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The 2011 Tour de France will return to the high ground again next year, paying homage to the Alps in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the bicycle race's first visit there.
At the route announcement in Paris on Tuesday, Tour organizers revealed the 98th Tour will feature six mountain stages and four summit finishes. There's just one individual time trial (Stage 20, Grenoble, 41 km) and a team time trial (Stage 2, Les Essarts, 23 km).
The Alps are such a fixture in the modern-day Tour de France that it's hard to believe that there was a time when the cyclists didn't visit the region ….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/10/19/the-alps-featured-in-2011-tour-de-france/
Most of the Great Allegheny Passage has been opened for the past four years, providing bicycle travelers with a 150-mile traffic-free rail-trail from Cumberland, Maryland, to the outskirts of Pittsburgh.
The final 9 miles between McKeesport and Pittsburgh has been touch and go, however, with missing bridges and trail segments absent in the urban area. The trail association even suggests that cyclists catch a shuttle through this section, unless they're accustomed to riding unfriendly roads.
Now, the last pieces to the puzzle are falling into place.
Allegheny County officials announced last week that they now have “site control” of that final 9 miles …..
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/10/18/bike-trail-deal-closes-the-gap-in-pittsburgh/
In the midst of frequent stories about hit-and-run drivers in crashes with bicyclists, it's refreshing to be reminded about the Good Samaritans out there.
It's so unusual, in fact, that cyclist Steven Davis of the UK wants to find the woman who came to his aid when he crashed his bicycle this summer, breaking two ribs and his collarbone.
“I’d just like to say thank you and get her some flowers or a box of chocolates. It’s not often these days people stop to offer their help…..
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/10/18/injured-cyclist-issues-plea-to-find-woman-who-came-to-his-aid/
If the letters BRAG, RAGBRAI, GOBA, TRIRI and SAGBRAW are dancing in front of your eyes, either you're eating alphabet soup or you've been checking the 2011 line-up of Across State Tour Bicycle Tours.
For the past few days, I've been updating this website's list of these multi-day, mass bicycle rides offered mostly by nonprofits. Many of your favorites have posted dates for 2011, although most are still working on the actual overnight stops.
The organization offering the most bicycle tours is, not surprisingly, the Adventure Cycling Association. They're presenting 45 multi-day bicycle tours in 2011; most are a week to 10 days long, although ….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/10/17/updating-the-2011-across-state-bicycle-tours-list/
Two years ago this month, state and federal transportation officials endorsed a plan to create a 50,000-mile nationwide system of connected bicycles routes.
Today, 27 states and the District of Columbia are working toward implementing numbered bicycle routes that will connect to routes in other states.
Ideally, traveling cyclists will be able to ride from one city to another on the US Bicycle Route System by following a uniformly posted route system that crosses state lines.
Although not all states appear to be on board with the project, enough are involved to create tangible results with some interstate bicycle routes
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/10/15/27-states-making-progress-on-u-s-bicycle-route-system/
A Petaluma, California-based importer of bicycle components recalled 500 sets of Revl brand carbon bicycle brakes because they can break.
The recall, requested by The Hive, is being conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The company asks that anyone riding a bike with these brakes should stop using the bicycle, and contact The Hive for free replacement …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/10/15/importer-recalls-500-sets-of-carbon-bicycle-brakes/
Cross-country cyclist Roger Grooters will be honored by a silent memorial bicycle ride in Pensacola Beach, Florida, on Sunday.
The 66-year-old cyclist was struck and killed last week near Panama City, about 300 miles from finishing a bike tour across the southern tier to raise money for victims of the BP oil spill.
He set off by bicycle from Oceanside, California, on Sept 10, followed by his wife, Vicki, in a car. She was behind him on Oct. 6 along Florida State Road 20, west of State Road 77 near Crystal Lake, when a motorist in a pickup truck struck him.
According to reports, the pickup drove onto the shoulder ….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/10/14/cyclist-killed-on-cross-country-charity-ride-for-oil-spill-victims/
Thousands of baseball fans filed out of their home ballparks on Oct. 3 as the regular major league season drew to a close. They had memories of double plays, home runs, exciting victories and discouraging defeats for their teams over the past 6 months.
One of them, Romano Scaturro, remembered something more.
As he left Seattle's Safeco Field for the last game of the year, he could recall the 10,000 miles of road he traveled by bicycle to visit every major league ballpark in the US for a home game this season.
The 47-year-old restaurateur (shown above with his son from an earlier bike tour) from Cornville, Arizona, made the self-contained bike tour to raise money for future college tuitions for two orphans.
He formed the non-profit charity — Family Ride Across America to Nurture Kids (FRAANK) — with the goal of raising $1 for every mile …..
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/10/13/bicycle-tour-to-major-league-ballparks-makes-for-10000-mile-season/
A week after the Cascade Bicycle Club board of directors fired executive director Chuck Ayers, left, the board is bringing him back as interim director.
Two members at the Cascade message forum said that board member Don Volta made the announcement to a meeting of ride leaders on Sunday. That was confirmed this morning in an interview with a ride leader who attended that meeting. A Cascade staff member also confirmed Ayers is returning on an interim basis.
The Cascade Bicycle Club confirmed the rehiring in an announcement late Tuesday afternoon:
“Following many discussions over the last week between the Cascade Bicycle Club Board of Directors and Chuck Ayers, a new agreement has been reached that includes Chuck returning to the organization as interim Executive Director. Chuck will serve for a period of at least six months ….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/10/12/ousted-cascade-director-chuck-ayers-is-back-on-interim-basis/
A 7 1/2-mile stretch of Los Angeles pavement was closed to cars and other motor vehicles on Sunday in an inaugural ciclovia event that exceeded everyone's expectations.
An estimated 100,000 people walked or rode their bikes, skateboards, or rollerblades on the closed thoroughfares from East Hollywood, through downtown, and out to Boyle Heights on Sunday. The LA Times dutifully noted that police and fire departments reported no incidents.
Called CicLAvia, it was the latest in a series of events based on the Bogota …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/10/11/some-100000-use-bikes-and-feet-in-ciclavia-event/
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