ELLENSBURG — Has anyone ever yelled at you to “Get a horse” when you’re out for a bike ride? I thought of that comment when I encountered horses and wagons on the Thorp-Ellensburg segment of the cross-state John Wayne Pioneer Trail on Sunday.
The John Wayne Pioneer Wagons and Riders Association is making its annual …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/05/26/horses-and-wagons-make-annual-john-wayne-pioneer-trail-pilgrimage/
A Canadian Olympic medalist is carrying her message to end the stigma of mental illness by travelling across Canada by bicycle.
Six-time Olympic cycling and speed-skating medalist Clara Hughes set out on Clara’s Big Bike Ride from Toronto on March 14 to visit every province and territory in Canada. She’ll be visiting towns throughout British Columbia for the next couple …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/05/18/canadian-olympic-cyclist-brings-mental-illness-message-by-bicycle/
Proceeds from the first-ever All-in Family Bike Ride presented by the Marysville YMCA on April 5 will benefit the Red Cross efforts to help the landslide ravaged community of Oso in Snohomish County.
Rescuers are still searching the mile-square area between Arlington and Darrington along the Stillaquamish River for survivors or bodies. Authorities say 25 …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/03/29/bike-ride-benefits-victims-of-snohomish-county-landslide/
Dorian Anderson, PhD, was riding his bicycle around Sawgrass Lake County Park near St. Petersburg the other day. He’s a long way from his latest home in Boston, and he’s enjoying the warm weather.
He’s not interested in getting a tan, though, and he’s not much interested in the road, either.
Anderson is keeping his …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/03/19/a-cross-country-bicycle-tour-thats-for-the-birds/
Beginning in 1922, one of the most scenic motor routes in the nation was the Columbia River Highway through the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon.
It fell into disuse with the construction of interstate highways, but cyclists are finding that the historic route with its overlooks high above the river, waterfalls and tunnels is even …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/03/06/bicycle-routes-and-rides-along-the-historic-columbia-river-highway/
After creating more than 42,000 miles of bicycle routes on paved, gravel and dirt roads, Adventure Cycling Association is taking a foray onto backcountry single track.
It’s new Idaho Hot Springs Mountain Bike Route is a two-map set of the mountains, lakes and valleys of central Idaho.
The main 518-mile loop uses pavement, gravel roads, …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/02/26/adventure-cycling-creates-new-backcountry-bike-routes-in-idaho/
The Natchez Trace Parkway between Nashville, Tennessee, and Tupelo, Mississippi, seems like a natural route for bicyclists traveling between the country music capital and the birthplace of Elvis.
Of course there are many other reasons to travel the 444-mile route across Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi. Among them is the fact that the parkway is designated …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/02/25/making-the-natchez-trace-parkway-safe-for-cyclists/
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Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission launched its new “interactive” website last week at www.parks.wa.gov.
I immediately tested its “search” function for a topic near-and-dear to my heart — bike/hike campsites. Happily, I discovered that more than a dozen of Washington’s …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/02/19/washington-state-lists-parks-with-bikehike-campsites/
Organizers announced the route for 2014 Biking Across Kansas on Wednesday, and it looks like they’ve squeezed every mile possible into the west-to-east across-state bike ride that’s celebrating its 40th anniversary.
The bike tour rolls out from Elkhart in southwestern Kansas on June 7 and heads in a northeast direction to a finish in White …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/01/29/biking-across-kansas-2014-the-long-way/
Singer-songwriter-political activist Pete Seeger, known for penning such songs as “If I Had a Hammer,” died on Monday at age 94.
While I’ve enjoyed the message in his music over the years, what struck me this morning was the line in many obits that Seeger “dropped out of Harvard University in 1938 to ride a bicycle across …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/01/28/before-pete-seeger-had-a-hammer-he-had-a-bicycle/
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