An Englishman riding his bicycle the length of Africa is wondering what his next step will be after most of his equipment, except for his bicycle, was stolen from his room in a town in western Kenya.
Peter Gostelow is riding his bicycle to South Africa in a grand expedition called The Big Africa Cycle that he expects will cover 18,600 miles while traversing 25 countries.
This is no record-seeking bike tour. He left England in August 2009. The slow speed of his tour …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/07/17/trans-africa-bike-traveler-ripped-off-in-kenya/
Seven kidnapped Estonians on a bicycle tour gone seriously wrong are free after French diplomats negotiated their release in Lebanon.
The men, in their 30s and 40s, were kidnapped at gunpoint after crossing over the border from Syria on their bicycle tour on March 23.
The May 20 video at left is one of two posted on YouTube.com.
The seven arrived at the French embassy in Beirut on Thursday. There was no immediate word whether a ransom was paid or other conditions of their release.
The French volunteered to help in the case …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/07/14/kidnapped-bicycle-travelers-released-to-french-authorities/
Three friends whose bicycle tour around the U.S. ended 25 years ago in a life-threatening crash will return to the road this month to complete their 8,141-mile journey.
The western New York trio plan to resume their bike tour from the scene of the crash in Seguin, Texas, on July 29 and finish the final 2,500 miles to Buffalo, N.Y., by the end of August.
It reminds me of Dutch bicyclist Frank van Dijk who returned to the U.S. last fall to complete his TransAmerica bicycle tour 34 years after it was interrupted by a collision with a car in Eureka, Kansas.
Having a bicycle-trip-of-a-lifetime cut short by a car crash must leave people with a severe sense of unfinished business ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/07/11/long-distance-bicycle-tour-resumes-after-25-year-interruption/
Some 10,000 cyclists of all ages and sizes took off under sunny skies for the 32nd Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic on Saturday.
It's only fitting these cyclists were blessed with good weather after so many trained for this day through spring weather that's been wetter and colder than normal.
Last year the oldest cyclist was 87 and the youngest was 1 year, 22 months. Although the official stats for 2011 haven't been posted, I'm betting that Coal, at left, might be the only dog making the trip.
His owners, first-time STPers, built a comfy, carpeted platform for him inside the Burley trailer, but Coal didn't like being cooped up. He left Seward Park on foot. I hope he chooses to hop in for ride …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/07/09/clear-skies-for-200-mile-seattle-to-portland-stp-bike-ride/
If you leave a little late for the Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic on Saturday and notice that your fellow cyclists are all naked, then you've accidentally joined the wrong bicycle ride.
The World Naked Bicycle Ride is also rolling out in Seattle on Saturday.
The 10,000-strong STP cyclists will be leaving from Husky Stadium — at daybreak for the one-day cyclists and a little later for those making the 200-mile trip in two days. In fact, cyclists that dropped off their luggage early could be leaving from anywhere in the Seattle area.
Meanwhile, the WNBR cyclists are meeting …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/07/08/stp-and-naked-bicycling-in-seattle-on-saturday/
Although the automobile was making headway in the early 20th century, many folks still used bicycles when President Teddy Roosevelt established the Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge in 1909.
There was nothing in his executive order about bicycles when he set up the bird refuge on Lake Lowell near Nampa in southwestern Idaho.
Now, that all might change.
A blog reader wrote to say that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is updating its Comprehensive Conservation Plan ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/07/05/proposed-bicycling-ban-at-idaho-wildlife-refuge-could-have-far-reaching-impacts/
If you're planning to ride your bicycle on the John Wayne Pioneer Rail-Trail this weekend, be prepared to rub shoulders with a lot of others with the same idea.
The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust's 20th anniversary trek set off from Ellensburg Sunday morning for a bicycling and hiking trip for 130 miles, ending next Sunday in Seattle.
A highlight of the 8-day bike-hike will be the grand re-opening of the Snoqualmie Tunnel at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Hyak.
The 2.3-mile tunnel on cross-state rail-to-trail had been closed for a couple of years ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/07/03/trekkers-bike-and-hike-the-mountains-to-sound-greenway-this-week/
A few days ago, I wrote about Colorado's efforts to boost bicycle tourism by directing cyclists to tour some of the state's scenic highways in the Bike the Byways program.
Since then, I've discovered that Oregon is charting a series of scenic roads and paths just for bicycles. Called the Scenic Bikeway program, it is the only such project in the US.
The first scenic bike tour is the Willamette Scenic Bikeway that rolls out for 132 miles from Champoeg State Heritage Area to Eugene. The route passes through the agricultural valley between the Cascades and the Coastal ranges ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/06/29/oregons-scenic-bikeways-program-is-the-first-of-its-kind/
While Lance Armstrong's presence at the Tour de France is certainly part of the past, 10 Americans will line up when the peloton rolls out for Stage 1 on July 2.
It's one of the biggest represetations of US cyclists I can remember, and it reflects not only the old timers but some fresh faces.
Leading that group of veterans is George Hincapie, 37, above, of Greenville, SC. Now cycling for BMC, this will be Hincapie's 16th Tour de France. That ties retired Dutch cyclist Joop Zoetemelk's record ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/06/28/us-cyclists-line-up-for-2011-tour-de-france-updated/
Last winter I wrote about a report that found construction of bike lanes and paths in Baltimore created more jobs per $1 million than road construction.
The author of that report, Heidi Gerrett-Peltier, has expanded her research to 58 projects in 11 cities, including Seattle, and found that her original findings hold true.
“Bicycling infrastructure creates the most jobs for a given level of spending,” she writes in Pedestrian and Bicycle Infrastructure: A National Study of Employment Impacts.
The report compares job creation for road construction and rehabilitation, building new multi-use trails, widening roads to include bikes lanes …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/06/27/bicycle-lane-construction-gets-bigger-bang-for-the-buck/
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