Some hotel operators in the host cities along the route for the Amgen Tour of California know how to make their pro-cyclist guests happy: put pasta on the breakfast menu.
About a dozen California cities are preparing for an onslaught of spandex hordes when the Amgen Tour of California cyclists come their way sometime between Feb. 19-26.
Host cities like …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/14/cities-brace-for-tour-of-california-bike-race/
Cynthia Watros, one of the stars of ABC's “Lost” TV series, has lost her driver's license after she pleaded guilty on Thursday to drunken driving.
The Honolulu Star Bulletin reports that Watros and co-star Michelle Rodriguez were arrested in separate vehicles about midnight Dec. 1 when their cars began to “weave all over the right lane and into the bicycle lane. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/13/lost-star-just-that-swerves-in-and-out-of-bike-lane/
Star of “Lost” TV series pleads guilty to drunken driving in Hawaii. Police saw her swerve in and out of bike lane. Photo from LOST-TV website.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/13/cynthia-watros/
One of the congratulatory emails I received on the anniversary of Biking Bis last week came from Doug in Cincinnati.
At the end of his short message, I followed a link to dougandryan.com, where I learned he and his 15-year-old son had ridden their bicycles 3,400 miles cross country from Oregon to Washington DC last summer …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/13/father-and-sons-excellent-cross-country-bike-tour/
Doug and Ryan website
Doug and Ryan (father and son) dipping their bikes in the Reflection Pool in DC at the end of the cross-country journey.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/12/bike-tour-ends-in-dc/
Sitting here contemplating if it's ever going to stop raining long enough for me to ride my bike to renew my driver's license, and I come across Bike Tubes in the Sky at Bicycle Design.
James writes about a Toronto architect, Chris Hardwicke, who has come up with the idea of building a bike transit system in his city that …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/12/going-tubular-on-bicycles/
Photo at Velo City
Toronto architect proposes the use of elevated tubes for cycling around the city.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/12/velo-city-bikeway/
Team CSC has announced at least three American teammates will ride in the inaugural Amgen Tour of California bicycle race, which runs from Feb. 19 to 26.
In a press release, CSC says:
“Among the Team CSC riders scheduled to compete in the event are Americans Bobby Julich, a bronze medal winner in the 2004 Olympics and Christian …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/11/team-csc-brings-americans-to-tour-of-california/
A New York City judge has ruled that NYPD's requirement that Critical Mass participants need a parade permit is unconsititutional.
New York Newsday reports a criminal court judge in Manhattan said the charge of parading without a permit is “overly broad” and “unconstitutional on its face.”
Some 2,100 cyclists have been arrested for parading without a permit, which has been …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/11/nyc-judge-critical-mass-needs-no-parade-permit/
What's the most dangerous state in which to ride a bicycle?
It's Florida, based on the number of fatalities per 1 million population, according to figures in a 2004 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration bicyclist fatality report.
One hundred and twenty-two cyclists died in Florida …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/11/deadliest-states-for-bicyclists/
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