Plans are underway for next summer’s inaugural Trans Am Bike Race. The coast-to-coast self-supported bike race follows the Adventure Cycling Association’s TransAmerica Trail.
The rules for bicyclists competing in the 4,233-mile-long event are spelled out succinctly on the race poster:
“No outside support. No drafting. No entry fee. No prize money.”
That might be a …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/11/14/trans-am-bike-race-its-all-about-bragging-rights/
Considering bicycle travelers’ reports from the Southern Tier Bicycle Route in the Deep South, a roadside sanctuary would be a good thing for bicyclists as cross between the states of Mississippi and Louisiana.
One bicyclist at Lost on 2 Wheels wrote about how the “mosquito thing is getting really old really fast.” He said that …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/11/04/creating-an-oasis-on-the-southern-tier-bicycle-route/
The organizers of RAGBRAI (Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa) revealed the official logo of the 2014 across-state bike ride last week.
It serves to remind us that it’s already time to start making sure that next year’s vacation schedules match up with our favorite big rides.
The nation’s oldest annual across-state bike tour …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/10/29/corny-logo-for-2014-ragbrai-bike-tour-inveiled/
It’s not even Columbus Day, but you might want to start checking around for a guided bicycle tour to take next year.
The non-profit Adventure Cycling Association on Wednesday issued its list of more than 80 guided bicycle tours in the U.S. and warned that some of its most popular trips are already booked.
The …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/10/09/adventure-cycling-association-lists-bicycle-tours-for-next-year/
People who ride bicycles are among those feeling the pinch in the federal government shut down.
Although it’s nothing compared to the impact for 800,000 government employees, housing voucher recipients, veterans seeking benefits, and many others, bicyclists have found themselves shut out of federal facilities as well.
Hiram Chittenden Locks
Close to home here in …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/10/02/bicyclists-locked-out-in-government-shut-down/
The 19-year-old woman who drove a car into a group of bicyclists — killing two and injuring two others — as they participated in an organized bike ride on Saturday is sitting in a jail cell in New Hampshire.
Some are saying that if the police had put her in jail when they stopped her for speeding and driving without a license 8 hours before the fatal crash, then the tragedy on the coastal New Hampshire bridge never would have taken place.
Meanwhile, police made a second arrest on Wednesday that sheds more light on the tragedy. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/09/25/a-second-arrest-in-crash-that-killed-two-bicyclists-on-new-hampshire-bike-ride/
Update: Sept. 23, 2013 — Police had cited the driver for speeding on the bridge just 8 hours before the crash and confiscated her car after she admitted to not having a driver’s license. More below…
Sept. 22, 2013 — Horrible news from the Granite State Wheelmen Tri-State Seacoast Century bike ride on Saturday….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/09/22/2-bicyclists-killed-and-2-injured-in-new-hampshire-bicycle-event/
The devastating flooding that struck Colorado in the past week has led to the cancellation of some charity bike rides in heavily hit Front Range communities.
Organizers of those bike rides, however, still hope to divert supplies and proceeds to the flood relief effort.
Law enforcement and emergency responders are busy dealing with evacuations. Many …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/09/19/colorado-charity-bike-rides-help-flood-victims-in-spite-of-cancellations/
There are many styles of bicycle touring.
At one extreme are independent cycling holidays by those who map their own routes and find camping or lodging as they go. At the other end are cushy catered affairs where sag wagons wait at the bottom of every hill and cyclists find a chocolate on their pillow …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/09/05/free-ebook-explains-self-guided-bicycle-tours/
There’s nothing like a first-person account from a touring bicyclist to add drama to the closure of the North Cascades Highway this past weekend.
Bekah Gordon wrote one at InventureTime.com, telling how she and her three companions slogged through mud and running water, hefted their loaded touring bikes over guardrails, then escaped an oncoming hailstorm …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/08/13/how-4-bicycle-travelers-got-through-the-north-cascades-mudslides/
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