“Thanks to cyclists being cautious and conscientious, the accident rate was lower than expected. Even with the rain we had 121 incidents. The average is between 120 and 160. …
“These injuries, from falling, are par for the course and nothing unexpected.” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/13/bicycle-quote-1-dead-and-8-serious-injuries-in-bike-tour/
Many bicycle tourists will recognize that Mark Maund has solved a nagging problem — how to fund a bike tour.
Maund is cycling the 15,000-mile perimeter of the US. He started July 8, 2005, in Keyport, New Jersey, and is now in Florida. He's in no hurry. He expects it will take him a couple of years.
How does he pay for his adventure? …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/12/have-laptop-will-bicycle-tour/
As it turns out, the nine second lead US cyclist Floyd Landis gained on Wednesday was enough to lead all the way to the finish in Nice, four stages later.
The Pennsylvania native has become the second American ever to win The Race to the Sun; the first was Bobby Julich who accomplished the feat in 2005 on Team CSC. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/12/floyd-landis-wins-paris-nice-its-becoming-a-bit-of-an-american-bike-race/
US cyclist Floyd Landis held onto his slim 9 second overall lead in the Paris-Nice bike race on Saturday.
If he and his teammmates on the Swiss Phonak team can hang on for one more day, he'll become the second American to win The Race to the Sun.
The bike race was first run in 1933 and became a permanent cycling feature in 1951. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/11/floyd-landis-needs-1-more-stage-for-paris-nice-bike-race-win/
Another roadie has succumbed to the lure of the forest path. Me.
I've had some serious issues with the STI shifters on my road bike, so I asked my son if I could borrow his Gary Fisher to return a movie to the Blockbuster the other day.
Even with the seat post fully extended, his bike is too small for me, but any bike is better than no bike. No complaints. I pedaled up the hill to the school and jumped on the packed gravel on the pipeline right-of-way. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/10/from-cycling-on-back-roads-to-cycling-on-no-roads/
Two more stages in the week-long Paris-Nice bike race until Floyd Landis can claim his second overall pro cycling victory this year.
The US leader of the Swiss Phonak team retained his 9-second lead in Friday's 124-mile stage from Avignon to Digne les Bains. Danger loomed when his tiring Phonak teammates abandoned Landis on the day's final climb on the …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/10/floyd-landis-leads-paris-nice-bike-race-with-2-stages-to-go/
US cyclist Floyd Landis survived a 120-mile stage to keep the Paris-Nice bike race leader's jersey on Thursday, while Belgium's Tom Boonen won his third stage of the week-long tour.
Members of the peloton shouldn't be surprised to see Landis retain the lead: he's known as the World's Fastest Mennonite. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/09/floyd-landis-the-worlds-fastest-mennonite-retains-paris-nice-lead/
Those of you interested in art and motion and craftsmanship may enjoy reading about the North American Handmade Bicycle Show that just closed in San Jose this week.
David Rowe, a Portland cyclist who writes the Ready to Ride blog, visited the 3-day bike show and reports that about half the nation's 100 or so indepedent bike frame builders exhibited.
The Silicon Valley may seem an odd choice for a handbuilt bike …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/09/north-american-handmade-bicycle-show/
What a year for the American cyclists at the Paris-Nice bike race so far.
Floyd Landis, shown at left after winning Tour of California, has taken the overall lead after Stage 3; Bobby Julich won the race prologue on Sunday.
Landis, who finished 9th in the 2005 Tour de France, took over the lead after joining a breakaway with stage winner Patxi Vila …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/08/floyd-landis-takes-overall-lead-in-paris-nice/
Where is Lance Armstrong these days?
A year after he was battling an illness that prevented him from competing in the Paris-Nice bike race, Armstrong is on the lecture circuit in Canada doing motivational speeches. Also checking on his attorneys and planning to bike in the Giro d'Italia — for a day…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/08/lance-armstrong-talks-about-the-power-within/
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