Beantown seems to be embracing the idea of bike share.
Boston’s Hubway bicycle-sharing system has racked up 250,000 rides in its first 6 months of operation, hitting a record 2,500 in a single day last Sunday.
The Boston Globe reports that 6-month rate is more than double that of earlier bike-share systems in Denver and Minneapolis, and about equal to Washington DC’s Capital Bikeshare.
At the same time, there hasn’t been a “serious accident” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/06/03/bostons-hubway-bike-sharing-a-big-success/
The roads and trails along Mississippi River are gaining new, and well deserved, attention as destinations for bicycle touring.
Earlier in May, the US Bicycle Route System added a 150-mile stretch of trail and road — USBRS 45 — that connected Hastings, Minnesota, to the Iowa border.
Now a team of bicyclists, above, from Tennessee …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/06/01/new-bicycle-routes-along-the-mississippi-river-get-attention/
I don’t know if they’re popping champagne corks at the Adventure Cycling Association offices in Missoula this morning; probably they’re just topping off their water bottles and heading out for a celebratory bike ride.
They’d be celebrating because the nonprofit achieved its goal of raising $50,000 for the U.S. Bicycle Route System by last night’s …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/06/01/successful-fund-raising-campaign-at-adventure-cycling-association/
Five intrepid bicyclists are still grinding their way around the globe in the World Cycle Racing Grand Tour, with one on a record-setting pace.
They are all that’s left of a group of 10 bicyclists who set out, mostly from London, on Feb. 18 with the goal of achieving a world record in the first-ever …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/05/31/record-setting-finish-predicted-next-week-for-world-cycle-racing-challenge/
Time for some good news and bad news updates on a couple of King County bike trails.
Good news: The King County Flood Control District has allocated money to remove sandbags from the bike trail atop the Green River levee in Tukwila and Kent.
Bad news: A 2.2-mile stretch of East Lake Sammamish Trail is closed for up to a year for paving and other work just north of Issaquah. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/05/30/nw-bike-trails-news-east-lake-sammamish-and-green-river/
The amazing journey of Xiao Sa is no shaggy dog story.
The small stray dog latched onto a group of touring bicyclists in central China and followed them all the way to Tibet, a distance of some 1,000 miles.
The little fella ran all day with the bicyclists after they fed him. They named him Xiao Sa, and now he’s famous…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/05/29/xiao-sa-the-small-dog-adopted-on-trans-tibetan-bicycle-tour/
A 29-year-old Colorado cyclist is celebrating the biggest victory of his career on Monday after winning the National road race championship in Greenville, S.C.
Meanwhile, Saturday’s time trial winner must be running out of room on his trophy shelf as he’s earned multiple championships.
Timothy Duggan attacked the breakaway in the closing lap of the …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/05/28/cyclings-new-and-old-faces-wearing-stars-and-stripes/
Two anonymous donors together dropped $15,000 on the fund-raiser supporting the U.S. Bicycle Route System, bringing the total amount raised to $40,000.
That’s great news for the non-profit Adventure Cycling Association, which is promoting the “Build It. Bike It. Be a Part of It.” campaign during the month of May. The goal is $50,000.
Adventure …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/05/28/anonymous-donors-support-u-s-bicycle-route-system/
Victoria, British Columbia, native Ryder Hesjedal won the Giro d’Italia on Sunday, becoming the first Canadian cyclist to win the grueling three-week race in its 95-year history.
As expected, the 31-year-old member of the Garmin Barracuda cycling team beat overall leader Joaquim Rodriguez in the final time trial in Milan to take the championship.
Meanwhile, Belgium’s Thomas De Gendt
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/05/27/canadian-wins-giro-ditalia-italian-cycliss-absent-from-podium/
A 25-year-old Belgian cyclist tried to throw a monkey wrench into the podium plans of the best riders at the Giro d’Italia at the most difficult stage on Saturday.
Starting at 8th place overall, Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil) attacked the leaders on the final climb and at one point gained enough of a margin to rise to 2nd place.
Canadian cyclist Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin Barracuda) dug deep in the last few kilometers and gained back enough time to hold onto 2nd place …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/05/26/canadian-remains-in-2nd-place-as-giro-enters-final-stage/
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