What do you do if you're 60 and suffer a brain aneurysm that renders you without the ability to read or write?
If you're Megan Timothy, left, you work hard for two years to recover your lost ability to communicate, write a book, sell it to a publisher and climb on a touring bicycle to make a cross-country book promotion tour.
“Because I've always been an adventurer, I'm going on this little adventure to prove myself whole again.” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/19/cycling-cross-country-to-promote-a-book-about-brain-injury-recovery/
“You reach the top of a mountain pass … it’s real … it does something to you. Humping up a steep 1,000-foot elevation with 40 pounds of gear, it’s hard. You’ve accomplished something. And there’s still all this country there before you.”
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/16/bicycle-quote-the-simple-beauty-of-bike-touring/
Weekend warriors can ride where the pros ride during this year's Redlands Bicycle Classic in southern California later this month.
After a year's hiatus which left 700 potential cyclists without an event, the public bicycle ride returns on March 25 during the three-day pro cycling event, scheduled March 24-26. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/15/redlands-bicycle-classic-hosts-public-ride-again/
Joe Kurmaskie, the Metal Cowboy, will be in Seattle on Tuesday to talk about his latest cross-country cycling adventure with his two sons.
The author took to the road with his sons, ages 5 and 7, on a 14-foot-long rig that crossed 17 states from Portland to Washington DC last summer.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/13/metal-cowboy-cyclist-comes-to-seattle/
“Thanks to cyclists being cautious and conscientious, the accident rate was lower than expected. Even with the rain we had 121 incidents. The average is between 120 and 160. …
“These injuries, from falling, are par for the course and nothing unexpected.” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/13/bicycle-quote-1-dead-and-8-serious-injuries-in-bike-tour/
Many bicycle tourists will recognize that Mark Maund has solved a nagging problem — how to fund a bike tour.
Maund is cycling the 15,000-mile perimeter of the US. He started July 8, 2005, in Keyport, New Jersey, and is now in Florida. He's in no hurry. He expects it will take him a couple of years.
How does he pay for his adventure? …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/12/have-laptop-will-bicycle-tour/
Another roadie has succumbed to the lure of the forest path. Me.
I've had some serious issues with the STI shifters on my road bike, so I asked my son if I could borrow his Gary Fisher to return a movie to the Blockbuster the other day.
Even with the seat post fully extended, his bike is too small for me, but any bike is better than no bike. No complaints. I pedaled up the hill to the school and jumped on the packed gravel on the pipeline right-of-way. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/10/from-cycling-on-back-roads-to-cycling-on-no-roads/
If you're ever in Eastern Washington and happen to find yourself with a bike and some free time, I'd suggest checking out the Centennial Trail.
The route is a 37-mile paved bike path that begins at the Idaho border, crosses mostly flat plains, bisects downtown Spokane (at left), and follows the wild Spokane River canyon to Nine-Mile Falls. On the Idaho side, it traverses another 24 miles to Higgens Point, Idaho. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/07/cycling-the-centennial-trail-in-eastern-washington/
Don't miss out on anymore week-long cross-state cycling tours.
The deadline to register for the Denver Post's Ride the Rockies has already passed. Sorry. And the Tour de Wyoming bike tour isn't taking any more applications.
But there is still time to sign up for RAGBRAI, the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa.…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/05/deadlines-loom-for-cross-state-bicycle-tours/
This is a good deal. A Chicago math teacher won a new bicycle from the Adventure Cycling Association in a random drawing for members, then she got to choose a free guided bike trip on which to take her new bike.
Rebecca Jackson, who despite being a member for 10 years has never taken a bike tour, chose the 7-day Cycle …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/04/win-a-bicycle-and-a-tour/
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