I remember reading some how-to articles about bicycle touring before my friend Bruce and I took off on our cross-country bicycle trip in 1984. Quite a few things I didn't learn until we got out on the road and talked to other cyclists or bike hosts, like the Cookie Lady or Lazy Louie, or experienced first hand.
Here are my suggestions you might not always find in a how-to bike tour book:
Keep clean, especially your most tender parts. Cycling shorts are a heated petri dish for bacteria …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/22/10-bicycle-touring-tips-gleaned-from-cross-country-trip/
Giro d'Italia bike race leader Ivan Basso finished nearly 8 minutes behind stage winner Luis Laverde on Sunday, but that margin did nothing to threaten his hold on the leader's jersey.
Laverde, a Colombian on the Ceramica Panaria-Navigare team, and Francisco Perez attacked the 11-man breakaway that had an 8-minute gap over the peloton. Laverde timed his sprint to beat Perez at the line, while the rest of the breakaway arrived 7 seconds later. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/21/no-changes-in-top-10-in-giro-ditalia-bike-race-on-sunday/
Italian cyclist Ivan Basso put more time on his rivals for the overall lead as the Giro d'Italia entered the first mountain stage of the final week on Saturday.
Leonardo Piepoli of Saunier-Duval crested the towering Colle S. Carlo with Basso, but the Smiling Assassin let Piepoli take all the risks on the descent to win Stage 13 by 44 seconds. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/20/ivan-basso-gains-time-on-challengers-in-giro-ditalia-bike-race/
Now that you've done your part by cycling to work for National Bike to Work day, wouldn't you like to get paid for it?
Back in March I wondered why bicycle commuters couldn't get a tax break similar to the ones bestowed on hybrid car owners. There are two bills in Congress that go further than that. One bill submitted in the Senate in April would enable employers to pay bicyclists up to an extra $105 a month, tax free.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/19/getting-paid-to-bike-to-work/
A pair of crashes on steep descents helped decide the finish for a breakaway at the Giro d'Italia bike race.
Spanish cyclist Joan Horrach of Caisse d'Epargne won the 106-mile stage from Livorno to Sestri Levante on Friday as Ivan Basso arrived seven minutes later with his overall lead safely intact. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/19/spanish-rider-takes-giro-ditalia-bike-race-stage-win/
German cyclist Jan Ullrich used the Giro d'Italia on Thursday to tell us he's ready for the Tour de France.
Ullrich won the 31-mile individual time trial from Pontedera to Pisa and back again, beating the closest finisher, current Giro leader Ivan Basso, by 28 seconds, and everyone else by more than a minute. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/18/jan-ullrich-sends-message-at-giro-ditalia-bike-race/
When the Los Angeles-based Ditty Bops say they're taking their show on the road, they're talking about a long-distance bike tour.
The girl band duo is known for their love of bicycles; now they're combining the tour to promote their new CD — Moon Over the Freeway — with a cross-country bike ride. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/18/ditty-bops-go-on-bicycle-tour/
Smash-and-grab thieves broke into three bicycle stores in the Silicon Valley area in the past few weeks.
A total $44,000 worth of bicycles and bike gear has been stolen in the burglaries — 2 the night of April 28 and one on May 3. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/17/bike-store-robberies-evidence-that-high-gasoline-prices-make-bikes-more-valuable/
It doesn't seem to happen often, but sometimes the cyclists in a breakaway beat the peloton. It helps if the lead group contains about 20 bike riders, as it did Tuesday in Stage 10 of the Giro d'Italia bike race.
After sitting in the breakaway all day, Franco Pellizotti of the Liquigas team attacked on the uphill finish in Peschici and sprinted over the finish. Although he moved up from 32nd place, displacing 4th place Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery), Team CSC's Ivan Basso still holds the overall lead. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/16/sometimes-the-breakaway-wins-at-giro-ditalia-bike-race/
President Bush received gifts valued at more than $17,000 last year, but the most expensive was a Trek mountain bike.
The commander in chief of Peloton One received a $5,474 mountain bike from John Burke, president of the Trek Bicycle Corporation. Bush also received two pairs of cycling shoes, valued at $515, from the Trek Nike Cycling Division. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/16/bushs-most-expensive-gift-a-bicycle/
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