Two teen-agers died in separate MS 150 Bike Tour fund-raisers last weekend in collisions with motor vehicles.
Charlie Vogann, 15, died on the Oklahoma chapter bike tour, and Rachel Giblin, 15, was killed in an accident during the Mid-Atlantic chapter's Breakaway to the Beach bike ride in South Carolina. News reports say one accident occurred on a busy US highway, while the other happened when a volunteer waved cyclists through an intersection. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/19/tragic-weekend-for-ms-150-bike-rides-in-oklahoma-and-south-carolina/
Hood Canal Bridge. 
Dungeness River Bridge. Johnson Creek and Morse Creek trestles.
When I biked over to the Olympic Peninsula a few weeks ago for a bicycle-camping trip, it wasn't my intention to recreate a romantic drama like Clint Eastwood's “Bridges of Madison County.”
There's nothing particularly romantic about a sweaty, dusty bicyclist with yesterday's laundry — chamois-side up — fastened to his bike trailer with bungee cords to dry.
But I did stop to take a few pictures of the bridges I crossed along the way. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/15/photographing-the-bicycle-bridges-of-the-olympic-peninsula/
Seventy-year-old Sean Sweeney had a unique way of training for his latest bicycle tour from Montana to Alaska — he hauled sand.
The Adventure Cycling Association bike tour was his fourth long-distance tour since he bicycled cross country in 2002. To prepare for this 3,330-mile trek, he carried 50 pounds of sand in a BOB trailer up and down the Baltimore & Annapolis Trail in Maryland. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/14/70-year-old-cyclists-training-regimen-for-bicycle-tour/
The Spring City Cycling Club of Huntsville, Alabama, is hosting this Saturday the 22nd running of a century bike ride with one of the most alluring names.
After cyclists finish one of the bike rides of 25, 50, 65, 90, or 107 miles in the “All You Can Eat”, they're treated to showers and a carbohydrate-rich Italian meal followed by ice cream sandwiches. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/14/the-all-you-can-eat-century-bike-ride/
See Greg ride. America's first Tour de France winner Greg LeMond is cycling in this year's Dam2Dam Thumbs Up! Bike Tour, scheduled to begin Sept. 30 in Wenatchee, Washington.
The bicycle tour, featuring 25-, 50-, or 100-mile routes follows the Columbia River between Rocky Reach Dam and Wells Dam to the north. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/09/greg-lemond-to-show-up-for-dam2dam-bike-ride/
You might say I don't get out much, but I saw some bicycle signs that were new to me during my bicycle tour of Washington State's Olympic Peninsula last week.
The one posted above — “Winter Storm Trail Bypass” — directs travellers to an alternative route on the Olympic Discovery Trail near Port Angeles. Apparently winter storms roaring down the Strait of Juan de Fuca can make this upper gravel path dangerous. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/07/the-signs-of-bicycling-life-on-the-olympic-peninsula/
You'll probably see news reports about the Tour de Force bicycle ride from New York City to Washington DC sometime over the weekend.
Beginning Friday, about 100 police officers from around the US will hop on their bicycles at Ground Zero in New York City and begin a 265-mile bike ride down the East Coast to the Pentagon in Washington DC. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/06/the-other-tdf-the-tour-de-force-bike-ride/
Jane Tomlinson wants people to know that even someone with terminal cancer can live a full life. That idea brought her to the US to ride her bicycle cross-country.
Since doctors diagnosed the 42-year-old mother with metabolic breast cancer six years ago and gave her six months to live, she's been competing in marathons and triathlons, sometimes while undergoing chemotherapy. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/06/terminal-cancer-patient-finishes-cross-country-bike-tour/
I attached my gear-loaded trailer and front panniers to the bicycle last week and headed down the driveway for the Olympic Peninsula. As you can see from this first-night self-portrait at Chimacum about 10 hours later, it was going to be a good trip.
It had been quite a few years since the last time I loaded up the bike for a self-supported tour, and this trip reminded me about some things I had learned from earlier trips: …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/05/10-bike-touring-lessons-learned-and-re-learned-on-the-olympic-peninsula/
Bicycle tourists spend part their time riding on the edge. I’m not just talking about the edge of the road, but the edge of their limits for physical and mental stress. Veer over the edge, and there can be a crash. End of tour.
That’s especially true for the so-called self-contained cycling tourists. No sag wagons. No mechanics. No large group for support. And, in the “old days,” no cell phones. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/08/28/rescue-2/
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