“If he's (Lance Armstrong) ready and willing to do it, he'll kill everybody in the Tour. When he's ready, we've seen what kind of damage he can do.”
Bob Roll, Outdoor Life Network bicycle commentator, speaking at Seattle bicycle show
Bikin' Bis, Feb. 20, 2005
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I was mildly surprised when I first learned that the Trek model that Lance Armstrong rides in the Tour de France is available to mere mortals, like me.
Now Trek has gone one better. It's making available 600 exact replicas of the Madone 5.9 that Lance rode into Paris in 2004. The so-called LiveStrong bicycles …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/03/03/lance-armstrongs-bicycle-for-the-rest-of-us/
“What concerned me about last night was that the Police Department seems to be shifting their tactics and seems to be chasing the rides rather than facilitating them, which is obviously incredibly dangerous.”
Gideon Oliver, National Lawyers Guild legal observer, commenting on the arrest of 14 bicycle riders at a recent Critical Mass protest …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/03/03/bicycle-quote-critical-mass/
John Aeby's column in the Eugene (Ore.) Register Guard nails the reason behind taking weeklong bicycle rides… “disconnecting yourself from your workaday life.” (updated March 3)
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/03/02/bicycle-tours-in-oregon-idaho-and-wide-open-wyoming/
Bicycle through a red light or wait for it to turn green? Ride single-file or two abreast? Enjoy a 3-foot clearance from passing traffic? Pay a recycling fee for a new bicycle? These are just some of the issues that are being argued this winter by state legislatures in several Western states.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/03/02/bicycle-laws-wheeled-out-in-state-capitols/
I don't want to sound like an anal retentive bicycle killjoy, but this picture scares the heck out of me.
The photo, taken by Karen Ducey, appeared in Monday's Seattle Post-Intelligencer story about the annual Chilly Hilly ride. Because of unseasonably decent weather, some 5,000 bicyclists showed up to pedal the 33-mile ride on Bainbridge …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/03/01/cyclists-on-your-left-right-in-between/
In this photo by Seattle Post Intelligencer photographer Karen Ducey, cyclists weave back and forth to decrease the steepness of a climb in the 2005 Chilly Hilly ride on Bainbridge Island.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/03/01/cyclists-struggling-up-hill-on-chilly-hilly-in-2005/
“In my perfect world, all would be connected with underground bicycle paths. If they are flat and out of the weather, people of all ages can use them.”
Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert newspaper cartoon
San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 27, 2005
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When is a Schwinn not a bicycle? When it's a four-stroke gas-powered motor scooter.
Dorel Industries, which acquired the Schwinn …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/02/25/this-isnt-your-fathers-schwinn-bicycle/
Contestants cycling in the Race Across America are turning in faster and faster times. Now the RAAM organizers are launching an event that starts with the other bicyclists, but finishes in 24 hours.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/02/23/raam-bicycle-race-faster-and-faster/
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