The 23-year-old American pro cyclist severely injured in a bike racing accident in early April is back in the US at a rehabilitation hospital.
Saul Raisin is walking with assistance, his parents report on his blog, and has a healthy appetite. The cyclist from Dalton, Georgia, dictated a message on the Saul Raisin Racing blog: …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/05/cyclist-saul-raisin-back-in-the-us-to-recover/
Take a deep breath; the spring warm-ups are behind us and the first of the three-week classics, the Giro d'Italia bicycle race, begins Saturday and runs through May 28.
After the opening four days in distant Belgium to commemorate Italians who died in a coal mine accident there 50 years ago, expect the hill climbers to shine as the organizers mapped out five mountaintop finishes once the race returns to Italy for its final 17 days. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/04/top-cyclists-compete-in-giro-ditalia-bike-race/
You can follow the 89th Giro d'Italia bicycle race, which begins Saturday, by watching live video streaming on the Internet on most days over the next three weeks.
A couple of cycling websites offer up-to-the-minute updates, as well as race summaries and results. Video reports are also available — in Italian — at the Gazzetta dello Sport's Giro official website. You can use Babelfish to translate the rest. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/04/where-to-watch-the-giro-ditalia-bike-race/
Lena: “Oh Ole, did you hear that Lars got a new bike for Helga?”
Ole: “Oh Lena, what a lucky trade for Lars!” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/04/bicycle-quote-ole-lena/
Time: Monday morning. The place: Orlando, Florida.
The challenge: Negotiate morning traffic to arrive at Orlando City Hall first on a 7-mile commute from Lake City Park in Maitland. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/03/morning-commute-trek-bike-vs-suburban-forester/
A 57-year-old former phys ed teacher has finished her 800-mile ride from Evansville, Indiana, to Eunice, Louisiana.
It's not a bike ride that follows any established bicycle routes. But it was the most direct route from Becky Jones' home to the small Louisiana town that nearly doubled its population with evacuees from last fall's hurricanes. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/03/cycling-to-support-the-volunteers/
How are you going to celebrate your 100th birthday? Clair Duckham went for a bike ride.
The 100-year-old resident of an assisted living center in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, hit the road stoking a tandem on a 5-mile ride through nearby Wheaton. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/02/still-bicycling-at-100/
See a lot more folks on their bicycles today? Yes, it's spring, and it might be a beautiful day where you live. It could also be people bicycling to work for National Bike to Work month.
With gasoline prices hovering at $3 a gallon, I can't think of a better time to suit up for a ride. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/01/may-is-national-bike-to-work-month/
You won't want to forget this one. Thirty years ago marked the first of the TransAmerican bicycle tours that coincided with the celebrations surrounding the Bicentennial year.
This summer the Adventure Cycling Association is throwing birthday bashes in several cities to celebrate the year that 4,100 cyclists took to the road to prove that two wheels are better than four. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/01/do-you-often-forget-anniversaries/
Here's a big surprise from the Tour de Romandie that concluded Sunday in Switzerland.
With everyone, including me, saying the final 12.7-mile individual time trial would be a duel between leader Alberto Contrador and 2nd place Alejandro Valverde, it's Australian Cadel Evans who smokes both of them.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/01/cadel-evans-wins-tour-de-romandie-bike-race/
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