Category: Bike Touring
This week's resolution to ban RAGBRAI bike rides from Crawford County's roads could set a precedent that might be felt across Iowa.
Supervisors at a couple of surrounding counties say they'll look at banning the ride, and the issue is expected to come up at the November meeting of the Iowa State Association of Counties.
The board chairman at neighboring Monona County told a local newspaper that he wouldn't be surprised if all of Iowa's other 98 counties passed similar measures, but others said they wouldn't support such a measure…..
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/10/12/fallout-from-ragbrai-bicycle-ride-ban/
When I first saw the story about the two guys riding their bicycles to every Burgerville fast food joint in the Northwest, I thought I'd be reading a cross between “Super-Size Me” and “Breaking Wind Away.”
No such deal here. Brent Krebsbach of Redmond, Wash., and Paul LaFrance of Wasilla, Alaska, are visiting a chain of restaurants in Washington and Oregon that strives to do the right thing toward its customers and employees.
Krebsbach and LaFrance bicycled more than 500 miles in four days to visit all 39 Burgervilles in Oregon and Washington….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/10/10/two-men-on-burgerville-bicycle-tour-in-northwest/
A $350,000 settlement has been reached in a lawsuit stemming from the death of a cyclist on the opening day of RAGBRAI in 2004.
After admitting no wrongdoing in the case, Crawford County turned around and passed a resolution banning RAGBRAI from using its county roads because the county chooses not to maintain them to bicycling standards.
RAGBRAI officials said they'll honor the ban. “Most places want RAGBRAI.” …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/10/10/iowa-county-settles-lawsuit-bans-ragbrai-bike-ride/
How many frontiers are left? A 40-year-old British man has completed a 46,000-mile journey around the world completely under his own power by bicycling, rowing, hiking and rollerblading.
The man, Jason Lewis, was just 26 years old when he and a friend set out to circumnavigate the globe without relying on engines, motors or wind power such as sailing; no tramp steamers to carry them across oceans or trains to cross deserts.
Along the way he broke both legs when he was hit by a car while rollerbladding in the US, was attacked by alligators, snakes and pirates, and headed off alone when his friend dropped out …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/10/06/jason-lewis-around-the-world-in-13-years/
If the “How I bicycled my summer vacation” poll is any indicator, Biking Bis readers are an independent bunch.
That's how Missouri's Lazy Louie would have described the style of bicycling that half of my poll respondents said they preferred this summer.
Lazy Louie ran a roadside camp for bicycle tourists between Hartsville and Marshfield on the BikeCentennial Route. He was quite a character who had his own lingo for bikes that passed his way. There were Trucks (Treks), P Joes (Peugots) and Motor Pecans (Motobecans) …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/09/14/bike-touring-poll-youre-mostly-independents/
A Georgia firefighter is set to begin a cross-country bicycle tour to raises money for the families of nine Charleston, S.C., firefighters who died in a furniture store fire.
The deaths of the so-called Charleston Nine earlier this summer is the largest loss of life of firefighters in the US since 343 died in New York City on 9/11. That's why the cyclist, Laddie Williams of Augusta, chose to embark on his trip at this time of year.
Williams is set to begin riding from Los Angeles soon. He expects he'll arrive in Charleston in mid-October, spending the nights in fire stations along the way. Firefighters along the route will raise money for the families as he continues his bike ride …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/09/12/georgia-firefighter-rides-cross-country-for-fallen-comrades-in-charleston/
Bicycling on Lopez Island
One of the first writing assignments I always faced when I returned to school in the fall was “How did you spend your summer vacation?”
Now that we're all grown up, let's hear about your summer bicycle vacation. I know there are a couple of across-state tours left — namely Arizona and Oregon. But summer is over, the days are getting shorter, and it's time to take stock.
I've created a poll at the top of the right column with several bike touring options. You'll learn the poll results as you vote; the final answers will be published next week ….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/09/07/how-did-you-bicycle-your-summer-vacation/
Ordered to stay off the bicycle for 10 days in early August by my doctor, I returned to cycling with an easy ride around a town that bills itself as the most remote in the lower 48 states.
That “most remote” claim can be challenged, I suppose, but it's one that certainly held up on our visit there.
Stehekin (pop. 80) sits at the northern end of Lake Chelan in central Washington state. There are no roads in or out of this town. As a matter of fact, the only way in is to hike over the Cascades or take a boat from the town of Chelan some 50 miles away at the opposite side of the lake…
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/09/06/most-remote-bike-ride-august-stats/
Tandem bicycles are built to take the rigors of the road, not mistreatment by the airlines.
Dr. David Cleveland and Stacey Butterfield of British Columbia rode their tandem on a 5,000-mile bike trip across Canada this summer to raise at least $10,000 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
Returning to Vancouver, they discovered that the tandem had been smashed while on the Air Canada flight home. The back end of the frame was “badly damaged” and the rear wheel was bent. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/09/05/tandem-bike-survives-trans-canada-charity-ride-destroyed-on-flight-home/
Port Townsend bike trailWith time running out for a summertime bicycle tour, a neighbor and I took an overnight bicycle trip up to Port Townsend on the Olympic Peninsula this Labor Day weekend.
The Olympic Peninsula is a great bicycling destination. Cyclists take a ferry across the Puget Sound to Bainbridge Island. After a few miles on busy roads, they have a choice of busy well-graded roads with shoulders or narrower country roads with a lot of steep ups and downs.
Either way, they enjoy spectacular views of the Olympic Mountains and sweeping vistas of the Puget Sound and its tributaries…
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/09/04/bicycle-touring-from-seattle-to-port-townsend/
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