Bicycle touring vacations are going to become more commonplace as the Baby Boomer generation begins to retire.
The Los Angeles Times travel section reports that bicycle touring companies are becoming a growing segment in the travel industry, and many of those companies are online, although …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/08/bicycle-touring-with-a-lot-of-dough-or-on-the-cheap/
I should have gone to bed early on New Year's Eve to prepare for a long first-of-the-year bike ride instead of staying up late to watch the Twilight Zone marathon.
I probably wouldn't have been so freaked out on my ride later in the week. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/07/theres-a-signpost-up-ahead-and-its-not-for-a-bike-lane/
If you like bicycling the wide open spaces, but don't want to risk running out food and water in the desert, One Awesome Tour Bike Ride Across Nevada (OATBRAN) sounds like a good bet.
When I lived in California, I used to pass over Nevada at 30,000 feet heading back East. As I'd gaze out the window, I always wondered …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/06/dont-bicycle-alone-on-americas-loneliest-highway/
San Jose Mercury News reporter Tim Kawakami reports in his sports blog that he cut in front of a “skinny, bony, scrawny, skinny, almost ethereal blond guy” to get his media credentials at the Rose Bowl on Wednesday.
The guy was Lance Armstrong, who got into the Rose Bowl on a media pass to watch his hometown University of Texas …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/06/lance-at-rose-bowl-hook-em-horns/
Looking for a bike ride? Check out the new cycling group in town, the Seattle Bicycle Touring Club.
Even with more than a dozen cycling clubs already in the Seattle area, there's always room for one more.
About six months old and 100 members strong, the Seattle Bicycle Club sponsors at least one ride opportunity a week for beginning, social and intermediate …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/05/new-bicycle-touring-club-in-seattle/
“Each year, more than 41-million Americans enjoy riding their bicycles.”
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/05/bicycle-quote-america-pedals/
Exactly one-year ago today I took my celebratory birthday ride and filed my first piece in Biking Bis. (Actually, it started out as Bikin' Bis, but too many searches for “bikini” were landing here and not enough for “biking.”)
Since then, I've posted 1,004 (this will be 1,005) articles and pictures on this blog. I snatched many of those items …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/04/one-year-anniversary/
The Bicycle Alliance of Washington is hosting an open house from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the new location of its offices.
BAW has taken over the lease at BikeStation Seattle at 311 Third Ave. South, in the Pioneer Square neighborhood. The bike advocacy and education group is moving into the building so that the 24/7 bike parking and repair services can remain. …
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What do you do with those over-patched bike innertubes. Throw them out?
Eli Reich of Seattle has started a small business — Alchemy Goods — from patching those old innertubes into bicycle messenger bags (shown at right).
The Seattle Times has featured the company, reporting that “the company struggles to build a profitable enterprise while focusing on sustainability.” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/03/recycled-bicycle-innertubes-fashioned-into-messenger-bags/
It's a new year; time to begin keeping track of your mileage.
Usually the first thing I do when I walk in the door from a bicycle ride — even before a shower — is to record my time and miles in a bicycle log.
I like to keep it simple. Route, miles, time, MPH, and comments. I've created an …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/03/bicycle-training-log-for-the-new-year/
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