There comes a point after I've been sick that I just get fed up with not getting any better.
I was achy, tired and suffered a two-pack-day smoker's cough for the past couple of weeks. I nursed myself along with plenty of fluids and rest, but the cough is still hanging on.
Figuring that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, I jumped on the …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/02/bicycling-when-sick/
Here's an opportunity for weekend warrior cyclists to ride the last few miles of the Tour of Georgia course just hours before the pros do it.
Recreational cyclists who participate in a cancer fund-raiser can ride the final 25 miles of the Cumming to Alpharetta route as part of the BriarRose Grand Peloton. It's scheduled for the last day …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/02/tour-de-georgia-fund-raiser-bike-ride/
The Cascade Bicycle Club throws a huge reunion for all the cyclists in the Pacific Northwest as winter draws to a close. It's called the Seattle Bike Expo, and it was held at Hangar 27 at Magnuson Park again this year.
Thousands showed up on bikes and in cars to check out the offerings of 150 exhibitors over the weekend. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/20/the-seattle-bike-expo-a-reunion-and-a-show/
An Indiana man bicycling to New Orleans to raise money for hurricane relief was struck by a car in Alabama and gave up the trip.
Danny Schnell, 50, was riding his bicycle on a busy state road near Birmingham when a car struck his bike, damaging the bicycle but not injuring Schnell. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/14/let-no-good-deed-go-unpunished/
To me, a warm shower feels great just about anytime, but never more so than after a long bike ride.
That's why the Warm Showers website is so great; it guides bicycle tourists to hosts who are willing to put them up for the night, maybe feed them, but at least supply them with a warm shower.
Right now, there …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/10/bicycle-tourists-find-comfort-with-warm-showers-website/
Reporting on the death of a Houston area cyclist, Chronicle writer Steve Sievert's Cycling Notebook column touched on some points about safe bicycle riding that deserve repeating.
“These steps can go a long way toward providing an extra measure of safety in a hostile cycling environment,” he writes.
Topping the list is to wear a helmet. We all know that. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/09/preparing-for-a-safe-bike-ride/
An outdoor trip and adventure planning website has named the Top Trails for 2005. The list of 100 includes five bike routes, although the American River Bike Path (left) in California is mentioned twice — once for mountain bikes and once for road bikes.
The company, Trails.com, calls the list the closest thing to a Nielsen's rating system for trail popularity in the …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/07/list-of-top-100-trails-in-the-us-includes-five-bike-routes/
Chicago remembers world renown cyclist Major Taylor in a rail-to-trails bike route that is scheduled to open a new segment this summer.
The Major Taylor Bike Trail is named for Marshall W. Taylor, an African-American cyclist who set speed records in the late 1890s while battling prejudice across the US.
Taylor had become an inspiration to many not only for his cycling …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/02/cyclist-major-taylor-memorialized-in-chicago-bike-trail/
RAGBRAI organizers announced the 444 miles of Iowa asphalt that will become the route for this year's rolling bicycle party.
Although the sponsor, the Des Moines Register, has said it won't announce the bike route until Saturday, a route map for 2006 appeared on the RAGBRAI website Friday morning.
The map shows a west to east RAGBRAI route …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/27/ragbrai-releases-2006-bike-tour-route/
The Adventure Cycling Association is researching a new bicycle route that's as much about our history and culture as it's about travelling the backroads of America.
Founded as Bikecentennial back in the '70s, most of the association's routes have geographic designations — TransAmerica, Northern Tier, Southern Tier, Atlantic Coast — until they mapped the Lewis & Clark Trail in time …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/27/charting-the-underground-railroad-bike-route/
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