday. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/08/21/benelux-tour-george-hincapie-still-in-first/
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