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Registration opens this week for most Cascade bike rides

It's time for Cascade Bicycle Club members to line up to register online for the club's most popular bicycle rides on Tuesday and Wednesday.

In order to prevent a repeat of last year's server meltdown of monumental proportions, the club is staggering the dates for registration this year and instituting a lottery system for the RSVP and RSVP2 (Ride from Seattle to Vancouver and Party).

Here's the rundown:

On Tuesday, members-only registration opens for Chilly Hilly, Flying Wheels, STP and Ride Around Washington …

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Noncompliance with safety standards sparks helmet recall

I doubt if any of this blog's readers use these Little Tricky helmets, but their children might.

The US Consumer Protection Safety Commission recommends that kids stop using them immediately because product testing demonstrated that they do not meet CPSC standards for impact resistance.

No injuries have been reported, but Triple Eight Distribution is recalling the 30,400 youth helmets because …

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/01/07/noncompliance-with-safety-standards-sparks-helmet-recall/

Pelotonia: New destination for cancer charity bike ride in Ohio

The fast-growing Pelotonia charity bike ride in Ohio is rolling out from Columbus to a new destination in 2012 — Kenyon College in the small town of Gambier.

The organizers of the bicycle ride explained the new destination would encourage more people to make the ride, which drew nearly 5,000 bicyclists in 2011.

Now in its fourth year, the Pelotonia previously set out for Athens in hilly southeastern Ohio. …

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/01/05/pelotonia-new-destination-for-cancer-charity-bike-ride-in-ohio/

Another attempt at 3-foot passing law in California

When learning to ride a bicycle, my pappy told me to get right back on the bike after I'd fallen off.

In a way, that's what the California Bicycle Coalition is doing to keep alive the fight for the 3-foot passing law. But instead of falling off the bike, supporters of the bicycle safety measure keep getting pushed off.

After lawmakers rejected the proposal for several years, they finally passed the law — Senate Bill 910 — last fall, only to have Gov. Jerry Brown veto it.

Now, the bike coalition is going back.

In a recent newsletter, the CalBike said they'll reintroduce the measure …

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/01/05/another-attempt-at-3-foot-passing-law-in-california/

3,000 carbon road bike pedals recalled

A style of carbon road-bike pedal imported by Performance is the subject of a recall.

The company and the Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the recall for nearly 3,000 Forte Pro Carbon Road Bike Pedals.

Performance says it received three reports of the pedal body cracking or breaking, although no one was injured.

The pedal body is black and it made of carbon injected thermoplastic. The axle …

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/01/04/3000-carbon-road-bike-pedals-recalled/

Global bicycle travelers embark on self-propelled ocean voyages

What happens to global bicycle travelers when they've completed their journeys? In the case of two from the British Isles, they take to the sea.

Scotsman Mark Beaumont and Englishman Alistair Humphreys are separately embarking on trans-Atlantic rowboat journeys this month. Both are dyed in the wool adventurers and already have completed endurance expeditions off their bicycles.

The six-member Atlantic Odyssey rowing team, above, which includes Beaumont, embarked from Tarfaya, Morocco, Monday afternoon. They're seeking to set a world record for the 3,000-mile east-west crossing and become the first crew to break the 30-day barrier.

Their boat is the “Sara G”, a 33-foot vessel with 3 sculling positions on the deck that allow 3 to row while 3 rest. They clocked 4.17 knot speeds on Monday …

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/01/03/global-bicycle-travelers-embark-on-self-propelled-ocean-voyages/

Pan-American tandem bike adventures; 1 ends, 1 waits to begin

A couple from Madison, Wisconsin, finished up a 17,000-mile Pan American bicycling adventure in Argentina a couple of weeks ago.

Meanwhile a couple from Tempe, Arizona, are waiting there to get their tandem out of customs to begin their journey north.

Alan Turnquist and Erin Syth, at left, arrived in Ushaia, the southern-most city in South America, in mid-December after traveling for 550 days from the Arctic Circle.

The Madison couple quit their jobs and drove to Canada's Northwest Territories …

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/01/02/pan-american-tandem-bike-adventures-1-ends-1-waits-to-begin/

Father-son bicyclists set record after a day in the saddle

A lot of dads enjoy the companionship of an occasional father-son bicycle ride.

But here's one that lasted all-day and all-night and resulted in a record.

The father-son team of Chuck and Matt Knott, left, competed in the National 24-Hour Challenge last summer in Middleville, Michigan.

They each completed 420.1 miles, breaking the previous record of 782 miles that had been standing …

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/01/01/father-son-bicyclists-set-record-after-a-day-in-the-saddle/

The most popular 2011 stories at BikingBis; month by month

By now, just two days before the New Year, the interest in the top stories for 2011 at this blog must be reaching a fever pitch.

While many other blogs already have divulged their top stories, I've been holding back until I show my hand.

Unfortunately, my site stat database only shows month-by-month results. Since I'm too lazy to add them up, here is a monthly look at the stories blog readers found most interesting this year. [Photo above from 2011 Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic.]

January

“Computer snafu ties up registration for Cascade Bicycle Club.”  Unfortunately, this story was updated so many times …

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/12/30/the-most-popular-2011-stories-at-bikingbis-month-by-month/

Images from some favorite bicycle rides in 2011

Often in pursuit of my goal to ride 4,000 miles during the past year, I took the time to stop and take a few snapshots.

Here are a few from this past year's memorable rides that took me from Lake Washington to Kansas to Snoqualmie Pass.

Let's start on January 1. Although we our share of precipitation in the winter and spring, the first day of the new year was bright and sunny. Here are a couple of chaps riding along Lake Washington in Renton with the Olympic Mountains in the background …

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/12/28/images-from-some-favorite-bicycle-rides-in-2011/