With all the news of hit and run motorists crashing into bicyclists, it’s good to hear about someone in California who stopped for an injured bicyclist.
It was another cyclist.
Elizabeth Roehrs wants to locate and personally thank the woman who stopped to help her husband, Steve, after he crashed into a tree a couple …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/12/10/wife-looking-for-good-samaritan-who-helped-husband-after-bike-crash/
Boston bicyclists are mourning the fifth traffic fatality among members of their growing community this week.
On Thursday morning, a Boston University grad student was killed in a bicycle-truck collision when he got right-hooked by the driver of the truck.
The student, Christopher Weigl, was a photojournalism student and had written his own obituary this …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/12/07/boston-struggles-with-string-of-bicycle-fatalities/
If you read this blog regularly, you’ll no doubt know about the Adventure Cycling Association.
Now that non-profit is launching a branding survey to find out how you and other cyclists perceive their organization and the work they do.
The survey takes less than 10 minutes. Basically, you choose among words and photos …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/12/07/what-do-you-think-about-adventure-cycling-association/
The Livestrong Foundation (formerly the Lance Armstrong Foundation) is plowing ahead with fund-raising activities for 2013 that include the return of its Livestrong Challenge charity bike ride series, as well as running and triathlon events.
I’m happy to see Livestrong continue to make bicycling one of its major fund-raising tools, even as its founder’s cycling career has been a source of controversy.
The athletic events raised $5 million in 2012 for the foundation, which supports cancer patients and survivors and their families.
The Livestrong Challenge cities are the same as last year …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/12/05/livestrong-rides-again-dates-for-2013-charity-bike-rides/
Don’t be concerned when you see work crews show up on the Burke-Gilman Trail near Mathews Beach starting today.
There won’t be any miles-long detours around work areas for months on end like those facing bicyclists last year.
The Seattle Department of Transportation is repairing the pavement on the Hall of Fame rail-to-trail between NE …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/12/04/more-work-on-burke-gilman-this-week-mountain-biking-film-showing/
The Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure takes its silver anniversary celebration to western Ohio in 2013.
One of the longest running mass bicycle rides in the US, GOBA-25 is calling itself “The Reunion of the Fittest” when it rolls out next June.
Along the way, cyclists can visit the Bicycle Museum of American in New Bremen, …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/12/03/great-ohio-bicycle-adventure-celebrates-25th-anniversary-in-2013/
I’m always amazed at the ingenuity shown by so-called “garage inventors” when it comes to bicycles. It seems that more people than ever are using their talents to develop useful components for bicycles.
Nowhere is that more true than with bicycle lighting systems. Here are a few that I’ve stumbled across lately.
One is Revolights, …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/11/30/shining-some-light-on-your-next-night-bicycle-ride/
Considering how far Lance Armstrong’s star has fallen in recent weeks, I thought that the Armstrong biopic would have slid from the back burner to the trash bin.
Not so, says Hollywood producer Frank Marshall, who’s known for making the Jason Bourne and Indiana Jones movies. Interviewed by MTV recently, he said:
“Well, we’re recutting… …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/11/28/lance-armstrong-movie-give-me-rewrite/
This is going to take some getting used to: The 2013 Amgen Tour of California is routed from Escondido to Santa Rosa — south to north — when it rolls out from May 12 to 19.
Hard lessons along the Pacific Coast many years ago taught me that north to south is the preferred direction …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/11/27/host-cities-announced-for-2013-tour-of-california-detours-sierra-nevada/
Restring your fiddle and prepare your taste buds for spicy Creole cuisine.
The popular Cycle Zydeco bicycle tour of southern Louisiana is returning in 2013 after a one-year hiatus.
Presented by the Lafayette Convention and Visitors Bureau for 10 years, the bike tour will be promoted and managed in 2013 by the nonprofit Transportation Recreation …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/11/23/cycle-zydeco-bicycle-tour-returns-in-2013/
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