It's going to be easy to figure out which channel to watch beginning Saturday through July 24. The Outdoor Life Network is broadcasting the Tour de France from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. every day.
All the bullriding, bass fishing, and elk hunting has been put on hold. Seven days a week, 18 hours a day, Phil Liggett, Paul Sherwen and …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/06/26/where-and-when-to-catch-the-tour-de-france/
More than 200 bike riders begin pedaling through Bleeding Kansas today, reliving the border skirmishes that led up to the Civil War.
This is the first year of the “Border Raiders” bicycle tour, sponsored by Hog Back Ridge Bicycle Touring Co. in Lawrence. Cyclists will follow a 400-mile route through Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Nebraska. Bicyclists will visit the …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/06/25/bike-tour-of-pre-civil-war-border-wars/
(Updated June 25 and 26)
Bob Breedlove, a 53-year-old RAAM participant from Iowa, was killed Thursday when his bicycle veered into the path of a pickup truck about 28 miles west of Trinidad, Colo.
It was Breedlove's fifth RAAM. At the time of his death, he was leading the over-50 division and riding at 12th place overall.
According to reports on the RAAM website …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/06/24/tragedy-on-raam/
The Massive Sleep Deprivation on Two Wheels Race, also known as the Race Across America (RAAM), got underway Sunday.
After four days (updated 2 p.m. ET Thursday, June 23), mostly in the saddle, defending RAAM champion Jure Robic leads the 25 solo men in the race, followed closely by Mike Trevino just four minutes behind. Marko Baloh and Chris MacDonald are battling for third, while Seattle racer Jim Trout is following in 16th place. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/06/22/race-across-america-underway/
If it's a rest day on a cross-country bicycle tour for these college students, then they must be building a house.
That's what more than 100 participants in the four-separate Bike and Build tours are expected to do this summer. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/06/21/biking-and-building-across-the-us/
Nashbar is recalling 300 tandem trailers because the misassembled trailer hitches can become unstable when making turns.
The Canfield, Ohio-based mail order and web retailer marketed the Nashbar Lil' Shadow Tandem Trailers (click on picture), which were made for Nashbar in Taiwan.
The black, single-wheel bicycle trailer attaches to the seatpost of an adult-sized bicycle. The affected bicycle trailers have …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/06/20/recall-nashbar-lil-shadow-tandem-trailer/
The Des Moines Register owns the granddaddy of all cross-state bicycle tours. The Iowa tour, RAGBRAI, has come to be known for its partying as well as the generosity of the host towns.
The Denver Post has its own, slightly less famous, Ride the Rockies, known for its breath-taking scenery as well as the leg-bursting climbs. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/06/19/ride-the-rockies-starts-today-in-colorado/
Will Lance Armstrong break the Tour de France record he set last year and win a 7th Tour de France championship this summer?
Three-fourths of you think he will. That's according to the poll that's been running for about two weeks at Biking Bis.
Interestingly, the voting heavily favored Armstrong the first few days, but dropped to about 66% at …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/06/17/biking-bis-results-for-lance-armstrong-poll/
A friend sent me a link to the Booknoise.net Q & A with the author of “Lance Armstrong's War,” the latest book to come out on The Boss and just in time for the Tour de France.
The author, Daniel Coyle, a writer for Outside magazine, moved the family to Girona, Spain, and spent …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/06/15/the-struggle-to-be-lance-armstrong/
Here's something I ran across, thanks to the Tournez a gauche bicycle weblog.
A Japanese company, Koko Bicycles, makes this commuting bike with a front basket and a small compartment on the top tube to carry a small animal, like a dog.
Aren't dogs supposed to chase bikes? What if a dog chases this bike, then sees a dog …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/06/15/dogs-need-to-chase-bikes-not-ride-on-them/
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