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Discovery Channel team manager Johan Bruyneel is set to take over a similar job at the dope-plagued Astana pro cycling team.
For those keeping score, four cyclists — Alexander Vinokourov, Andrey Kashechkin, Eddy Mazzoleni and Matthias Kessler — on Astana were implicated in doping allegations last year. Astana left the 2007 Tour de France in disgrace after the charges against Vinokourov.
Bruyneel was sought out to use his wit and wiles to win some trophies for the Kazakhstan-based cycling team, as well as implement anti-doping measures employed in 2007 by Team CSC …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/10/14/bruyneel-lands-at-astana-leipheimer-and-contador-to-follow/
The National Park Service is suspending commercial downhill bicycle tours of the Haleakala volcano on Maui for 60 days as it studies ways to make them more safe.
A series of fatalities and injuries on the tours prompted the park service action. Cyclists coasting downhill have crossed the centerline and run into oncoming traffic, as well as missed one of the many switchbacks on the 38-mile winding route to the bottom.
Typically, tourists pay $100 to $150 for a van ride to the parking lot at about the 10,000-foot elevation of the dormant volcano. There they mount their rented bicycles and coast down the road …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/10/12/downhill-bike-tours-suspended-in-hawaiis-haleakala-park/
This week's resolution to ban RAGBRAI bike rides from Crawford County's roads could set a precedent that might be felt across Iowa.
Supervisors at a couple of surrounding counties say they'll look at banning the ride, and the issue is expected to come up at the November meeting of the Iowa State Association of Counties.
The board chairman at neighboring Monona County told a local newspaper that he wouldn't be surprised if all of Iowa's other 98 counties passed similar measures, but others said they wouldn't support such a measure…..
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/10/12/fallout-from-ragbrai-bicycle-ride-ban/
Floyd Landis is taking his doping case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in an attempt to overturn the ruling that threatens to ban him from cycling until Jan. 30, 2009.
There are no more appeals left for Landis after the Swiss-based court hears the case.
Landis announced his appeal from his defense-fund website, the Floyd Landis Fund.
“Knowing that the accusations against me are simply wrong, and having risked all my energy and resources – including those of my family, friends and supporters – to show clearly that I won the 2006 Tour de France fair and square, I will continue to fight for what I know is right.” …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/10/11/floyd-landis-makes-last-ditch-effort-to-overturn-ruling/
When I first saw the story about the two guys riding their bicycles to every Burgerville fast food joint in the Northwest, I thought I'd be reading a cross between “Super-Size Me” and “Breaking Wind Away.”
No such deal here. Brent Krebsbach of Redmond, Wash., and Paul LaFrance of Wasilla, Alaska, are visiting a chain of restaurants in Washington and Oregon that strives to do the right thing toward its customers and employees.
Krebsbach and LaFrance bicycled more than 500 miles in four days to visit all 39 Burgervilles in Oregon and Washington….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/10/10/two-men-on-burgerville-bicycle-tour-in-northwest/
A $350,000 settlement has been reached in a lawsuit stemming from the death of a cyclist on the opening day of RAGBRAI in 2004.
After admitting no wrongdoing in the case, Crawford County turned around and passed a resolution banning RAGBRAI from using its county roads because the county chooses not to maintain them to bicycling standards.
RAGBRAI officials said they'll honor the ban. “Most places want RAGBRAI.” …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/10/10/iowa-county-settles-lawsuit-bans-ragbrai-bike-ride/
I've always been reluctant to jump on a corporate bandwagon to support a cause, but this one makes so much sense that I think it deserves recognition.
It's the 2-Mile Challenge sponsored by Clif Bar. Essentially, it encourages people to ride their bicycles instead of drive their cars on trips within a radius of 2 miles from home, which accounts for 40% of all urban travel.
According to a video on the 2-Mile Challenge website, if 1 million people replaced a 2-mile car trip with a bicycle ride once a week, carbon dioxide emissions could be reduced by 50,000 tons per year.
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/10/09/bicycling-the-2-mile-challenge/
Feeling a little beleaugured by traffic or poor road design on your morning bicycle commute or ride to the store?
Rest assured that somewhere in the US, seven cities are being honored in 2007 by the League of American Bicyclists as new “bicycle friendly communities” for their efforts to integrate bicycles into the fabric of city life.
Certainly leading the list in terms of population and impact is New York City. Others receiving the Bronze-level designation are Lexington-Fayette County, Kentucky; Liberty Lake, Washington; Santa Clarita, Cal., and Spartanburg, S.C.
Two cities received the higher ranked silver award. They were Santa Cruz, Cal., and Steamboat Springs, Colo…..
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/10/08/seven-new-bicycle-friendly-cities-chosen/
There's a little ol' 10-mile bike ride that's held every October in Central California that draws hundreds of bicyclists. In spite of the ride's short distance, it takes the fastest rider more than 45 minutes to reach the finish line; for others it can take more than two hours.
It's the Mount Diablo Challenge, a 10.8-mile slog up a San Francisco Bay Area landmark that gains 3,240 feet. Cyclists suffer a 6.9% gradient over the last four miles.
On Sunday, 976 bicyclists made it past Devil's Elbow and all the way to the summit. I tip my helmet to all of them, from Christopher Phipps, 37, of San Francisco who finished in 45:48 (14.1 mph) to Paul Phillips, 41, of Alamo, who crossed the finish line in 3 hours 5 minutes…
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/10/08/2007-mount-diablo-challenge-bike-ride/
Where's the bicycle market headed?
The Wall Street Journal reports that custom bicycles — with pricetags upwards of $10,000 — are the new rage for bike makers seeking to push up their bottom line.
Meanwhile, the Boston Globe says that “simple cycling” is the way to go. The style manifests itself in the line of easy-to-ride bicycles that use the automatic shifting Coasting system developed by Shimano …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/10/07/simple-or-custom-bicycles-whats-the-next-big-thing/
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