You've heard of Rails to Trails. How about turnpikes to bike pikes?
In southern Pennsylvania, cyclists can have the expressway to themselves where an abandoned stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike is being turned into a bike path.
Bike 2 Pike runs about 8.5 miles …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/10/03/bike-the-pike-in-pennsylvania/
I've seen stories about people fleeing Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on bicycles; this is the first about someone cycling toward the stricken areas.
Helen Roberts is bicycling from Aspen, Colorado, to Baton Rouge to raise money for the hurricane victims and volunteer with the Red Cross. The 43-year-old cyclist embarked recently on her Cannondale pulling a Burley trailer loaded with …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/10/03/colorado-woman-cycles-toward-hurricane-destruction/
I wouldn't try this at home, kids. The bike rider's helmetless head hitting the pavement is just half the problem; how about getting speared in the gut by the handlebars?
Otherwise, it looks like a sweet ride for tooling around some flat beach towns.
I ran across the image at “Instructables: Step by Step Collaboration” while I was searching for …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/10/02/not-ready-for-interbike/
Entering a tunnel on the Bike the Pike bicycle path, formerly a section of the Pennsylvania turnpike.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/10/02/bike-the-pike-tunnel-in-pennsylvania/
Photo by whiskeytownracer
Ibis has made its return to the bicycling world with the Mojo Carbon frame for moutain bikes, shown here at Interbike Expo in Las Vegas, and the Silk carbon frame for the roadies.
The Ibis name has been out of the picture for a few years. Scot Nicol talks about it …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/10/01/ibis-returns-to-frame-making-with-interbike-display/
Photo by redneck666
With all the tents and awnings set up, this looks like a caravan encampment at a desert oasis. The first two days at the 2005 Interbike Expo featured this outdoor demo site at Hell Canyon before the main focus of the show moved to the Sands convention center in Las Vegas.
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/10/01/hell-canyon-outdoor-demo-site-for-interbike/
Photo by redneck666
DeSalvo Custom Cycles builds its frames in Ashland, Oregon. Take a close look at this one at the Interbike Expo trade show in Las Vegas and you'll see couplings used to easily take the bike apart and pack it up for travel.
DeSalvo builds steel and titanium frames for …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/10/01/desalvo-custom-cycles-at-interbike/
You've got Interbike bike expo pictures.
Of course there was a lot more to the Interbike Expo bicycle show in Las Vegas than booth babes (right). I've been surfing around, especially at flickr.com, and found some well-shot bicycle images …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/10/01/you-want-interbike-bike-expo-pictures/
Italian cycling helmet manufacturer Limbar finds a good way to display helmets.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/10/01/limbar-helmets-at-interbike/
Would you be willing to pay 30% more for your bicycle to protect US workers?
That's the issue in Canada where the Canadian International Trade Tribunal has recommended the government slap a 30% import tax on all bicycles headed for the country from China, the biggest bike manufacturer in the world.
Retailers around the country have been opposed to the …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/10/01/battle-lines-drawn-in-canadian-bicycle-import-tax/
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