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What seemed like a brilliant idea last week landed with a resounding thud at eBay on Thursday when the 17 bicycles being auctioned off by Tailwind Sports received nary a bid.
The bicycles, mostly Madone 6.9 road bikes or Equinox TTX time trial machines, carried Discovery Channel colors, the sponsor that ended its association with Tailwind this year. Tailwind gave up on finding a new sponsor and put these bikes out to bid.
Even though the individual Treks had pedigree papers identifying their authenticity and pro riders who used them, apparently no one thought that cache was worth plunking down up to the $12,200 starting bid — not even for George Hincapie's time trial bike (above). …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/12/21/zero-bids-for-used-discovery-channel-racing-bikes/
There's a more than 100-mile-long abandoned railway corridor on Washington's Olympic Peninsula that is being transformed into a first-rate bicycling trail named the Olympic Discovery Trail.
When completed it will stretch all the way from La Push on the Pacific Ocean, across the base of the northern slope of the Olympic Mountains, to bustling Port Townsend on Puget Sound.
More than a third of the trail is routed and paved (primarily the central portion connecting Port Angeles and Sequim on the Strait of Juan del Fuca), and volunteers are beginning work on another section east of Sequim that brings the trail closer to Port Townsend ……
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/12/20/work-continues-on-olympic-discovery-trail/
Stuck for a last-minute gift for a fellow bicycling enthusiast? Socks are always nice, but you can only have so many pairs of gloves, rear blinkers and water bottles.
My recommendation is that people give memberships to national bicycling associations or local bicycle clubs this year. These are the folks who do all the heavy lifting when it comes to creating bike routes, building trails or advocating on our part in the halls of Congress or down at City Hall.
And since most have a nonprofit status, a portion of those memberships are tax deductible; always a consideration at the end of the year.
Here are what I'd consider the four best memberships you could give …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/12/19/the-4-best-last-minute-gifts-for-bicyclists/
Police in Edmonton, Canada, aren't giving up on a bicycle fatality, even though the case is 22 years old.
The mother of the 16-year-old hit-and-run victim and police are making another plea for information in the death of Robert Phillips. At a police department press conference, the boy's mother, Donna Nelson, said:
“I'm hoping for a miracle. Maybe somebody's carrying some guilt around that would like to deal with that. That's the only thing that's going to motivate a reaction.” …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/12/19/canadian-police-reopen-1985-bike-fatality-case/
Specialized Bicycles is voluntarily recalling 3,000 Model-D helmets that failed tests required by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The helmets could fail on impact, causing serious head injury to cyclists. Fortunately, no injuries have been reported.
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The ultralight helmets retailed for $200 and were sold through Specialized authorized dealers and online stores between July and October 2007, when they were taken off the market. Apparently there was a chin strap buckle problem. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/12/18/specialized-recalls-3000-bicycle-helmets/
Every year during the holidays I take a look at some bicycle donation programs for underprivileged children. It's always easy to find some big-hearted bicycle enthusiasts who are sharing their love of bicycling and youth by donating new or refurbished bikes to kids.
Bike Build 2007 by TurningWheels for Kids in San Jose is one of the biggest I ran across this year (left). Hundreds of volunteers assembled and donated 1,800 bicycles this past weekend.
I stumbled across others in Akron, Ohio; Houston, Texas; Syracuse, New York; Cleburne, Texas; Fontana, California and my current hometown of Bellevue, Washington. Some were big, others were small. Some raised money for new bikes, while others collected old bikes to be refurbished into a decent set of wheels for kids. ….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/12/18/every-kid-deserves-a-bicycle/
Ninety-three entries
What better company to host a contest for new bicycle designs than Specialized, developer of the Stumpjumper in 1981, the first mass-produced mountain bike.
Entries for the Innovate or Die Pedal-Powered Machine Contest closed Saturday, and 93 can be viewed online as YouTube videos. Results will be released on Jan. 15.
The contest was supposed to “inspire innovation and environmental change by highlighting the benefits of cycling in an unprecedented way.” The result has been a creative tour de force, with inventors submitting everything from recumbent tricycles (above) to bike-powered blenders, tennis-ball launchers and water filtration systems….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/12/16/innovate-or-die-bicycling-outside-the-envelope/
I'm always amazed at athletes who compete in endurance sports, especially those ultra events that involve sleep deprivation from hours and days in the activity.
UltraRob's Adventures blog tells about two cyclists — John “Blue Dog” Jurczynski and Mike “Mad Dog” Gallagher — who each set an indoor spinning record of 113 hours at a sports club in Laconia, New Hampshire, last night.
If confirmed officially, the effort will put the two in the pages of the next Guinness Book of World Records, barring the unlikely prospect that someone can beat 112 hours. Actually, the previous record of 111 hours, 11 minutes and 11 seconds had been set by George Hood last summer …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/12/15/pair-set-new-indoor-spinning-record/
Thanks to everyone who took up my link challenge to raise money for the flood victims along the route of the 200-mile Seattle-to-Portland bike ride.
I pledged to donate $5 for every blog that linked to a story I did about the Cascade Bicycle Club's flood relief drive for residents of Chehalis, Centralia and surrounding Lewis County. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/12/13/great-response-to-biking-bis-link-challenge-for-flood-relief/
A downtown correspondent filed these pictures from the Taming the S.L.U.T. bicycle protest in Seattle earlier Wednesday evening.
An estimated 40 to 60 bicyclists showed up for the ride, with plenty of police on hand. The bicyclists say the city hasn't done enough, in fact has done very little, to ensure that the tracks for the new South Lake Union Trolley (SLUT) are safe for cyclists.
The tracks for the SLUT, which began operation earlier Wednesday, run along the curb lanes where bicyclists are supposed to ride under city regulation (as far right as possible). The gaps in the track catch bicycle tires, causing cyclists to fall to the ground or into traffic or parked cars. …
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