Cyclists in South Dakota saved their rights to use the public highways as vehicles. Chalk up the statehouse victory to some fast moving bicycle advocates.
When the House recently passed a bill, HB1190, that would ensure that drunken driving laws didn't apply to bicyclists or folks on horseback, they did it by changing the law to omit bicycles and …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/01/bicycle-advocacy-works-in-south-dakota/
I laughed out loud when I first read the article from South Dakota that intoxicated bicyclists might soon be able to ride around without fear of being arrested for drunken driving.
The laughing stopped when I discovered the bigger implications of the proposed bill.
Last week state legislators had passed a bill out of committee — it still needs to be approved …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/31/bike-advocates-in-south-dakota-oppose-losing-vehicle-status/
One of the attorneys chosen to settle disputes during next week's Olympic Winter Games also has cyclist Tyler Hamilton's case on her docket.
Maidie E. Oliveau is an LA sports marketing attorney and member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport. A nine-member ad hoc division of CAS will meet in Torino to quickly settle disputes that arise concerning drug …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/31/judge-in-tyler-hamilton-case-to-hear-olympic-appeals/
Can you turn your enthusiasm for cycling into a career in bicycle advocacy? It's time to find out.
Thanks in part to the $286 billion transporation bill approved last year by Congress, several positions for bike advocates have become available — one with a national bike group and two others in cities that won the $25 million pilot program windfall….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/31/help-wanted-bike-advocates/
Right on the heels of news and film of a bus passenger punching a cyclist in Portland comes these pictures of a motorist from Toronto attacking a female bicycle courier and her bike.
I know the bus pictures are a year old and the Toronto assault happened recently, but things are getting insane.
According to an account from the courier, …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/30/another-attack-on-cyclist-this-time-in-toronto/
“If you're a traditional cyclist and you ride using your legs, your upper body turns into matchsticks. So when you're suddenly requiring your chest and your arms and your back to move your whole body, you realize just how weak those muscles are.” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/28/quote-handcycles-buff-up-cyclists-upper-body/
RAGBRAI organizers announced the 444 miles of Iowa asphalt that will become the route for this year's rolling bicycle party.
Although the sponsor, the Des Moines Register, has said it won't announce the bike route until Saturday, a route map for 2006 appeared on the RAGBRAI website Friday morning.
The map shows a west to east RAGBRAI route …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/27/ragbrai-releases-2006-bike-tour-route/
US Olympic skiing hopeful Bode Miller is sounding just like another guy down at the end of the bar after a long night.
In a Rolling Stone interview, Miller suggested cyclist Lance Armstrong and home run hitter Barry Bonds took performance-enhancing drugs.
“Right now, if you want to cheat, you can: Barry Bonds and those guys are just knowingly cheating, but …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/27/bode-miller-spouts-off-about-lance-armstrong/
The Adventure Cycling Association is researching a new bicycle route that's as much about our history and culture as it's about travelling the backroads of America.
Founded as Bikecentennial back in the '70s, most of the association's routes have geographic designations — TransAmerica, Northern Tier, Southern Tier, Atlantic Coast — until they mapped the Lewis & Clark Trail in time …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/27/charting-the-underground-railroad-bike-route/
Changes are afoot at that endurance cycling event gone mondo called the Race Across America.
For starters, RAAM begins in Oceanside, CA, this year, instead of its usual base of San Diego. The cyclists will take a leisurely 7-mile ride along the San Luis Rey River bike path before turning onto the highway for the nine-day, 3,052-mile, sleep-deprived haul to Atlantic City. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/26/cross-country-bicycle-race-still-raam-tough/
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