So you like to climb the hills on your bike? There are days when I do, too.
Of course, I don't have a choice. My neighborhood sits at about the 300-foot elevation mark above the lakeside bicycle route that brings me home.
Here are some folks in Pittsburgh, Austin, and Seattle who seek out the big hills. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/26/cycling-up-those-hills/
The laboratory conducting the follow-up test on Spanish cyclist Roberto Heras's urine sample found traces of EPO that confirmed an earlier test.
The finding means that Heras could be stripped of this year's record-setting fourth Vuelta a Espana title and be banned from professional cycling for two years.
He joins a group that includes Italian Marco Pantani, Frenchman Richard Virenque …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/25/cyclist-roberto-heras-joins-infamous-breakaway/
Joe Bowen is taking a breather in his meandering cross-country bicycle tour.
The retired contractor is recreating a 14,000-mile bicycle tour he started in 1967 from Lompoc, California, to his home and reporting his experiences back to school kids in eastern Kentucky.
After meeting former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, in south Georgia, Bowen commented: “I'm out here riding my bicycle, but Someone else is writing …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/24/cyclist-joe-bowen-makes-it-home-for-thanksgiving/
The accusations about illegal doping in cycling have been flying fast and furious lately. The cyclists, the laboratories, the tests and the sports administrators have all come under attack in the past year.
What a bad time for a laboratory to announce it needs more time to test Spanish cyclist Roberto Heras's “B” urine sample for blood boosting agent EPO.
Under so …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/23/results-delayed-for-cyclist-roberto-heras/
One day in 2001, Alistair Humphreys jumped on his bicycle, pedalled up the hill, around the corner and out of sight. He wouldn't return for four years.
During that time the 28-year-old covered 50,000 miles, passing through Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and North and South America on his 'round-the-world bike trip.
As bike tours go, he knew this would be …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/23/englishman-finishes-around-the-world-bike-tour/
Bickering over unpaid bills has led to the cancellation of next year's Grand Prix bicycle race in San Francisco.
The 108-mile bike race over San Francisco's storied hills and past tourist attractions became a political football after some city officials questioned the city's underwriting some costs of the event. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/21/end-of-the-road-for-sf-grand-prix-bike-race/
Imagine this scene, cycling fans.
A laboratory full of people — technicians in white lab coats, bicycle team sponsors, maybe a cyclist or two, and at least one lawyer and a few other suits standing around.
On a table in front of them sits, what, a test tube (?) filled with a yellowish liquid.
The vial holds the final results of this year's Vuelta …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/21/cyclist-roberto-heras-day-in-the-lab-tyler-hamilton-case-slated/
As a certified diabetes educator nurse, Montana cycling tourist Mary Madison teaches that regular exercise leads to good health.
The 70-year-old cyclist had plenty of opportunity to put that message into practice as she bicycled 4,500 miles from Montana to Maine this summer and fall.
The Sidney (Montana) Herald reports Madison biked 95 days during the four-and-a-half months. The rest …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/19/diabetes-nurse-finishes-cross-country-bike-tour/
Is it art? Or is it a bicycle component?
The Bicycle Inter-Community Action and Salvage project of Tucson answers that question Sunday at its 10th annual art auction.
BICAS is a nonprofit community coop where people can buy or rent bicycles.
But most importantly, it's a place where people can learn how to do repairs on their own bicycles. Cyclists …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/19/bike-parts-fashioned-into-objects-dart-at-arizona-shop/
Levi Leipheimer, one of three US cyclists with a shot at winning next year's Tour de France, is taking it easy in the off-season at his home in Santa Rosa.
The soft-spoken 32-year-old told the Santa Rosa Press Democrat that he's been mountain biking Annadel and Spring Lake with his cycling mates this fall, but last week started riding his racing …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/18/cyclist-leipheimer-mountain-biking-in-california-off-season/
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