Mountain bikers are known for eating dirt out on the course. The Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew program is designed to interest bikers who like to dig in the dirt as well.
The crew, sponsored by the car manufacturer and the International Mountain Bicycling Association, teaches volunteers and park service trail builders how to build trails that last, create minimal impact …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/24/learning-how-to-build-trails-for-mountain-bikes/
German cyclist Jan Ullrich will be back in the saddle at the Giro d'Italia in May, but just to tune-up for the Tour de France in July.
Ullrich, touted by Lance Armstrong as the best candidate to win this year's Tour de France, was said to be in outstanding shape when he arrived at the T-Mobile camp this spring, but has yet to race. Hmm…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/23/where-in-the-world-is-cyclist-jan-ullrich/
Gavin Rees, who boasts that he has more metal in his head than anyone else in Europe, is planning a summer fund-raising bike tour from the UK to L'Alpe D'Huez.
The 29-year-old teacher has 24 titanium plates and 131 screws in his head. The metal was put in to reconstruct his skull after he fell more than 100 feet after colliding with his friend while skiing in the Alps. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/23/metal-plated-cyclist-training-for-1000-mile-bike-tour-in-europe/
“Every time I see a cyclist go over the Golden Gate Bridge and then look like he's lost and doesn't know what to do next, I think, 'We can do better than this.'” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/23/bicycle-quote-marin-county-plans-hiking-and-biking-trails/
Cyclists who want to taste a small slice of Americana at 12 to 14 mph might be happy to know that the League of Illinois Bicyclists and the state have published a map of Illinois' Route 66 Trail.
Roger Kramer's Favorite Cycling Tours brings us the news that the maps with north to south (Chicago to St. Louis) cue sheets are available online.
For safety reasons, much of the 380-mile route doesn't actually use Old Route 66. You can't get many kicks if you're worried about getting run down on a busy highway. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/22/get-your-cycling-kicks-on-route-66/
A Florida family is taking to the road this spring to bicycle from their home to Washington state to prove “you can do anything.”
Ron and Kate Nunes, with their 6-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, right, are pursuing the cross-country bicycle tour to raise awareness and funds for a group that offers support for orphanages in China. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/22/three-for-the-road-family-to-bicycle-cross-country-on-a-triplet/
Next month's Ford Tour of Georgia bicycle race will feature six ProTour cycling teams in what organizers are touting as the only 2. Hors Classe race in North America.
Signed to compete are Team CSC (Denmark), Phonak (Switzerland), Davitamon-Lotto (Belgium), Prodir-Saunier Duval (Spain), Discovery Channel (USA), and Quick.Step (Belgium).
Although team rosters are not due until April, TdG organizers say they have commitments from 2005 winner Tom Danielson (Discovery), and 2006 Tour of California and Paris-Nice winner Floyd Landis (Phonak). …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/21/six-top-cycling-teams-in-tour-of-georgia-bike-race/
How much would you pay to be the first bicyclist to pedal through a newly completed tunnel on a major rail-to-trail network?
An anonymous donor has ponied up $1,576 for the honor to ride a bicycle through the soon-to-be completed Big Savage Tunnel on the Allegheny Highlands Trail in Pennsylvania. But the donor isn't making the ride; it's a gift to a cyclist who will be named at the April 8 grand opening ceremony.
The Big Savage Tunnel is a 3,300-foot-long cut …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/21/donor-gives-1500-plus-for-first-cycling-rights-through-pennsylvania-tunnel/
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There's nothing like being one of the first cyclists on a new bike path to instill that pioneering spirit.
After hearing from the Cascade Bicycle Club that the 11-mile East Lake Sammamish Trail between Issaquah and Remond was set for an opening ceremony Tuesday, I thought I'd head out there early.
I found a packed gravel trail — I'd call it a bike path but walkers and joggers were using it too — that had very few tires mark running through it. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/20/cycling-the-new-east-lake-sammamish-trail-near-seattle/
Bob “Tour DAY France” Roll is one of the newest members of the blogosphere.
The slightly twisted cycling commentator for Outdoor Life Network since 2000 is a former bike racer and author. Known as Bobke (Boob-ka), his new website comprises links to columns he's written for OLN, a Q and A, as well as his blog, entitled The Blog-ke. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/20/bob-roll-launches-biking-blog/
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