“George is a nice guy, no doubt. He's learned that he can be a gentleman and still have a killer instinct. Me, I'm the opposite. I'm a jerk who has to work at being a gentleman. I've always loved to put the hurt on people.” …
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For bicycling, this 3.6-mile gravel trail might not give a cyclist much of an aerobic workout.
But the description of the surroundings and trailside attractions along these British Columbia dike-top trails remind us that cycling isn't always about nudging the lactic threshold. …
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Another sad passing. Cycles Gaansari in Springboro, Ohio, is closing its doors. The bicycle company styled itself after Orville and Wilbur Wright's original business in nearby Dayton before the brothers got into that aviation thing.
Writing in his Bike Evangelist blog, proprieter Gary Boulanger talks about his disappointment in accepting the inevitable, but his pride in the Gaansari and Fisso brand bicycles they turned out …
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The Outdoor Life Network once again is offering live coverage of this year's Giro d'Italia at its OLNTV website.
The streaming broadband feed of the three-week Italian cycling classic is being offered Monday through Saturday in partnership with Cycling.TV. On Sundays, Giro fans will need to tune into OLN for its Cyclysm coverage at 5 p.m. (ET). …
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US cycling fans should be pleased to hear that the world's top ProTour cyclist — Floyd Landis of the Swiss Phonak team — is competing in the Tour of Georgia bicycle race that begins in a couple of weeks.
Other big name US bike racers include last year's winner, Tom Danielson of Discovery Channel, and David Zabriskie, a member of Danish Team CSC and holder of the yellow jersey for four days in the 2005 Tour de France. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/05/tour-of-georgia-bike-race-on-my-mind/
I don't know anyplace where bicyclists are immune to getting honked at or verbally assaulted while out on a bike ride. I've had my share of run-ins up here in the “laid-back” Pacific NW.
Some places are worse than others, though. In the 20 or so states I've bicycled in, I'd say Missouri — on my cross-country bicycle trip in 1984 — scared me the most. I even wrote about it in my TransAmerica journal at the time.
The Missouri Bicycle Federation came across this letter in the Joplin (Missouri) Globe from a cyclist whose had his share of bad experiences:
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/05/swimming-with-the-sharks-on-a-bike-in-missouri/
Write an essay and win a bicycle. It's as easy as that if you live in one of 11 cities chosen for Bicycling magazine's annual BikeTown USA.
Over the years, Bicycling and its partners have given out 1,300 bicycles to people who could be convinced to improve their lifestyle with a free ride. This year, Bicycling is handing out 600 bicycles, or about 50 in each of the participating cities.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/04/11-cities-join-bike-town-in-2006/
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Five airline pilots took off on a 33-day cross-country bicycle ride over the weekend to raise awareness and funds for memorials to the flight crews and others killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Thirty-three days to cover 3,600 miles by bicycle from Los Angeles to the Pentagon in Washington DC. Along the way, the Airline Ride Across America cyclists will stop at crash sites and future memorial sites in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, New York City and the Pentagon. …
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