The first route updates to the US Bicycle Route System since 1982 have been approved by the transportation group that oversees state highways.
Shown in red at left, the new bicycle travel routes approved are:
USBR 1 in Maine and New Hampshire;
USBR 20 in Michigan
USBR 8, 87, 95 and 97 in Alaska.
Two existing routes — USBR 1 through Virginia and North Carolina, and USBR 76 through Virginia, Kentucky, and Illinois, are shown in blue.
The Adventure Cycling Association announced the new routes on Wednesday.
The remaining corridor routes on the map show the work that has yet to be done on the 50,000-mile US Bicycle Route System …
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New east-west bicycle route is shown in green.
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First US Bicycle Routes are approved for Maine, New Hampshire, Michigan and Alaska, reported Adventure Cycling Association.
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A Dutch cyclist survived on the final, short climb of a crash-plagued Stage 5 as the Giro d'Italia favorites waited for each other to take the initiative.
The stage victory for Rabobank's Pieter Weening, 30, also made him the overall race leader in Wednesday's bike race from Piombino to Orvieto.
The 191km (118-mile) route through the Tuscany region of Italy included about 12 miles of dirt, which caused some sketchy cycling and a number of crashes ….
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Rabobank's Pieter Weening wins Stage 5 of 2011 Giro d'Italia
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As the Giro d'Italia bike race gets back more or less to normal on Wednesday, the peloton will face two climbs in the 191km (118-mile) cycling route from Piombino to Orvieto.
Both are Category 3 and conspire to classify Stage 5 as a “moderate mountain” stage. It's time for the real battle for the green mountain points jersey, held by Gianluca Brambilla (Colnago), to begin.
Dennis Wegewijs made the routes and profiles of the mountain passes available ….
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Where in the world would you go to take a spin in the world's most bicycle friendly cities?
The Matador Travel website recently came up with a suggested list of 15 cities. Five are in the good old U.S. of A., but not all are at the top of the League of American Bicyclists list of “platinum-level” bike friendly cities.
I usually enjoy looking at published lists of “best” bike rides, … cities, … trails, … states, … parks, … regions. It gives me a chance to think of great places to ride my bicycle or wonder what the hell the list author was thinking about.
For the most part, the Matador list seems pretty straight forward. Here are the 15 and their justifications: …..
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A somber mood accompanied the 4th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday as the cyclists rode their bikes en masse without competing.
They rode in honor of Wouter Weylandt, the 26-year-old Belgian cyclist who died in a solo crash descending the Passo del Bocco on Monday.
Weylandt's best friend in the peloton, Tyler Farrar of Wenatchee, WA, is planning to leave the Giro at the completion of the stage. The two became friends and training partners in Farrar's European home base of Ghent. …
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Cyclists rode en masse
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Many cyclists shared their feelings about cyclist Wouter Weylandt as the horror of what happened in Stage 3 of the Giro d'Italia began to sink in. Monday was a truly sad day in cycling.
It was unknown how the peloton plans to honor the fallen cyclist. In times past, cyclists have ridden the stage following a death en masse, much like the Ride of Silence. Race organizers said they will adhere to the peloton's wishes.
One of Weylandt's friends was Tyler Farrar, the Wenatchee, WA, native who now makes his home in Ghent, Belgium. That was also the home for the Belgian cyclist ….
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