Congratulations to the US women’s pursuit cycling team for winning an Olympic silver medal at the London Velodome on Saturday.
They lost by 5 seconds in the two-team finals to an incredibly fast British team that set another world record in the 3 kilometer event. Canada won the bronze.
Riding for the US in the …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/08/04/podium-finish-for-us-women-at-track-cycling/
Although the main stage of the Blue Angels performance at SeaFair in Seattle this weekend is Lake Washington, this group of cyclists knew they could see Friday’s practice runs from Gas Works Park overlooking Lake Union.
While lots of folks get in the car and drive to vantage points for the Blue Angels shows on Saturday and Sunday, the best way is simply to ride a bike …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/08/04/14097/
The USA Team Pursuit women passed through the qualifying round at the London Olympics on Friday, setting a world record in the process.
That record was soon surpassed by Great Britain’s team, however, as 8 teams advanced to the first round and finals scheduled Saturday at the Olympic Velodrome.
The US team of Sarah Hammer …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/08/03/kirkland-wa-cyclist-advances-with-womens-pursuit-team-at-olympics/
American Kristin Armstrong won her second career Olympic gold medal on Wednesday in the individual time trial cycling event.
The victory by the 38-year-old Boise, Idaho, resident was made all the more remarkable by her recovery from a broken collarbone suffered during a similar event at the Exergy Tour prologue at the end of May.
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/08/01/repeat-gold-performance-by-us-woman-at-olympics/
A Tacoma cyclist has died from injuries he suffered when he crashed on a downhill stretch of the 152-mile Ride Around Mount Rainier in One Day (RAMROD) bike ride last week.
The cyclist, Steve Albers, 60, owned an insurance company and was active in many civic organizations, such as Tacoma Goodwill, the Tacoma Library Association, …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/07/31/cyclist-dies-from-injuries-at-ramrod-bike-ride/
Ever since Seattle approved a Bicycle Master Plan in 2007, the Cascade Bicycle Club has issued occasional “report cards” on how well the city is doing in implementing the plan.
The latest Seattle Bicycle Report Card issued last week found that the rate of bicycling in the city has increased as the city installs more …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/07/31/cascade-bicycle-clubs-wish-list-for-safer-seattle-streets/
Have you ever been out on a bike ride and seen something that didn’t look quite right? Or would you like to advocate for bicycling so your community can have first-rate bicycle facilities?
For starters, it takes knowing the rules and guidelines for road development. Those are researched and published by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.
Recently I heard that AASHTO created the fourth edition of Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/07/30/learning-the-rules-of-building-first-rate-bicycle-facilities/
After creating a four-woman breakaway with about 25 miles to go in the women’s Olympic road race, Marianne Vos took a three-way sprint finish to win a gold medal for The Netherlands on Sunday.
The 87-mile course was washed in rain showers several times during the 3-hour 35-minute road race, making for slick riding. American …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/07/29/a-slippery-ride-to-olympic-gold-in-womens-road-race/
Sad news from Georgia where three bicycle touring friends in their 60s were hit by a tractor-trailer rig on Thursday morning. The three were nearing the end of a two-year, 6,000-mile bike adventure from Prudhoe Bay to Key West.
One, Peter Cornell, 64, of Port Charlotte, Fla., was killed in the collision. He was originally …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/07/28/3-bike-travelers-hit-by-truck-in-georgia-1-dead/
The pre-race hype was all about the Brits — Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins and multiple stage winner Mark Cavendish — taking the first gold medal at the 2012 Olympics.
At the finish of the Olympic road race on their home turf in London, however, it was a 38-year-old flash from the past who …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/07/28/no-one-could-have-predicted-this-finish-for-gold-in-olympic-road-race/
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