Another sad passing. Cycles Gaansari in Springboro, Ohio, is closing its doors. The bicycle company styled itself after Orville and Wilbur Wright's original business in nearby Dayton before the brothers got into that aviation thing.
Writing in his Bike Evangelist blog, proprieter Gary Boulanger talks about his disappointment in accepting the inevitable, but his pride in the Gaansari and Fisso brand bicycles they turned out …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/06/ohio-specialty-bike-maker-closes/
The Outdoor Life Network once again is offering live coverage of this year's Giro d'Italia at its OLNTV website.
The streaming broadband feed of the three-week Italian cycling classic is being offered Monday through Saturday in partnership with Cycling.TV. On Sundays, Giro fans will need to tune into OLN for its Cyclysm coverage at 5 p.m. (ET). …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/06/giro-ditalia-bike-race-live-at-oln-website/
US cycling fans should be pleased to hear that the world's top ProTour cyclist — Floyd Landis of the Swiss Phonak team — is competing in the Tour of Georgia bicycle race that begins in a couple of weeks.
Other big name US bike racers include last year's winner, Tom Danielson of Discovery Channel, and David Zabriskie, a member of Danish Team CSC and holder of the yellow jersey for four days in the 2005 Tour de France. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/05/tour-of-georgia-bike-race-on-my-mind/
I don't know anyplace where bicyclists are immune to getting honked at or verbally assaulted while out on a bike ride. I've had my share of run-ins up here in the “laid-back” Pacific NW.
Some places are worse than others, though. In the 20 or so states I've bicycled in, I'd say Missouri — on my cross-country bicycle trip in 1984 — scared me the most. I even wrote about it in my TransAmerica journal at the time.
The Missouri Bicycle Federation came across this letter in the Joplin (Missouri) Globe from a cyclist whose had his share of bad experiences:
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/05/swimming-with-the-sharks-on-a-bike-in-missouri/
Write an essay and win a bicycle. It's as easy as that if you live in one of 11 cities chosen for Bicycling magazine's annual BikeTown USA.
Over the years, Bicycling and its partners have given out 1,300 bicycles to people who could be convinced to improve their lifestyle with a free ride. This year, Bicycling is handing out 600 bicycles, or about 50 in each of the participating cities.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/04/11-cities-join-bike-town-in-2006/
The Consumer Product Safety Commission says the brain bucket you wear for bicycling may not be suitable for in-line skating or skateboarding.
Helmets are built to protect folks' noggins from the types of impacts that occur in different activities. A bicycle helmet won't do the job in a skiing or motorcycle accident, for instance. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/03/are-all-bike-helmets-equal/
Sometime soon, the blogger at My Big Fat Geek Cycling bLog is going to have to change the name of his website…. maybe to just My Geek Cycling bLog.
For the past 18 months, he has used his bicycle to slowly and surely pedal himself back into shape. He's a poster boy for cycling to a healthy lifestyle. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/01/bicycling-his-way-to-fitness/
Wasn't Lance Armstrong's seventh straight Tour de France bike race championship a big deal last summer? I remember lots of non-bicyclists following it on TV and in the newspaper, and OLN scoring its highest ratings ever during the event.
In spite of that, competitive cycling was mostly ignored for nominations in the Sports Emmy Awards. The 27th annual awards event for TV sports is scheduled May 1. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/31/bicycle-racing-barely-mentioned-in-sports-emmy-awards/
I often joke about being able to fix anything with a roll of duct tape, a tube of Crazy Glu or a can of WD-40. But I didn't even think of those when my right STI shifter on my bicycle stopped working.
My LeMond Tourmalet bicycle is six years old, and I always thought one of its coolest features were the STI shifters — brakes and gear shifters all in one. Apparently riding in these wet, cold Northwest winters took its toll on these Shimano components, because a couple of weeks ago the right one stopped shifting. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/30/avoiding-350-bike-repair-with-a-2nd-opinion-and-can-of-wd-40/
If it's true that one is an accident, two is a trend, and three is a movement, then the appearance of bicycles on wine bottle labels has become a movement as far as I'm concerned.
I wrote about labels on two wines yesterday — Cycles Gladiator and Red Bicyclette. Then DT from the Fat Boy Deluxe Weblog left a comment about a third, Hill of Content.
I'm always impressed by the breadth of experience of people who contact me. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/30/another-brand-of-wine-another-bicycle-label/
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