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The U.S. Postal Service supplied slightly more than 60% of the annual budget of the pro cycling team led by Lance Armstrong from 2001 to 2004.
The $32 million sum — including $6.1 million in 2001; $7.61 million in 2002; $8.23 million in 2003; and $8.66 million in 2004, plus a total of $400,000 for a junior program — was revealed in documents released to ESPN.com under a freedom of information request. …
Meanwhile, the AP received studies commissioned by the US Postal Service that valued its sponsorship of the team during those years was at least triple the amount it invested …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/15/documents-reveal-postal-service-deal-with-cycling-team/
“Unfortunately it takes something bad like this to happen to learn that you can’t be doing this. It was just a very tragic accident, that’s the bottom-line.”
Madison County (NY) Undersheriff John Ball talking about the conditions Thursday evening when a bicyclist was struck from behind and killed by a motorist. Reported by Utica Observer-Dispatch, Jan. 14, 2011.
The bicyclist, Harold Closson, 50, was riding his bicycle down the road at about 5:40 p.m. Thursday when he was struck by a 22-year-old driving a truck …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/15/bicycle-quote-official-discourages-winter-bicycling/
Reviewing my bicycle calendar listings, it occurred to me that the naming of bicycle rides for the Pacific Northwest winter season is definitely a case of truth in advertising.
There's no glossing over the weather, which is wet and cold this time of year. That's why the name of so many bike rides embraces the misery and folly of riding into the rain. If you're going to be cold and wet, make the most of it.
The first such ride that comes to mind is Saturday's Stinky Spoke – Stinky Weather Poker Run in Woodinville. What a great name for a ride along some wet, muddy trails. Pictured above are some cyclists emerging from the fog last year on the Sammamish River Trail; below is a typical bike after the ride…..
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/14/the-name-is-the-game-for-winter-bike-rides-in-pacific-northwest/
Skimming across some headlines this morning, I was struck by some well-intentioned but ill-informed bicycle-related bills showing up in state capitals this year.
While legislators in some states are proposing bills to protect cyclists and other vulnerable road users, lawmakers elsewhere are proposing bills that would stifle the use of bicycles for transportation and recreation. (One was so poorly crafted that it already has been withdrawn.)
Here are two examples where a phone call to a local bicycle advocacy group may have helped the lawmaker rethink some preconceived notions before filing:
Oregon — Rep. Mitch Greenlick (D-Portland) has submitted HB-2228, which prohibits putting children age 6 or younger in bicycle trailers or on the backs of bicycles…
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/13/2011-bicycling-bills-the-good-bad-and-ugly/
Peter Yates died on Sunday. You might not know the name, but you'll recognize the name of one of the movies he directed — “Breaking Away.”
Although it's considered a bicycling or sports movie, I think most people like it for the other theme that runs through it, that of growing up.
It's certainly my favorite movie, as much for the cycling scenes as the interactions between the friends facing their first year after high school with their whole lives in front of them. It's a time the characters Dave (Dennis Christopher), Mike (Dennis Quaid), Cyril (Daniel Stern) and Moocher (Jackie Earle Haley) would probably never forget …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/12/the-bicycle-movie-that-broke-away-from-the-pack/
The fight to reopen the streets of Black Hawk, Colorado, to bicycles is going to make it to the State House this year.
A state legislator told the Bicycle Colorado advocacy group that he will introduce a bill entitled the “Open Roads Act” when the General Assembly opens for business next week.
The bill would allow local authorities to prohibit bicycling on some streets only in limited cases and only if a nearby alternative route is designated …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/12/proposed-bill-would-restrict-bicycle-bans-in-colorado-cities/
As expected, the Ride from Seattle to Vancouver and Party was the first Cascade Bicycle Club bicycling event to sell out when registration opened at noon Monday.
What wasn't expected, however, was a breakdown in the ride registration process this year. Many people waited hours to register for the highest-demand rides, only to be shut out of the system and have to start over again, according to complaints at the Cascade forum.
Apparently, the sudden influx of registrants at noon on Monday bogged down the registration system for hours this year, the first time Cascade tried to handle it in-house. Executive director Chuck Ayers apologized to members for the snafu (see below). …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/11/2011-rsvp-sells-out-first-other-options-for-vancouver-bike-rides/
My mother told me never to play with my food, but I couldn't resist after cooking up a batch of bicycle pasta last night.
Most of the pastas cooked up white, but one out of 20 or 30 turned out red. That reminded me of the maglia rosa at the Giro d'Italia, so I recreated this 2010 scene on my plate of Ivan Basso leading the peloton.
I'm no Graham Watson; this is the best I could come up with. Later I tossed this gruppetto into a bowl, stirred in some chopped garlic, parmesan cheese, vinegar, and a dash of chain oil ….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/10/playing-with-my-food-the-giro-dpasta/
Update: Jan. 14, 2011 — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood cites this study in urging bicycle advocates to “participate in the process” to get adequate funding for bicycle and pedestrian projects
How can Congress and other public officials put more Americans back to work? For starters, they could choose to increase funding for bike lanes and bike boulevards.
A study of some public works projects in Baltimore came up with the surprising results that bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure projects create more employment per $1 million of spending than road repair and resurfacing projects.
No one is suggesting that repairing our deteriorating road and highway network is a waste of effort. But I don't think many people realized that spending on bike lanes and boulevards gets a bigger bang for the buck when it comes to employment …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/07/creating-more-jobs-through-bicycle-projects/
News of the Weird: Black Hawk, Colorado, isn't the only town on Earth to ban bicycle riding. Half a world away, there's a village in India where people are forced to walk their bikes.
The ban was instituted about 40 years ago in the village of Vilvamarathupatti, located in Tamil Nadu near the southern tip of the Indian peninsula.
According to the ExpressBuzz.com story “Still no bicycle pedaling in this village”, some kids were racing on their bicycles and struck some boys playing in the street, causing some injuries. ….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/01/06/black-hawk-co-isnt-the-only-town-that-bans-bicycle-riding/
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