Later this fall, 24 people will travel to Africa to ride their bikes in Zambia and South Africa to learn more about what World Bicycle Relief can make possible.
The bike tour, which includes pro cycling team manager Johan Bruyneel, also hopes to raise $1 million toward the efforts to provide tens of thousands of bicycles to people in those countries.
The non-profit was founded in 2005 by the SRAM Corporation and Trek Bicycle to get transportation — bicycles — into coastline communities devastated by the Indian Ocean tsunami.
Since then, World Bicycle Relief has expanded its reach to Africa. The group believes that many of the problems on that continent — access to market, education, and health care — are problems of mobility that can be solved by the bicycle. ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/09/22/world-bicycle-relief-takes-bike-tour-to-africa/
Volunteers are needed at the end of the month to count people bicycling or walking to their destinations in 25 cities across the state of Washington.
The information is being collected to track the state's progress toward its goal of getting more people to commute or run errands by bicycling or walking.
This is the second year that data has been collected. Last year, 130 volunteers made counts at 96 locations during two-hour time blocks in the mornings and evenings in 20 cities.
The busiest location, except for Seattle, was the Sammamish River Trail at North Creek Trail in Bothell …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/09/22/volunteers-needed-for-washington-state-bike-count/
Live or same-day coverage of the UCI Road World Championships in Mendrisio, Switzerland, will be available on webcasts and cable TV broadcasts from Wednesday through Sunday this week.
The 76th annual event opens with men's and women's individual time trials on Wednesday and Thursday, followed by road races on Saturday and Sunday. The winner wears the stripes of the rainbow jersey, above, in the 2010 cycling season.
The defending champion of the elite men's road race is Italy's Alessandro Ballan. Unfortunately, little was seen of Ballan this year because of illness.
This year's US lineup of pro cyclists includes Garmin-Slipstream's Tom Danielson ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/09/22/where-to-watch-the-uci-road-world-championship-bike-races/
It has been a sad few days along the Great Allegheny Passage bike trail between Cumberland and Pittsburgh.
Maynard Sembower, the man known locally as the “trail ambassador extraordinaire” and “number one volunteer”, passed away last Wednesday at age 100.
Those who have bicycled the GAP might remember him as the man who staffed the visitor's center at the Rockwood trailhead in the summer. He'd dispense information about lodging, camping and other services in high country of the bike trail, as well as share the local lore.
He became so well known along the Somerset County section of the bike trail that the office was renamed the Sembower Visitor Center …..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/09/20/great-allegheny-passage-loses-ambassador-maynard-sembower/
While Spain's Alejandro Valverde is coasting to his first Grand Tour championship at the Vuelta a Espana on Sunday, Garmin-Slipstream's David Millar won the individual time trial in Toledo on Saturday.
It marked US-based Garmin's third stage victory in this Vuelta. First was Wenatchee, Washington's Tyler Farrar charging to a sprint win in Caravaca de la Cruz on Stage 11, then British Columbia's Ryder Hesjedal's survival in a breakaway to take the mountaintop finish in Alto de Velefique on Stage 12.
Except for the 2008 team time trial at the Giro d'Italia, this was the first Grand Tour victory for Great Britain's Millar since the 2006 Vuelta. Hats off to him….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/09/20/garmin-scores-again-at-vuelta-valverdes-got-it-in-the-bag/
When James Bowthorpe (left) arrives in London on his belt-driven Santos Travelmaster bike on Saturday, he'll set a new world record — around the world by bike in 175 days.
Last year Scotsman Mark Beaumont set the record for bicycling around the world in 194 days. Who would have guessed that mark would be broken the following year?
With one day to go, the 31-year-old Londoner has traveled 17,877 miles (and counting) on his unsupported bike tour — 103 miles a day.
That's an amazing feat considering not just the bad weather, terrain and illness he had to deal with crossing four continents, but also the time spent at border crossings and taking care of other essentials. …….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/09/18/james-bowthorpe-sets-record-for-around-the-world-by-bike-175-days/
Canadian cyclist Sam Whittingham broke his own record at the World Human Powered Speed Challenge in Battle Mountain, Nevada, this week.
Riding the Tempest Varna recumbent bike, Whittingham sped along at 82.438 mph over a 200 meter distance. That tops last year's record of 82.33 mph. [That's Whittingham in the video at left setting the 2008 record at Battle Mountain last year.]
Meanwhile, Barbara Buatois of France pedaled the Diablo III Varna to 72.534 mph to set the women's speed record ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/09/18/recumbent-bike-speed-records-set-in-nevada-desert/
Irishman Phil Deignan won Stage 18 of the Vuelta a Espana on Thursday as the Grand Tour winds down to Sunday's finish in Madrid with Alejandro Valverde still leading.
Cervelo team member Deignan attacked a 16-man breakaway to just barely beat Roman Kreuziger of Liquigas. Valverde (Caisse Epargne) maintained his 32-second lead over Robert Gesink of Rabobank.
Meanwhile, US cyclist Tom Danielson's Vuelta ended as he abandoned during the 116-mile stage to Avila …..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/09/17/valverde-still-leads-vuelta-with-3-stages-left-danielson-drops-out/
Update via Virginia Bikes:
“From Andy Clarke (Bikeleague) on the TE vote: 'Phew. Coburn lost but only 39-59.' “
What is John McCain's and Tom Coburn's beef with bicycling?
The two Republican senators from Arizona and Oklahoma have offered amendments that would remove funding for transportation enhancements — such as bike and pedestrian facilities — from the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) appropriations bill …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/09/16/federal-funding-for-bike-trails-threatenedgood-news-amendments-fail/
If you can't get enough bicycling during the day, then the upcoming Moonlight Ramble in Bellingham might be for you.
The Oct. 3 event is the first Moonlight Ramble-style bike ride in Washington. It starts with a festival featuring live music on the Western Washington University campus at 9 p.m. followed by the bicycle tour at 11 p.m.
Under the light of the next full moon (barring clouds of course), the 7-mile ride starts on the university campus and swings through Fairhaven, Boulevard Park and downtown.
The organizers, Bike Bellingham …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/09/15/moonlight-ramble-bike-ride-in-bellingham/
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