I was returning from a bike ride on Christmas Eve when I paused, then started to make a left turn at a four-way stop in my neighborhood.
A brown Ford Explorer pulls out in the intersection toward me. I sit up in the saddle, yell, “Hey,” and point at myself then him — sign language for “First me, then you.”
He blows his horn, I look back (by this time I'm out of the intersection) and flip the bird at him and his laughing buddy. Then …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/18/to-flip-or-not-to-flip-that-is-the-question/
A Portland bike activist is suing the city's public transit agency in an assault case that was caught on film by the bus's cameras.
The BikePortland.org website is covering the case in which bike advocate and city employee Randy Albright claims a TriMet bus nearly struck him as it passed.
Angered, Albright caught up with the bus, pulled up in …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/18/bus-passenger-assaults-cyclist-in-portland-on-film/
Photo from BikePortland.org website
A Portland cyclist has sued the Portland bus tranist agency, TRIMET, after a passenger got off the bus, struck him, then got back on.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/18/bus-passenger-hits-bike-rider-in-portland/
At long last, the Amgen Tour of California released the detailed route maps of its inaugural bike race on Tuesday.
Now cyclists can check out the 600-some miles of cycling routes on their bikes, and spectators can figure out the best vantage points for the eight-day race from Feb. 19-26.
The tour organizers also released a list of the 16 teams that are …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/18/tour-of-california-bike-race-maps-released/
University of Texas quarterback Vince Young showed how to bob and weave to avoid some big tackles in the Rose Bowl this year.
Maybe he learned the importance of keeping an eye on traffic when, at age 6, he slammed his bicycle into the side of a van in an accident that almost ended his life.
News8Austin reports that Young spent …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/17/near-fatal-cycling-accident-for-uts-vince-young-as-a-child/
Seriously injured in a bicycle accident as a 6-year-old in Houston.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/17/ut-quarterback-vince-young/
Having two sons, ages 5 and 7, doesn't stop cyclist Joe Kurmaskie from pedaling his bicycle cross-country; he just takes his sons along.
Known as the Metal Cowboy, the author finished a 4,000-mile unsupported bike tour through 17 states from Portland to Washington DC last summer towing his two sons, Quinn and Enzo. Why? He writes in the December issue …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/17/metal-cowboy-finishes-cross-country-bicycle-trip-with-sons/
Altered photo from Megabeth at Flickr.com
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Fenders? Check. Rain gear? Check. Booties? Check.
These guys don't let Saturday's 27th straight day of precip in Seattle disrupt their bike outing. They're heading down to the I-90 bridge bike lane to cross Lake Washington from Mercer Island.
Hardcore Seattle bicyclists know they can't let a little rain prevent them from riding. Otherwise, they could only count on about two-and-a-half …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/15/cycling-through-27th-straight-day-of-rain-in-seattle/
These guys don't let the rain interrupt their Saturday bike outing. They're leaving Mercer Island for the blustery, wet ride across the I-90 bridge over to Seattle.
The Seattle area was blessed with the 27th straight day of rain, with no end in sight.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/14/27-straight-days-of-rain-in-seattle/
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