The world's best cyclists are among the 128 riders taking to the streets in the prologue of the Tour of California on Sunday.
Although it's early in the racing season, most of the top Euro teams have sent representatives to the 8-stage race that begins in San Francisco, then sweeps north into wine country before heading down the Pacific Coast to LA.
Big names among the starters include:
2005 Tour de France top 10:
Levi Leipheimer (pictured above), Gerolsteiner …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/19/many-of-worlds-best-cyclists-riding-in-tour-of-california/
The long-awaited and much-anticipated Amgen Tour of California starts off in San Francisco at 10 a.m. Sunday for its 8-day race along more than 600 miles of California blacktop.
Although it's ranked as a top race on the international cycling circuit, don't expect to find it covered live on any network TV. There are ways to get live results on the web or cell phone, though, then catch it later on TV …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/17/where-to-follow-tour-of-california-on-tv-and-web/
If you're anywhere close to Seattle this weekend, I'd recommend the Cascade Bicycle Club's Seattle International Bike Expo on Saturday and Sunday.
I've been to this for the past couple of years, and it's definitely worth checking out. It's a celebration of everything bicycle — riding, touring, apparel, parts, gadgets, recumbents, foldables — you name it. More than 150 exhibits …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/17/seattle-bike-expo-weekend/
I suffered a lot of fear and loathing in the past few months over whether I'd see cycling on OLN ever again after Lance Armstrong's retirement.
Fear not. OLN announced its upcoming bicycle racing programming and there's not only the Tour de France, but a series of spring races beginning March 5 with Paris-Nice.
Much like last year's Cyclysm Sundays, the racing …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/15/do-you-believe-in-miracles-bicycle-racing-returns-to-oln-in-2006/
Remember the BikeTown Africa project announced late last year?
Bicycling magazine had decided to take its “BikeTown” project to Botswana in cooperation with Bristol-Myers Squibb to help medical personnel deliver HIV-AIDS treatment to people in cities and rural villages.
Kona Bicycles, located up the road in Ferndale, Washington, got the deal to make the bikes and has been blogging its …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/14/kona-assembles-first-biketown-africa-bike/
An Indiana man bicycling to New Orleans to raise money for hurricane relief was struck by a car in Alabama and gave up the trip.
Danny Schnell, 50, was riding his bicycle on a busy state road near Birmingham when a car struck his bike, damaging the bicycle but not injuring Schnell. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/14/let-no-good-deed-go-unpunished/
Kona Bicycle ships its first Biketown bike to Africa. It will be used by AIDS workers in Botswana. The project sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb and Bicycling magazine. Image from Kona BikeTown blog, which chronicled creation of this bike.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/14/kona-biketown-africa-bike/
Blind cyclist Hein Wagner entered the records books this past weekend by bicycling solo in a 24-mile race in South Africa.
Wagner averaged 14 mph — up to 24 mph in the downhills — in the Construction du Cap Ninety Niner. He followed a friend who had a noise device attached to his bicycle, and two other cyclists followed to …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/13/blind-cyclist-finishes-solo-bike-race-in-south-africa/
American cyclist Tyler Hamilton has lost his appeal of a two-year ban for blood doping.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport announced on Saturday that it had rejected his appeal. Hamilton pleaded his case before the body several weeks ago in Denver. The 34-year-old had tested positive for having transfused blood in his system after winning a time trial in …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/12/cyclist-tyler-hamilton-loses-fight-blood-doping-ban-stands/
Health officials and bicyclists in Chicago rejoiced a couple of weeks ago when the March issue of Bicycling magazine named it the second best city for cycling in its population division — over 1 million.
Yet at the same time, Men's Fitness magazine in March named the Windy City the #1 Fattest City in the US.
Doesn't seem possible, does …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/11/fattest-cities-and-best-cycling-cities-sometimes-coincide/
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