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
- Crashing Into The PartyThis story originally appeared in the 2024 Nov/Dec issue of Adventure Cyclist magazine’s Final Mile essay anthology. On the outskirts of Shanghai, the buildings began to grow skyward. Factories morphed […] The post Crashing Into The Party appeared first on Adventure Cycling Association.
- In The Tall Trees This article originally appeared in the 2024 Nov/Dec issue of Adventure Cyclist magazine. “The earth has a small negative charge of around 200 millivolts, and humans have about the opposite.” […] The post In The Tall Trees appeared first on Adventure Cycling Association.
- A 10-Person, 45-Mile Group Ride in Oregon with Friends on BikesThanks to our Adventure Grant, ten WTFNB (Women, Trans, Femme, Non-Binary), BIPOC riders met for a multi-modal bikepacking trip from downtown Portland to Stub Stewart State Park in Banks, OR. […] The post A 10-Person, 45-Mile Group Ride in Oregon with Friends on Bikes appeared first on Adventure Cycling Association.
Trail biking
- ALL-NEW 2025 KTM FREERIDE ELECTRIC TRAIL BIKE - Motocross Action MagazineALL-NEW 2025 KTM FREERIDE ELECTRIC TRAIL BIKE. On Oct 17, 2024 Last updated Oct 17, 2024.
- New York Marathon Cracks Down on Cyclists' Pre-Race JoyrideBut people have been cycling the marathon route since at least the 1990s. In an interview last year, one of those early riders, Peter O'Reilly ...
- Peachtree Dunwoody bike/pedestrian path construction begins in 2027The Sandy Springs City Council was told that construction will begin in early 2027 on the Peachtree Dunwoody Bike/Pedestrian Trail project.
Rails to Trails Conservancy
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League of American Bicyclists
- Celebrating Indigenous Culture on the Trails of Anchorage, Alaska Last year, the League of American Bicyclists published the Bicycle Friendly Community Ideabook — a resource designed to inspire innovative ideas for making biking better in communities nationwide. In celebration… The post Celebrating Indigenous Culture on the Trails of Anchorage, Alaska appeared first on League of American Bicyclists.
- The Platinum Standard: How Stanford, CSU, and UW Madison Achieved Top Marks as Bicycle Friendly UniversitiesWhen it comes to fostering a culture of cycling on campus, only a select few universities have achieved the highest award level of Platinum Bicycle Friendly University (BFU). In last… The post The Platinum Standard: How Stanford, CSU, and UW Madison Achieved Top Marks as Bicycle Friendly Universities appeared first on League of American Bicyclists.
- Nondrivers Bike, Ride, and RollThe League of American Bicyclists is proud to celebrate the Week Without Driving, a challenge launched in 2021 by disability rights advocate and League board member, Anna Zivarts. The Week… The post Nondrivers Bike, Ride, and Roll appeared first on League of American Bicyclists.
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