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The San Francisco Bay Area celebrates Bike to Work Day today. I'm struck by a group of remarkable bike commuters and especially one in particular.
She is Kerri Kazala, 47, of Mill Valley who pedals 50 to 60 miles a day roundtrip to her job at a medical treatment center in Daly City.
She is one of nine bike commuters honored from each of the Bay Area's nine counties as Bike Commuters of the Year. More about those bicycle commuters and San Francisco Bay Area Bike to Work Day is available at the 511.org website. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/05/17/tip-your-helmet-to-these-notable-san-francisco-bike-commuters/
Like the banner says, May is National Bike Month. And Monday through Friday is National Bike Week. Let's go ride our bikes.
The League of American Bicyclists is a clearinghouse to find out about many — but not all — of the events going on this week across the US. It's a good place to start looking for events in your area.
One of the biggest draws of bike “month” and bike “week” is “Bike to Work Day.” Here in the Seattle area, that's going to be Friday, although bicycle commuter events are happening on different days elsewhere. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/05/15/its-national-bike-week-get-ready-for-bike-to-work-day/
Memo to the US Anti-Doping Agency: You do not ask someone who has just won the Tour de France to rat out a former teammate who has won it 7 times and whose reputation is up there somewhere next to Mother Theresa.
But, according to Floyd Landis, the USADA lead attorney Travis Tygart approached Landis' attorney Howard Jacobs with such an offer last year.
Landis said Thursday that Tygart had told Jacobs that Landis could walk away from these doping allegations with “the shortest suspension they've ever given an athlete” if Landis could provide information on Lance Armstrong. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/05/11/landis-finger-armstrong-no-way/
Is there a way to improve the detailed maps of the passage to the Pacific Coast charted by Lewis & Clark's Corps of Discovery more than two centuries ago?
The Adventure Cycling Association says there is. Five years after printing the first set of Lewis & Clark Trail maps for bicycles, the bike touring organization has reprinted the maps with improvements. The updates include:
— More cycling-friendly routing in places, including off-road bike paths and freshly paved rural roads;
— More accurate elevation profiles;
— Added alternative gravel routes;
— Updates to route services, which now include libraries …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/05/10/new-and-improved-bicycle-touring-maps-for-lewis-clark-trail/
Attention bicycle travelers: Remember to call home often this summer on your wide-ranging forays into back-roads America.
Poor Clive “Les” Ruddle of Aldbourne, England, didn't keep in touch on his way down the Pacific Coast and touched off a search by Oregon state police. One British paper says he “sparked an international manhunt.”
The Englishman had flown to Seattle in mid-April for a bike tour from Port Angeles, Washington, to San Diego. He last contacted home on April 30 …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/05/10/cyclist-missing-in-america-worries-family-back-home-in-uk/
Congratulations to the five new cities added to the League of American Bicyclists list of Bicycle Friendly Communities.
The League announced that Austin and San Luis Obispo were added to the silver level on the list, and LaCrosse, Wisconsin, Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, were added to the bronze level in the latest round of awards.
Cities on the list get there by proving that they provide safe accommodations for cycling and encourage their residents to bicycle for commuting and fun. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/05/09/five-new-bicycle-friendly-cities-one-bicycle-unfriendly-man/
Looks like 3 feetTexas is getting closer to joining a handful of states that require motorists to give bicyclists at least a 3-foot gap when they pass.
The Texas Senate tentatively approved a bill on Tuesday that not only requires the 3-foot gap on two-lane roads, but yielding a full lane to bicycles on four-lane roads.
But just to put cyclists back in their place, the senators also approved an amendment that eliminated the mandatory passing distance requirement on two-lane roads without paved shoulders, because — as Republican Sen. Kim Brimer is quoted — “Bicyclists don't belong on those roads.” …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/05/09/texas-closer-to-requiring-3-foot-gap-to-pass-cyclists/
As you can see from the NOAA map at left, any cross-country bike route is going to take cyclists through the so-called Tornado Alley.
When I was researching yesterday's article on “Bicycle touring safety in Tornado Alley,” I asked the Adventure Cycling Association, which publishes maps covering 36,000 miles of bicycle routes in the US, what they suggest.
Julie Emnet, Adventure Cycling's development director, has this advice:
“Generally, you can see bad weather and potential tornadoes from a long distance away …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/05/08/what-adventure-cycling-association-says-about-tornadoes/
Last January, I wrote about how George Hood of Illinois set a mark for the Guinness World Records Book by cycling for 85 straight hours on a stationary bicycle.
Unfortunately, Hood recently found out that the Guinness folks invalidated the entry because of sloppy record-keeping. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/05/08/guinness-shoots-down-that-stationary-bicycling-record-attempt/
The tornado that quite literally wiped Greensburg, Kansas, off the map on Friday struck about 50 miles south of Larned, one of the longed-for stops on the TransAmerica bicycle route across the Great Plains.
While our hearts go out to those suffering in the twister's aftermath, let's consider some ways to stay safe in tornado country while pedaling through on bicycle tours.
First, the safest locations touted for shelter during tornadoes might not be available to bicyclists out on the open road. Time and again, the experts say that if you're caught out in the open during a tornado, the safest place to be is lying flat in a ditch or low area. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/05/07/bicycle-touring-safety-in-tornado-alley/
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