Back in the early '80s I took a solo bicycle tour down a portion of the Natchez Trace in Tennessee down into Alabama. I didn't keep a journal on my down-and-back bike tour, but I have a few vivid memories:
— Singing to myself as I pedaled along a little-used two-lane road through beautiful rolling countryside …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/05/bicycling-the-natchez-trace/
American David Zabriskie rode into the yellow jersey Sunday for the prologue of this week's Dauphiné Libéré bike race.
Finishing less than 2 seconds behind in the 2.5-mile prologue was George Hincapie, another American favorite. Still another American finished in the top 10 — Floyd Landis — at 9th. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/05/americans-finish-1-2-at-dauphine-libere-bike-race-on-sunday/
Biking Bis readers picked Ivan Basso by a wide margin as the most likely cyclist to win the Tour de France bike race that begins July 1.
The Italian cyclist who handily won the Giro d'Italia in May received 59% of the votes. If the Team CSC leader does win the Tour, he'll be the 13th cyclist to win both events, the last being fellow Italian Marco Pantani in 1998. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/02/breakaway-win-for-ivan-basso-in-tour-de-france-poll/
A California cyclist has published his memoirs from a 1992 cross-country bicycle tour in the book, “Bicycling Beyond City Limits.”
Michael Foley and five other young bicyclists from Chico met each other at a weekly ride and decided to embark on the journey. The 55-day bike tour took them across 10 states and 3,300 miles from Chico to Santee, South Carolina. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/01/bicycling-beyond-city-limits/
An independent investigator says Lance Armstrong should be cleared of any suspicions in the blood doping allegations raised by L'Equipe magazine last fall.
At the same time, the Dutch independent investigator said the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the French testing laboratory acted improperly and unethically in the way it handled the specimens. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/31/lance-armstrong-cleared-in-1999-doping-probe-wada-chief-objects/
On any long distance bicycle tour, lodging could easily be the biggest expense. When you're at home, you don't think twice about taking a hot shower after your 50-mile ride, plopping down on your soft couch or taking a nice nap in front of the TV.
Do that on a long bike tour and you'll soon be taking out a second mortgage on that home. Here are 8 suggestions from that harshest teacher of all, personal experience, and things I've read about touring on the cheap. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/31/8-ways-to-sleep-cheap-on-your-next-bicycle-tour/
Now that the Giro d'Italia is behind us, I'd like to find out who you think will win the Tour de France. Check out the poll at right. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/29/who-do-you-think-will-win-the-2006-tour-de-france/
Italy's Ivan Basso officially won the Giro d'Italia bike race Sunday, wearing the overall leader's pink jersey for the past 14 days.
This was no squeaker; Basso won by 9-minutes 18-seconds over his closest challenger Jose Gutierrez of Phonak. Gerolsteiner cyclist Robert Forster won the final stage in Milan in a bunch sprint at the finish. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/28/no-surprise-ivan-basso-wins-giro-ditalia-tour-de-france-is-next/
This publicity photo strikes me as one of the most bizzare I've seen in a while. In light of the Giro d'Italia, it's maybe something that could have been composed by filmmaker Frederico Fellini.
To publicize Lance Armstrong driving the pace car Sunday for the Indianapolis 500, Armstrong posed next to the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 he'll drive. Behind him, 33 Indy race car drivers stood astride their Trek bicycles. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/27/gentlemen-straddle-your-bikes-lance-armstrong-at-indianapolis-500/
In case there was any doubt, Italy’s Ivan Basso showed the peloton that he’s in charge of the 2006 Giro d’Italia bike race.
The leader of Team CSC not only won another mountain stage, his third, on Saturday, but added at least a minute to all his challengers. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/27/basso-wins-another-mountain-stage-at-giro-bike-race/
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