The U.S. Postal Service supplied slightly more than 60% of the annual budget of the pro cycling team led by Lance Armstrong from 2001 to 2004.
The $32 million sum — including $6.1 million in 2001; $7.61 million in 2002; $8.23 million in 2003; and $8.66 million in 2004, plus a total of $400,000 for a junior program — was revealed in documents released to ESPN.com under a freedom of information request. …
Meanwhile, the AP received studies commissioned by the US Postal Service that valued its sponsorship of the team during those years was at least triple the amount it invested …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/15/documents-reveal-postal-service-deal-with-cycling-team/
“Unfortunately it takes something bad like this to happen to learn that you can’t be doing this. It was just a very tragic accident, that’s the bottom-line.”
Madison County (NY) Undersheriff John Ball talking about the conditions Thursday evening when a bicyclist was struck from behind and killed by a motorist. Reported by Utica Observer-Dispatch, Jan. 14, 2011.
The bicyclist, Harold Closson, 50, was riding his bicycle down the road at about 5:40 p.m. Thursday when he was struck by a 22-year-old driving a truck …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/15/bicycle-quote-official-discourages-winter-bicycling/
Reviewing my bicycle calendar listings, it occurred to me that the naming of bicycle rides for the Pacific Northwest winter season is definitely a case of truth in advertising.
There's no glossing over the weather, which is wet and cold this time of year. That's why the name of so many bike rides embraces the misery and folly of riding into the rain. If you're going to be cold and wet, make the most of it.
The first such ride that comes to mind is Saturday's Stinky Spoke – Stinky Weather Poker Run in Woodinville. What a great name for a ride along some wet, muddy trails. Pictured above are some cyclists emerging from the fog last year on the Sammamish River Trail; below is a typical bike after the ride…..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/14/the-name-is-the-game-for-winter-bike-rides-in-pacific-northwest/
Skimming across some headlines this morning, I was struck by some well-intentioned but ill-informed bicycle-related bills showing up in state capitals this year.
While legislators in some states are proposing bills to protect cyclists and other vulnerable road users, lawmakers elsewhere are proposing bills that would stifle the use of bicycles for transportation and recreation. (One was so poorly crafted that it already has been withdrawn.)
Here are two examples where a phone call to a local bicycle advocacy group may have helped the lawmaker rethink some preconceived notions before filing:
Oregon — Rep. Mitch Greenlick (D-Portland) has submitted HB-2228, which prohibits putting children age 6 or younger in bicycle trailers or on the backs of bicycles…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/13/2011-bicycling-bills-the-good-bad-and-ugly/
“We revolutionised the way people train, the way they build morale in the team, the way they preview the courses, the way they race, the way they sell the sport, the way they tell that story around the world.
''I leave knowing that I did my best, and I don't need somebody to give me a plaque or give me a statue, it has been very good to me.''
— Lance Armstrong speaking at a press conference …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/13/quote-armstrong-the-cycling-revolutionary/
Peter Yates died on Sunday. You might not know the name, but you'll recognize the name of one of the movies he directed — “Breaking Away.”
Although it's considered a bicycling or sports movie, I think most people like it for the other theme that runs through it, that of growing up.
It's certainly my favorite movie, as much for the cycling scenes as the interactions between the friends facing their first year after high school with their whole lives in front of them. It's a time the characters Dave (Dennis Christopher), Mike (Dennis Quaid), Cyril (Daniel Stern) and Moocher (Jackie Earle Haley) would probably never forget …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/12/the-bicycle-movie-that-broke-away-from-the-pack/
The fight to reopen the streets of Black Hawk, Colorado, to bicycles is going to make it to the State House this year.
A state legislator told the Bicycle Colorado advocacy group that he will introduce a bill entitled the “Open Roads Act” when the General Assembly opens for business next week.
The bill would allow local authorities to prohibit bicycling on some streets only in limited cases and only if a nearby alternative route is designated …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/12/proposed-bill-would-restrict-bicycle-bans-in-colorado-cities/
As expected, the Ride from Seattle to Vancouver and Party was the first Cascade Bicycle Club bicycling event to sell out when registration opened at noon Monday.
What wasn't expected, however, was a breakdown in the ride registration process this year. Many people waited hours to register for the highest-demand rides, only to be shut out of the system and have to start over again, according to complaints at the Cascade forum.
Apparently, the sudden influx of registrants at noon on Monday bogged down the registration system for hours this year, the first time Cascade tried to handle it in-house. Executive director Chuck Ayers apologized to members for the snafu (see below). …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/11/2011-rsvp-sells-out-first-other-options-for-vancouver-bike-rides/
Old RSVP jersey
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/11/rsvp-jersey/
Next week's 2011 Santos Tour Down Under might be the last hurrah for Lance Armstrong as a competing cyclist on foreign soil, but there are plenty of other hot shots traveling to Australia to make the competition interesting.
Those interested in tracking the live action will have to remember there are some confusing time zone calculations to make. I've tried to sort them out here.
Keep in mind that the Australia is 15-1/2 hours ahead of ET and 18-1/2 hours ahead of PT. That creates some mental juggling to keep track of times here in the US and on TV….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/10/sorting-out-the-2011-tour-down-under-bike-race-schedule/
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