Bicycles attack a small hill in a previous Trek Across Maine bicycle tour fund-raiser.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/26/trek-across-maine/
Moses Mathis, known as “The Bicycle Man” throughout the Sand Hills of North Carolina, might have to saddle up and move out over a lease dispute with the owner of the warehouse.
Mathis has been repairing children's bicycles and giving them away since 1991. The Tiffany Pines Community Outreach Center, which he founded in Fayetteville, North Carolina, has given away more than 8,000 bicycles to area children; 700 this past Christmas alone. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/25/center-for-donated-bicycles-may-close-in-north-carolina/
President Bush's exploits aboard his Trek mountain bicycle are legend. But until this minute I didn't know that VP Dick Cheney was a bike enthusiast as well.
Make that a stationary bike enthusiast. According to the New York Times, Cheney's aides have been seen loading and unloading an exercise bicycle from Air Force II on his visits around the country. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/24/cheney-likes-to-bike-too/
When it comes to poor bike lane designs and obstructions, some of the worst can be seen at the Warrington (UK) Cycle Campaign website.
Pete Owens has been collecting photos of truly bizarre bike lane attractions from around the UK since 2001. This image of a phone booth erected in a bicycle path is just one of dozens chosen as a winner in his “Cycle Facility of the Month” contest. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/24/mother-of-all-bike-lane-blunders/
Mountain bikers are known for eating dirt out on the course. The Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew program is designed to interest bikers who like to dig in the dirt as well.
The crew, sponsored by the car manufacturer and the International Mountain Bicycling Association, teaches volunteers and park service trail builders how to build trails that last, create minimal impact …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/24/learning-how-to-build-trails-for-mountain-bikes/
The worst bike lanes, ever. Warrington, UK.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/24/phone-booth-in-bike-lane/
German cyclist Jan Ullrich will be back in the saddle at the Giro d'Italia in May, but just to tune-up for the Tour de France in July.
Ullrich, touted by Lance Armstrong as the best candidate to win this year's Tour de France, was said to be in outstanding shape when he arrived at the T-Mobile camp this spring, but has yet to race. Hmm…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/23/where-in-the-world-is-cyclist-jan-ullrich/
Gavin Rees, who boasts that he has more metal in his head than anyone else in Europe, is planning a summer fund-raising bike tour from the UK to L'Alpe D'Huez.
The 29-year-old teacher has 24 titanium plates and 131 screws in his head. The metal was put in to reconstruct his skull after he fell more than 100 feet after colliding with his friend while skiing in the Alps. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/23/metal-plated-cyclist-training-for-1000-mile-bike-tour-in-europe/
“Every time I see a cyclist go over the Golden Gate Bridge and then look like he's lost and doesn't know what to do next, I think, 'We can do better than this.'” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/23/bicycle-quote-marin-county-plans-hiking-and-biking-trails/
Gavin Rees, front, received extensive reconstructive surgery after to his skull after colliding with his friend, Duncan Edwards, rear, in a skiing accident more than two years ago.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/23/gavin-rees-and-duncan-edwards/
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