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(Left to right: High Road, Slipstream, BMC)
When the Discovery Channel pro cycling team closed up shop at the end of last season, I was afraid my days of rooting for a US-based “home team” at the major European races were over.
Instead, I'll have to choose from three: High Road Sports, BMC Racing and Slipstream Chipotle-H3O.
High Road Sports is the team that T-Mobile abandoned after the disclosure of the team's long history of doping became public last year. Earlier this month, the team of George Hincapie moved its HQ from Germany to San Luis Obispo, making it the only US-based ProTour team.
Then the UCI government body of pro cycling announced it would include two US-based Pro Continental teams — BMC and Slipstream — among the 15 continental teams allowed to compete on the international level on the UCI ProTour. Now, instead of no teams, I have three. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/12/three-us-based-cycling-teams-racing-on-protour-calendar/
The city of London is taking a tip from the Parisians and will begin an urban bicycle rental program using 6,000 bicycles in the summer of 2010.
The bike rental plan is just one part of $1 billion that London Mayor Ken Livingstone wants to invest in bicycling in order to cut 60% of carbon emissions in the city by 2025.
The bikes being considered won't be stylish. They're described as “grannyish,” with heavy frames, front baskets and mudguards. Said one advocate: “We want to encourage the view of bicycles as a tool rather than a fashion accessory….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/12/london-will-go-into-bike-rental-business-in-2010/
After a very successful weekend in Portland, the North American Handmade Bicycle Show is heading out to Indianapolis for its 5th annual event next year.
Apparently show owner Don Walker likes to keep his show on the road to give more people a chance to fall in love with those beautiful hand-built bicycles. Can't argue with that.
Also, the UrbanVelo blog says that Indianapolis (home to Monon Trail, above) is within a day's drive of 100 million people out there in the Heartland. Nearby cities include Chicago and St. Louis, as well as Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland and Detroit…
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/11/why-indianapolis-is-a-good-choice-for-nahbs/
Are you ready to roll? The Versus cable network returns to its Cyclysm Sunday pro cycling coverage this weekend with Tour of Qatar on Saturday and the prologue of the Amgen Tour of California on Sunday.
Versus will continue its coverage of the California bicycle race all week with nightly rebroadcasts of the daily race action, culminating in coverage of Stage 6 in Santa Clarita and Stage 7 in Pasadena on Feb. 23 and 24. (See “TV schedule for 2008 Tour of California”)
Pro cycling coverage continues throughout the spring and summer with the European spring classics, Sunday coverage of the three-week Giro d'Italia and daily coverage of the Tour de France. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/11/versus-pro-cycling-coverage-returns-saturday/
Pedalers on the three Colorado week-long bicycle tours this summer will be treated to views like the one I shot while bicycling down Route 550 between Montrose and Ouray.
In fact, two of the bike tours start in Durango a week apart and tackle the San Juans Mountains (shown here) on the first or second day.
This is the second year that Colorado mountain pass-climbing enthusiasts have a choice of three bike tours – the Denver Post's Ride the Rockies June 15-21; Bicycle Tour of Colorado June 22-28; and Colorado Rocky Mountain Bike Tour Aug. 3-9.
Here's a summary of the three bike tours…
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/10/rocky-mountain-highs-on-three-colorado-bike-tours/
This is a photo of my son and other bicyclists on the Ride Around Washington a few years ago heading up to Washington Pass on Highway 20.
Believe me, to discover the North Cascades for the first time on a bicycle is a never-to-be-forgotten experience. I'd say it's one of the best rides around.
The editors of Adventure Cyclist magazine, the official publication of the Adventure Cycling Association, think so too. They chose the North Cascades and Okanogan region of northcentral Washington as one of the top 10 cyclotouring destinations in North America.
Deputy editor Aaron Teasdale explains that with interest in bicycle touring at an all time high, “We wanted to spotlight the best places for people to head out for a week and ride.” …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/08/adventure-cycling-names-top-10-cyclotouring-areas/
If you're ever looking for a reason why it's good to have elected officials who share your passion for riding a bike, here's one:
Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley is a bike enthusiast who helped put the city on the League of American Bicyclist's Bicycle Friendly Community list in 2005. Now he wants to beef up penalties for motorists who recklessly endanger bicyclists.
Daley has proposed fines of $150 — $500 if there's a bike crash — against motorists who open car doors in front of cyclists, turn in front of them or pass too close…
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/07/chicago-mayor-proposes-stiff-fines-for-endangering-cyclists/
Trek Bicycle is recalling 49,000 girls mountain bikes after receiving 13 reports that the frames broke, resulting in four injuries.
The recall, in cooperation with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, covers the Trek MT220 girls bicycles sold through authorized Trek dealers from April 2004 through June 2007 for about $300.
The bicycles were manufactured in China and Taiwan for the Waterloo, Wisconsin-based bike maker…
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/07/trek-recalls-49000-girls-mountain-bikes/
If you're anywhere in the Pacific Northwest, you should be reminded that this weekend is the North American Handmade Bicycle Show in Portland.
This is the show's first year in Portland, where some 155 exhibitors will show their wares to the public at the Oregon Convention Center on Saturday and Sunday (Friday is industry only day).
Organized by Don Walker and in its fourth year, the handbuilt bike show has helped focus more attention on this cottage industry that not only produces unique, high-quality machines but is also an early bellwether of changes in the bike industry…
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/07/handmade-bicycle-show-in-portland-this-weekend/
It's all about the bicycle in Davis. I visited the college town last week to get a glimpse of what life would be like in the US if everyone decided to stop feeding ExxonMobil's profits and turned to bicycling instead.
It was perfect, two-wheeled bliss. Miles of bicycle lanes criss-cross the town and acres of bike parking are spread across the UC-Davis campus.
This is the bicycle-friendliest community in the US. That's not me saying it. The League of American Bicyclists bestowed the “platinum level” to Davis in the Bicycle Friendly program in 2005.
With just a couple of hours to visit Davis, I rented a bike…
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/06/a-platinum-level-bike-ride-through-davis-california/
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