With the Tour de France still fresh in their minds, if not their legs, some well-known American cyclists will be competing at the six-day Tour of Utah bike race this week.
Defending champion Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack) will be at the start for the Prologue in Park City on Tuesday, as will Tom Danielson (Garmin Cervelo), at 9th the highest placed finisher from the US at this year's Tour de France.
Others include Danielson's teammates Dave Zabriskie and Christian Vande Velde, as well as George Hincapie (BMC Racing).
One of the biggest absences will be Chris Horner (RadioShack), who crashed ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/08/08/tour-of-utah-bike-race-rolls-out-tuesday-how-to-follow-the-action/
Here's an interesting connection to ponder the next time you remove your bicycle pedals to box up your bike for air travel:
Either you already know or you'll soon learn that while the pedal on the right side is threaded normally, the pedal on the left side is threaded in reverse with left-hand threads.
So turning the right-side pedal bolt in a counter-clockwise motion will loosen it, but doing the same on the left side will further tighten it.
This wasn't done to confuse and confound home bike mechanics …..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/08/08/the-wrong-way-and-wright-way-to-unscrew-bicycle-pedals/
It's only Friday morning, and the first big bicycle ride of the weekend is underway.
The 30th anniversary RSVP (Ride from Seattle to Vancouver and Party) left the University of Washington parking lot Friday morning for an overnight in Bellingham, before completing the bike trip in Vancouver on Saturday.
For the first time, an overflow ride — RSVP 2 — will take the same route, leaving and arriving a day later.
While it's too late to sign up for that popular ride [you'll need to check the Cascade Bicycle Club website right after New Year's], the relatively newer Ride the Hurricane is still taking registrations for Sunday.
Hurricane Ridge is described by Pez Cycling as one of the “crown jewels” of cycling in the Pacific Northwest ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/08/05/busy-cycling-weekend-in-western-washington/
Update: Aug. 6, 2011 — The bicyclist has been identified at George Demendoza, 69, of Federal Way.
Aug. 5, 2011 — A 70-year-old man riding a bicycle in Renton has died of injuries suffered in a collision with a vehicle on Thursday.
He's the third bicyclist to die on roads in King County in the past two weeks.
According to reports, the unidentified man was riding across the 200 block of Logan Avenue North near Renton Memorial Stadium when he was struck by a white SUV at 5 p.m. Thursday. Emergency responders report that he was unconscious when they arrived ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/08/05/man-on-bicycle-struck-and-killed-in-renton-third-area-fatality-in-two-weeks/
It's kind of startling to remember that the Tour de France existed before Lance Armstrong, Greg Lemond, or even the 7-Eleven cycling team.
The Tour de France dates back to 1903 and had a long, rich history before Phil Liggett first saw the cyclists dancing on their pedals or the bike race appeared live on American TV in high definition.
Brent Hugh posted this charming short film about the 1962 Tour de France at the Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Federation website. Entitled “Vive le tour,” it was written and directed by the brilliant French filmmaker Louis Malle early in his career.
The film isn't about who won or lost. It's about the spectators, the advertising caravan, and the cyclists who raid cafes along the route for beer and wine …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/08/05/the-tour-de-france-has-been-around-almost-forever/
On an overnight bike trip to the John Wayne Pioneer Trail last weekend, my biking buddy and I discovered that the newly reopened Snoqualmie Tunnel is drawing a lot of visitors.
Mostly they're day-trippers on bicycles, but some come by foot and at least a couple packed in with their llamas carrying their burdens.
The cyclists we talked with were taking advantage of the 18-mile downhill slope that greets them after they pass through the tunnel heading west.
They either came in groups and dropped off cars in Hyak and the Iron Horse Trail State Park lot in Cedar Falls, or contacted the shuttle service that carries passengers and bicycles to the Hyak trailhead …
Here are three examples I've stumbled across recently that demonstrate how bicycles seem to attract clever schemes.
It stands to reason — the bicycle has been considered the best invention in the last 200 years.
The city of Pleasanton, California, is employing microwave technology to sense bicyclists approaching several intersections in the town.
The “intersector” — a microwave motion and presence detector — can identify bicycles in traffic. It either extends or triggers a traffic light if a bicyclist is detected.
Cyclists in Pleasanton like the technology because they're not tempted to squeeze a yellow light or run a red light at an intersection ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/08/03/3-new-smart-ideas-that-involve-bicycles/
The week-long Colorado bike race later this month known officially as the USA Pro Cycling Challenge will feature the top three podium finishers from the Tour de France — Cadel Evans, left, Andy Schleck and Frank Schleck.
The highest placed US cyclist from the Tour, Tom Danielson, also is rolling up to the start line.
That's an impressive lineup for the inaugural cycling race that runs from Aug. 22-28 across the mountainous landscape of the Rockies.
The last cyclist to compete in a bike race in the US after winner the Tour de France …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/08/02/tour-de-france-podium-finishers-will-compete-in-colorado/
The bicycle rider struck and seriously injured Thursday afternoon by a hit-and-run SUV driver in the South Lake Union area of Seattle has died.
The Medical Examiner's Office made the announcement on Friday morning.
The man was identified as Michael Wang, 44, a photographer for the worldwide health nonprofit PATH. He is survived by his wife, Claire Allen, and their two children, ages 12 and 9.
His wife told the Seattle Times that her husband regularly commuted to work from their home in Shoreline …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/07/29/bicyclist-dies-in-seattle-hit-and-run-cyclist-identified/
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With the Tour de France still fresh in their minds, if not their legs, some well-known American cyclists will be competing at the six-day Tour of Utah bike race this week.
Here's an interesting connection to ponder the next time you remove your bicycle pedals to box up your bike for air travel:
On an overnight bike trip to the John Wayne Pioneer Trail last weekend, my biking buddy and I discovered that the newly reopened Snoqualmie Tunnel is drawing a lot of visitors.
The week-long Colorado bike race later this month known officially as the USA Pro Cycling Challenge will feature the top three podium finishers from the Tour de France — Cadel Evans, left, Andy Schleck and Frank Schleck.
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