Where should the comments made by Tour de France organizers on Thursday regarding Lance Armstrong rank on the cheap-shot meter?
I'd give them a 10.
In presenting the 2006 Tour de France route to the public, the Le Tour 2006 website quotes Jean-Marie Leblanc, deputy managing director, and Christian Prudhomme, director of cycling: …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/10/27/ranking-tour-organizers-comments-on-a-cheap-shot-meter/
Every year, the Tour de France organizers pick a stage in which ordinary cyclists can ride the exact route as the pros. It's called the L'Etape du Tour.
On July 10, 2006, the definition of “ordinary cyclist” means anyone willing to attempt the grueling 116-mile ride from Gap to the summit of L'Alpe d'Huez, the legendary climb with 21 switchbacks….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/10/27/letape-du-tour-the-day-ordinary-cyclists-ride-a-tour-stage/
For the first time this decade, bike racing handicappers aren't pondering whether a Tour de France route helps or hurts Lance Armstrong.
The organizers of the Tour de France issued the 2006 route on Thursday, and everyone knows that seven-time Tour winner won't be among the racers.
The 2006 Tour de France travels 2,232 miles in a counter-clockwise route …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/10/27/bike-route-for-2006-tour-de-france/
The Picasso Two Bike Folding Rack is being recalled by the Delta Cycle Corp. in cooperation with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The wall rack with a collapsible shelf isn't sold with sufficient hardware to hold its weight to the wall, causing it to fall. The CPSC reports one incident of a rack falling, but no injuries. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/10/26/rack-recalled-hang-that-bicycle-somewhere-else/
A memorial bike ride is planned next month for Tom Cuthbertson, the guy who took a lot of us nonmechanical types by the hand and walked us through basic bicycle maintenance and repair.
He actually didn't stand there and help, offering advice as he looked over our shoulders. He patiently helped us from the pages of his wonderful repair manual, “Anybody's Bike Book.” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/10/25/memorial-bike-ride-planned-for-tom-cuthbertson/
I really don't want to turn this blog into a police blotter, but this story strikes close to home, in more ways that one.
Police in Everett, Washington, are looking for the driver of a car that struck and killed a cyclist, then drove away, Monday night. (UPDATE: He surrendered to police the next day.) Witnesses told police that the bicyclist was riding on a “narrow pedestrian pathway” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/10/25/cyclist-dies-in-hit-and-run-in-everett/
Five bicycle racers, including Dario Frigo, and a trainer received suspended sentences on Monday stemming from a raid by Italian police who found drugs and syringes in their hotel rooms during the 2001 Giro d'Italia.
The most well-known among the five, Frigo, also was forced to drop out of the 2005 Tour de France, reports the TdF 2005 blog, after police …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/10/25/cyclists-sentenced-in-2001-giro-doping/
“I was only allowed to have a bicycle with a basket on the front. I mean, please … No wonder I'm gay.”
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/10/24/bicycle-quote-front-handlebar-basket/
Those of you who have seen or heard of DeSalvo bicycle frames might be surprised to learn that it is literally a one-man operation. That man is Mike DeSalvo.
The Ashland (Oregon) Daily Tidings published an article on its hometown frame-builder recently, reporting that DeSalvo sells 110 to 130 bike frames a year from the shop in back of his home. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/10/24/oregons-one-man-bike-frame-business-has-worldwide-clientele/
Michael Killian introduced his Sideways Bike invention to the world this weekend.
Will biking ever be the same? Probably so.
The engineer from Dublin, Ireland, displayed the bicycle with independently steerable front and rear wheels at the annual British Invention Show in the UK. An enterprising reporter from Reuters mentioned it in his invention show story, along with a Viagra-like …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/10/23/sideways-bike-captures-attention-at-uk-show/
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