A newly opened pedestrian bridge in the Salt Lake Valley will enable cyclists to cross between two bike trails that had been separated by a six-lane Interstate 215 in Utah.
The 280-foot steel-truss bike and hike bridge was opened Friday. Costing $3.5 million, it connects the Bonneville Shoreline Trail in the east to the Jordan River Trail to the west over Parley's Trail.
Known as Parley's Crossing, it was originally envisioned as a tunnel under the freeway. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/09/21/a-bridge-for-bicycle-riders-in-salt-lake-county/
The three-judge arbitration panel that heard the doping case of Floyd Landis this spring has voted 2-1 to uphold the allegation that the American used synthetic testosterone during last year's Tour de France.
The ruling means that Landis faces a two-year ban from professional cycling, retroactive to Jan. 30, 2007, and that he must forfeit his Tour de France championship.
Oddly enough, however, Landis won a major part of his argument about the French lab doing sloppy work, but lost the case.
The panel rejected the results from testosterone-epitestosterone ratio tests ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/09/20/landis-loses-doping-case-faces-2-year-ban/
Last weekend marked the one-year anniversary of the death of 15-year-old North Carolina resident Rachel Giblin on a charity bicycle ride in South Carolina.
As the Breakaway to the Beach went off again as scheduled, Rachel's parents talked about their efforts to raise the awareness of motorists to make things safer for bicyclists on the road.
The family has launched a website entitled “Share the Road for Rachel,” and they're distributing magnets and stickers with that slogan. More than 1,000 have gone out so far….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/09/19/share-the-road-for-rachel-campaign/
Here is a tale of two cities, one in the real world and another in the Bizarro World; one that rewards for helmet use and another that considers punishing accident victims for not wearing a helmet.
The first is Salina, Kansas, where firefighters are handing out candy coupons from a local grocer to bicyclists who are wearing helmets. Nice and positive.
The other is a suburb of Toronto where police are considering charging a 16-year-old cyclist for not wearing a helmet after she was struck by a truck. They want to interview her about it, but she's still unconscious
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/09/19/going-too-far-to-enforce-helmet-laws/
It seems fitting that the 225-mile Katy Trail in Missouri should be named to the Rail-Trail Hall of Fame during the same year as the inaugural run of the Tour of Missouri bicycle race.
The crushed limestone bike and hike trail stretches nearly across the state, between St. Charles, on the outskirts of St. Louis, to Clinton in the west. It's used by local recreational cyclists to stretch their legs or touring bicyclists who jump off the trail to taste the local culture along the way.
The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy has begun honoring the best 25 bike and hike trails in the US, a five-year task …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/09/16/missouris-katy-trail-named-to-hall-of-fame/
This might seem a little odd, but there's an exercise book that recommends workouts based on your astrological sign.
“Zodiaction: Fat-Burning Fitness Tailored to Your Personal Star Quality” was written by TV fitness personality Ellen Barrett and astrologer Barrie Dolnick.
A newspaper story summarized findings for the different signs of the Zodiac and told which exercises were most appropriate for each group. Which signs are aligned with bicycling? …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/09/15/bicycle-touring-might-be-in-the-stars-for-you/
If the “How I bicycled my summer vacation” poll is any indicator, Biking Bis readers are an independent bunch.
That's how Missouri's Lazy Louie would have described the style of bicycling that half of my poll respondents said they preferred this summer.
Lazy Louie ran a roadside camp for bicycle tourists between Hartsville and Marshfield on the BikeCentennial Route. He was quite a character who had his own lingo for bikes that passed his way. There were Trucks (Treks), P Joes (Peugots) and Motor Pecans (Motobecans) …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/09/14/bike-touring-poll-youre-mostly-independents/
A Georgia firefighter is set to begin a cross-country bicycle tour to raises money for the families of nine Charleston, S.C., firefighters who died in a furniture store fire.
The deaths of the so-called Charleston Nine earlier this summer is the largest loss of life of firefighters in the US since 343 died in New York City on 9/11. That's why the cyclist, Laddie Williams of Augusta, chose to embark on his trip at this time of year.
Williams is set to begin riding from Los Angeles soon. He expects he'll arrive in Charleston in mid-October, spending the nights in fire stations along the way. Firefighters along the route will raise money for the families as he continues his bike ride …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/09/12/georgia-firefighter-rides-cross-country-for-fallen-comrades-in-charleston/
There are days, typically in the autumn, when the clouds clear away and we can enjoy the scenic views around Seattle.
I took these photos on a bike ride around Seattle a few weeks ago, and if the current weather holds, many of the same views can be enjoyed by bicyclists on the Cascade Bicycle Club's Spawning Cycle bike ride on Sunday.
At least one of the five bike ride options passes through the Magnolia neighborhood, where I took the above photo of Mt. Rainier across Elliott Bay. ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/09/10/cascade-spawning-cycle-bicycling-scenic-seattle-as-its-rarely-seen/
One of the first writing assignments I always faced when I returned to school in the fall was “How did you spend your summer vacation?”
Now that we're all grown up, let's hear about your summer bicycle vacation. I know there are a couple of across-state tours left — namely Arizona and Oregon. But summer is over, the days are getting shorter, and it's time to take stock.
I've created a poll at the top of the right column with several bike touring options. You'll learn the poll results as you vote; the final answers will be published next week ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/09/07/how-did-you-bicycle-your-summer-vacation/
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