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It may not be as obvious as the bicycling surge in urban areas, but bicycle tourism is on the rise.
The staff at Adventure Cycling Association reports nine indications that, when people think of travel, more are considering using their bicycle. According to media director Winona Bateman, bicycle touring “is enjoying the kind of popularity not seen since the 1970s.”
There’s increased interest in all types of bike travel, from sub 24-hour overnighters to long self-supported trips, luxury to budget tours, mass bike rides to small tours.
Adventure Cycling listed these indications …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/12/21/bicycles-playing-bigger-role-travel/
Retirement is a time when many active adults finally get the opportunity to spend more time on their bicycles, even taking an organized bike tour or two every summer.
For avid bicyclists Rod Hutton and Joe Florian, however, retirement is giving them a chance to organize and offer their own multi-day bicycle tours of scenic …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/12/19/two-retirees-launch-bike-touring-outfit-in-ohio/
Faulty steering tubes on Wilier Triestina Izoard XP bikes and frames on Norco Havoc bikes are the subject of Consumer Product Safety Commission recalls announced today. Owners should stop using the bikes immediately.
Wilier Triestina USA recalled about 200 Izoard XP road bikes because the bike’s steering tube with carbon/alloy forks can break. The Atlanta-based …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/12/18/2-bicycle-recalls-wilier-triestina-and-norco/
How many times have you returned home from a bicycle tour with memories of amazing spectacles and awesome scenery only to share your photos and realize they are flat and boring?
It’s a common problem, but now there’s a free e-book available to help you improve your photos.
International bicycle traveler and photographer Paul Jeurissen …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/12/18/a-bicycle-photography-book-free-for-download/
The province of Alberta will host its first pro cycling event next September — The Tour of Alberta: Alberta’s Pro Cycling Festival.
The event is the newest pro cycling event in North America and will be among the highest ranked, earning a 2.1 from the Union Cycliste Internationale.
Rolling out from Sept. 3-8, 2013, the …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/12/17/another-north-american-pro-bicycle-race-begins-in-2013/
It seems that I couldn’t get away from Lance Armstrong’s piercing gaze staring out at me from the local magazine rack over the past decade.
He regularly appeared on Bicycling, Outdoors, and Men’s Journal, as well as the scandal sheets like the National Examiner.
He’s back, even after his fall from grace. Now, however, he’s …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/12/15/lance-armstrong-still-appearing-on-magazine-covers/
Remember those people who helped you down the road on your bicycle travels this past year?
So does the Adventure Cycling Association, which honored them in its 2012 Bicycle Travel Awards announced today. Based on nominations from members, Adventure Cycling has been honoring do-gooders since 2003.
The honorees include a trio who provide shelter to …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/12/13/awards-to-those-who-help-bicycle-travelers-in-need/
Bicyclists who want to spend a week exploring the land of moose and lobsters should be interested in a new week-long, mass bicycle tour that starts in Maine next year.
The Bicycle Coalition of Maine will present BikeMaine for the first time in 2013, rolling out Sept. 7-14.
It makes the Pine Tree State the …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/12/12/new-maine-bike-tour-launches-in-2013/
Bicycling deaths were on the rise in 2011.
A report issued by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration finds that 677 bicyclists died in traffic in 2011. That’s a 8.7% increase over 2010, when 623 bicyclists died.
That reverses a trend of two straight years of decreasing fatalities for bicyclists. The number of bicyclist deaths …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/12/11/bicycle-fatalities-increase-in-2011/
If it’s time for Republicans and Democrats to get along to avoid the fiscal cliff, maybe bicyclists and motorists should be working together as well.
That might be the message behind the League of American Bicyclists announcement that the keynote speaker for the 2013 National Bike Summit in Washington DC will be Yolanda Cade, national …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/12/10/surprising-keynote-speaker-for-2013-national-bike-summit/
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