I should have gone to bed early on New Year's Eve to prepare for a long first-of-the-year bike ride instead of staying up late to watch the Twilight Zone marathon.
I probably wouldn't have been so freaked out on my ride later in the week. …
Category: Offbeat Bicycle News
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/07/theres-a-signpost-up-ahead-and-its-not-for-a-bike-lane/
One-year anniversary
Exactly one-year ago today I took my celebratory birthday ride and filed my first piece in Biking Bis. (Actually, it started out as Bikin' Bis, but too many searches for “bikini” were landing here and not enough for “biking.”)
Since then, I've posted 1,004 (this will be 1,005) articles and pictures on this blog. I snatched many of those items …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/04/one-year-anniversary/
Romancing the cyclist
The holidays — especially New Year's Eve — can be the loneliest time of the year if you're single. I remember that from personal experience.
So when I started reading an unsolicited e-mail from the Bikerkiss website last week, I thought this might be a service I could offer any lonely cyclists (I'm assuming) who visit the Biking Bis blog.
Robin wrote me to say that she …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/12/31/romancing-the-cyclist/
Wired to Win: Surviving the Tour de France
Even in the darkened IMAX theater, it's easy to identify the cycling fans.
I'm here at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle watching “Wired to Win: Surviving the Tour de France.” The movie tells about how the human brain learns, reacts, motivates. The film uses the 2003 Tour de France as a vehicle for this lesson. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/12/27/wired-to-win-surviving-the-tour-de-france/
Sidewalk bike repair shops in China
I've always been lucky enough to live in towns that had at least one bike shop. Strangely enough, the bike shops I used to frequent in Modesto and Manteca (CA) also sold and repaired power lawnmowers.
In China, Lila Buckley writes at The Globalist, there are many “bike repair stations” set up on the sidewalks in towns all over the …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/12/24/sidewalk-bike-repair-shops-in-china/
Cycling with Saddam
Can you imagine Saddam Hussein tooling around Iraq on a bicycle?
According to one of his attorneys, former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark, that's one way the former dictator got around Iraq after the US invasion.
“I think he moved in different ways. I think he moved on bicycle, moved in groups, in a wagon … “
Clark told CNN's …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/12/21/cycling-with-saddam/
On a bike and no pants … I've had this dream
This reminds me of a dream I once had before a century ride. You know, like one of those anxiety dreams about showing up to school in your underwear.
Oh. You've never had one of those either? Just me?
From the Channel 4 website in Jacksonville:
“Orange Park man seen riding bicycle with no pants”
(Actually, it's the man without the pants, not …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/12/13/on-a-bike-and-no-pants-ive-had-this-dream/
10 ideas for putting the “bike” back in Christmas
The About.com website recently listed its top 10 gift ideas for Christmas. I can't say that I agree with most of them, so I'll offer some better suggestions.
1. “Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance”
I'd say a better choice is “Anybody's Bike Book” by the late Tom Cuthbertson; anyone who suggests going for a beer during a particularly hairy bike fix speaks to me…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/12/05/10-ideas-for-putting-the-bike-back-in-christmas/
My 10 biggest goofs on a bike
The Cyclelicious blogger recently wrote about trying to rip off a piece of dangling handlebar tape while riding in a peloton.
I was dumbfounded that someone else had done something that stupid on a bike. It also gave me a great deal of comfort. Misery loves company.
Here's the dumbest things I've done on a bicycle. I'm sure many of you will find …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/29/my-10-biggest-goofs-on-a-bike/
The Ditty Bops, cycling and singing in LA
Cycling might not make you musically talented, but The Ditty Bops are proof that it won't hurt either.
The female singing duo from Los Angeles say that bike riding is one of their favorite leisure pursuits.
Amanda Barrett (mandolin and dulcimer) and Abby Dewald (guitar) enjoy cycling so much that they've included it in their …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/28/the-ditty-bops-cycling-and-singing-in-la/
Adventure Cycling Association
- Canal Queens Take on the Empire State: Beginners Guide to the Northern Tier Section 10There are many shades of adventure, and you have to start somewhere. I’ve learned from over 20 years of riding and leading group rides that adventurous cycling at any level […] The post Canal Queens Take on the Empire State: Beginners Guide to the Northern Tier Section 10 appeared first on Adventure Cycling Association.
- Good Seeds: Cycling Central Washington During the Apple HarvestThis story originally appeared in the Sept/Oct 2024 issue of Adventure Cyclist magazine. Apples got their start 12 million years ago in Central Asia in the area we now call […] The post Good Seeds: Cycling Central Washington During the Apple Harvest appeared first on Adventure Cycling Association.
- Trip Recap: Chicago United Cycling Club’s 2024 OvernightChicago United Cycling Club was so excited to receive an Adventure Grant from the Adventure Cycling Association. Our grant last year allowed our team to host its first bikepacking trip […] The post Trip Recap: Chicago United Cycling Club’s 2024 Overnight appeared first on Adventure Cycling Association.
Trail biking
- Quick look: Rieju Aventura Rally 307 and new fuel injected MR 300i enduro two-stroke... trail bike. Rally or Adventure lite you might say of the Aventura Rally 307 which Rieju actually correctly label a trail bike as this should open ...
- Taking Stock of the Great American Rail Trail - The New York TimesSomeday, We'll Bike on a Path Across America. But First, Nebraska. A pedal-powered tour through the geographic midpoint of the proposed 3,700-mile ...
- What is the Hard MTB League? - Canadian Cycling MagazineThe fresh new series combines four timed components: tech climbing, raw slalom, tech trail and downhill gnar.
Rails to Trails Conservancy
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League of American Bicyclists
- New League Staff: Meet Chris VaughanIntroducing Chris Vaughan, the League’s new Bicycle Friendly America Program Coordinator! An educator, poet, and advocate for sustainable transportation, Chris’s journey into bike advocacy began with a grassroots effort to… The post New League Staff: Meet Chris Vaughan appeared first on League of American Bicyclists.
- Will the Trump Administration pull back Transportation Grants?During the campaign, Candidate Trump talked about pulling back funding from President Biden’s signature accomplishments including the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (the Bipartisan Infrastructure… The post Will the Trump Administration pull back Transportation Grants? appeared first on League of American Bicyclists.
- 2025 Community Spark Grant Accepting ApplicationsFor the 4th year in a row, the League of American Bicyclists is thrilled to announce that we are accepting proposals for Community Spark Grants! Launched in 2022, this mini-grant… The post 2025 Community Spark Grant Accepting Applications appeared first on League of American Bicyclists.
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