An Ohio bicycle repairman and his wife are the proud winners of a bicycle shop in Maryland.
Several months ago, the owners of the C&O Bicycle shop in Hancock, Maryland, offered to give away their business — lock, stock, and bicycle — to the author of the best essay about how to help cyclists and promote cycling in the area….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/04/26/ohio-couple-win-a-maryland-bicycle-shop/
The president of Burundi has rescinded an order banning the use of bicycle taxis in his country just hours after the nation's transportation minister signed the order into law.
The dictum would have put 100,000 bicycle taxi drivers out of work in a country that doesn't have a lot of fallback employment opportunites.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/04/26/african-nation-bans-then-permits-bicycle-taxis/
It looks like Tucson police are closing in on a major bicycle theft ring.
Police raided a house recently and seized 350 stolen bikes, according to the Tucson Citizen. No one has put an estimate on the haul, although just six bicycles identified by police through stolen bike reports were valued at $14,000.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/04/08/theft-ring-busted-100s-of-bikes-found/
“In my perfect world, all would be connected with underground bicycle paths. If they are flat and out of the weather, people of all ages can use them.”
Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert newspaper cartoon
San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 27, 2005
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/02/28/bicycle-quote-scott-adams/
Contestants cycling in the Race Across America are turning in faster and faster times. Now the RAAM organizers are launching an event that starts with the other bicyclists, but finishes in 24 hours.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/02/23/raam-bicycle-race-faster-and-faster/
A carpenter living in a small town in India has finished a useable bicycle made completely from wood.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/02/16/carpenter-goes-out-on-a-limb-for-wooden-bicycle/
Copies of the LiveStrong bracelets go on sale, but they don't help cancer survivors or cancer research.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/01/29/counterfeiting-livestrong-bracelets/
An automobile designer in India claims he has built the world's largest tricycle. At 42 feet in height, it beats …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/01/14/bicycles-tallest-longest/
Did Leonardo Da Vinci design the bicycle in Italy 300 years before it was invented?
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/01/11/new-italian-bicycle-the-da-vinci/
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