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The latest attempt to improve on the chain-drive system used on nearly all bicycles comes from Hungary, where developers have created the Stringbike that uses cables and pulleys to propel it forward.
Although you'd think something like this might be headed to Interbike in Las Vegas, it was released this past weekend in Padova, Italy, by Schwinn-Csepel, which is licensed to sell it. It would be interesting to see the product testers put this bike through its paces at the Outdoor Demo in Boulder City.
I'll be the first to admit that I spent too much time watching this video to try and figure out how the Stringbike works.
Essentially, the Stringbike makers say the advantage comes from the symmetrical nature of this drivetrain …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/09/21/getting-strung-out-on-the-stringbike/
Three big winners from this past weekend are among those 22 cyclists chosen to represent the US in the UCI Road World Championships on Sept. 29 through Oct. 3 in Geelong, Australia.
USA Cycling on Monday named Tyler Farrar, 26, final stage winner at Vuelta a Espana on Sunday; Taylor Phinney, 20, USA Cycling national time trial champion; and Ben King, …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/09/21/farrar-king-and-phinney-among-us-cyclists-competing-at-worlds/
The nation's newest bike-sharing system rolled out Monday morning in Washington DC and Arlington, VA, by putting 400 bicycles on the road for members.
Named Capital BikeShare, it will become the largest bicycle rental system in the U.S. by the end of October when 100 bike-parking stations are online and 1,100 bikes are available. The system launched with 49 stations opened.
Annual memberships are available at an introductory price of $50 (normally $75), enabling users free use of a rental bike for 30-minute trips. Fees are added the longer the bicycle is in use ….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/09/20/capital-bikeshare-launches-today-in-metro-dc-miami-beach-next/
Going to RadioShack next year
Trek-Livestrong's Ben King, 21, blasted off on a 50-mile solo flyer on Sunday to win the road race of the USA Cycling Pro Championships in Greenville, S.C.
Coupled with Saturday's ever-so close time trial victory by Trek Livestrong's Taylor Phinney, 20, and you'd have to agree that the future of US cycling is in very good hands.
The championships might have served as a passing of the guard from one generation to the next. Phinney beat Levi Leipheimer by a wink in the time trial on Saturday, and King out-rode the efforts of Leipheimer and defending champion Hincapie in their futile chase …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/09/19/future-looks-bright-for-us-cycling-after-youngsters-win-championships/
Don't be surprised to find Minnie Mouse working as a “booth babe” at next year's Interbike International Bicycle Expo as the industry show is relocating to the Anaheim Convention Center, right across the street from Disneyland.
At the same time, Interbike promotors are changing the dates of the giant bike expo to early August to better fit the business cycle of the bicycle industry.
After 12 years in Las Vegas, this coming week marks the finale for the outdoor expo in Boulder City and the indoor show at the Sands Convention Center. The Outdoor Demo is scheduled on Monday and Tuesday, followed by the expo Wednesday through Friday.
The new expo dates will be Aug. 8-12, 2011. The Outdoor Expo will be held at the Irvine Regional Park …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/09/19/its-official-interbike-moving-to-anaheim-in-2011/
Going to BMC in 2011
Seconds matter in time trial cycling races. So do tenths of seconds and hundredths of seconds.
That was proven in Greenville, S.C., on Saturday when Taylor Phinney won the USA Cycling professional time trial championship by a scant 14 hundredths of a second over Levi Leipheimer.
Phinney is the phenomenal 20-year-old up-and-comer on the Trek-Livestrong Under-23 development team. The strapping 6-4 son of cyclists Davis Phinney and Olympic gold medalist Connie Carpenter-Phinney …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/09/18/new-u-s-time-trial-champion-by-less-than-the-blink-of-an-eye/
George Hincapie will be cycling on his home turf this weekend when he defends his US Cycling Pro Road Race Championship title this Sunday in Greenville, S.C.
The 112-mile race includes four climbs up and over Paris Mountain, which looms as the highest Blue Ridge Mountain summit in this region of South Carolina. In spite of a bum knee suffered during the Tour of Utah last month, Hincapie has an advantage here because that ascent serves as a training ride for the 37-year-old cyclist.
Meanwhile, the field for the national time trial on Saturday is wide open because four-time defending champion David Zabriskie is cycling in the peloton for the penultimate stage of the Vuelta a Espana.
In fact, several cyclists such as Tom Danielson, Tejay Van Garderen, Tyler Farrar, Tom Peterson and Christian Vande Velde …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/09/18/that-paris-mountain-ascent-near-greenville-south-carolina-cycling-pro-championships-this-weekend/
Generally, I'm not much of a fan of movie sequels (unless it's the upcoming Harry Potter), but “Race Across the Sky 2010” sounds promising.
This is the second year in a row that the Leadville 100 mountain bike race has been immortalized for release in theaters.
Following the slipstream of its success with a documentary on the 2009 race, “Race Across the Sky 2010” will be shown in some 500 theaters nationwide on Nov. 4 (that's a Thursday).
Details of that release and ticket information ….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/09/16/leadville-100-returns-to-the-big-screen-with-race-across-the-sky-2010/
The combined efforts of bicycle advocates and city staffs to encourage bicycling has paid off in 18 cities this fall as the League of American Bicyclists announced the latest round of Bicycle-Friendly Communities.
Two of them — Baltimore and Knoxville — must be given credit for hanging in there to earn the award on their third attempt.
All the cities — there are representatives from north, south, east and west — earned their entrance at the lowest bronze level. Now they can work toward the goal of a silver, gold or platinum level designation. Only Portland, Ore., Davis, Calif., and Boulder, Colo., are at the highest level.
The League also renewed the designations of eight cities — three at the silver level and five at the bronze level …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/09/16/18-more-u-s-cities-earn-bicycle-friendly-stamp-of-approval/
Can you count and are you free Oct. 5, 6, or 7th?
Then you can volunteer to participate in the 2010 Washington Bicycle and Pedestrian Documentation Project.
The state wants to count bicyclists and pedestrians at specific locations year after year to estimate demand, measure the success of investments and design future projects.
Cities seeking volunteers comprise Bellevue, Bellingham, Bothell, Bremerton, …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/09/15/washington-state-seeks-volunteers-for-bicycle-count/
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