What member of the cycling industry got its start in a loft in a pickle factory? That would be Cannondale in 1971 when it began making bicycle trailers in Connecticut.
Twelve years later it introduced its first bicycle, a touring model. I remember it well because my friend bought one for our TransAmerica tour the following year (that's Bruce and his Cannondale in Virginia), and I think it's still sitting in his basement. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/19/bike-maker-cannondale-is-35-years-old/
You're never too old to win. Thirty-seven-year-old bicycle racer Lars Michaelson knows this. The cyclist on Denmark's Team CSC pulled out a sprint win on Day One of the Ford Tour de Georgia bike race.
Following closely behind Michaelson across the finish line in Macon was US sprinter “Fast” Freddy Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto), Australian Caleb Manion of US team Jelly Belly, and Argentine speedster Juan Jose Haedo, the Toyota-United Pro rider who won two Tour of California stages.
Thirty-seven years old. A year ago Lance Armstrong was 33 when he announced before the start of last year's Tour de Georgia that he would retire at the conclusion of the 2005 Tour de France. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/19/even-oldster-of-37-can-win-bike-races/
The fourth annual Tour de Georgia starts in Augusta today, and the first annual Tour de Georgia poll appears on my blog.
Who do you think will win the 2006 Tour de Georgia? I've listed some of the leading contenders. If you don't like any of them, you can leave a comment here with your choice.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/18/tour-de-georgia-bike-race-poll/
This year's story of inspiration from the Tour de Georgia bike race — which starts in Augusta today — is Craig Lewis, a cyclist on Team TIAA-CREF.
The Macon Telegraph reporter Sarah Meinecke recalls Lewis cycling for a top 10 finish in the mountainous Rome stage in the 2004 TdG. Somehow, a confused SUV driver steers onto the course and Lewis slams into the passenger door at 40 mph. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/18/inspiring-story-of-returning-tour-de-georgia-cyclist/
Illinois is considering sending back federal funds to pay for the 38-mile Sangamon Valley Trail, a biking and hiking trail that connects Girard and Athens, crossing the western side of Springfield.
It's a threat facing bike trail program nationwide, warns the League of American Bicyclists. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/17/bike-trail-project-funds-threatened/
Win at Brasstown Bald, and you have a better than even chance of winning the Tour de Georgia. Just ask Tom Danielson, the Discovery cycling team rider who won the mountain stage and took home the title last year.
Pro cyclists will toil up Brasstown Bald, left, on Saturday this year. For us mere mortals, several North Georgia groups sponsor the annual Brasstown Bald Buster Century featuring 12,000 feet of elevation gain over 100 miles. The ride starts early on May 6 in Helen, Georgia. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/17/test-your-bicycling-mettle-on-brasstown-bald-buster/
The pro peloton invades Georgia next Tuesday through Sunday for the 600-mile, 6-stage Ford Tour de Georgia bike race. Unless you live in the Peach State, your chances of catching live coverage are nil.
Most of us will have to follow the action through live race updates posted at VeloNews, which really isn't bad because we can sneak looks on our office computer during work.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/14/where-to-watch-tour-de-georgia-bike-race/
Imagine bicycling with some friends on a smooth back road in the West and being passed, “uncomfortably close,” by a driver's ed car speeding by at 50 mph.
It happened recently to Bill “Wild Bill” Schneider at New West, prompting him to write “Needed: More Bicycle Sense in Driver's Manuals.” He checked his Montana driver's manual and concluded, “It’s not so much what’s on those pages, but what’s not there.” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/14/bicycling-treated-inconsistently-in-drivers-manuals-in-the-west/
1. What Academy Award-nominated movie was based on an actual bicycle race in the US?
2. In what movie were the following words uttered: “Darn. I want some American food; I want French fries!” and “I sure miss playing basketball. I got depressed as hell when my athlete's foot and jock itch went away”?
3. What cycling-related movie featured Rossini's Barber of Seville in the soundtrack and a 1978 Masi Gran Criterium as a main prop?
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/13/bicycling-movie-quiz/
Severely injured in the opening stage of the Circuit de la Sarthe bike race last week, American cyclist Saul Raisin appears to be emerging from his coma, according to reports on his website.
Doctors had put the 23-year-old Credit Agricole cyclist in a drug-induced coma after a blood vessel ruptured in his brain and the blood had to be drained by surgery, VeloNews reported last week. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/12/american-cyclist-saul-raisin-improving/
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