Owned by a Canadian manufacturing conglomerate and built in China, Schwinn has buried its Made in USA roots for good.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/01/13/schwinn-not-exactly-all-american-anymore/
Lawson, Missouri; The worst town for bicyclists?
Everyone has a favorite story about a least favorite place to bicycle.
I challenge anyone to name a town more …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/01/12/lawson-missouri-the-worst-town-for-bicyclists/
New Italian bicycle — the Da Vinci
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/
All Lance, all the time
TV viewers will see plenty of Lance Armstrong this year, even if he doesn't attempt a seventh-straight Tour de France victory.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/01/10/all-lance-all-the-time/
Trail-a-bike recall
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission says some of those single-wheeled bicycle trailers distributed by Norco Products Ltd. of Canada …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/01/07/trail-a-bike-recall/
Bicycle training logs
The first thing I do when I walk in the door from a bicycle ride — even before a shower — is to record my time and miles in a bicycle log.
I like to keep it simple. Route, miles, time, MPH, and comments. I've created an Excel spreadsheet file that computes the MPH and …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/01/07/bicycle-training-logs/
Logging it
I've been logging my rides since 1991, that's about 37,000 miles back up the road. That's a lot of blacktop, and it doesn't include my previous 13 years of cycling with independent tours of Virginia, Tennessee, Arizona, the NE US and Quebec, and lastly a 4,000-mile cross-country bicycle tour from Yorktown, VA to Carlsbad, CA.
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/01/05/logging-it/
First ride of the year!
Just got back from my first bicycle ride of '05, and the first as a “double-nickeler.” Not much to brag about — 12.72 miles in 1:01 — but I'm happy with the fact that I just got out on my birthday. I've done fewer than a dozen bike rides since I was sick back in October, …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/01/04/first-ride-of-the-year/
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
- Nov. 25: Celebrate the Opening of the New Bouquet Canyon Trail - SCVNews.comThe Bouquet Canyon Trail is 0.7 miles long and is a shared-use bike and ... route, allowing pedestrians and bicyclists easy and safe access to Central ...
- Save Bragg Creek and Moose Mountain - Canadian Cycling MagazineOvals that included a huge swath of the trails that had been built over the past ten-to-twenty years. The trail users wanted answers. At the time the ...
- Cycling Meniscus Tear: How Biking Can Help You Heal from Injury - Bicycling magazineOne randomized clinical trial published in 2022 of those who had degenerative meniscus tears compared the results of exercise-based physical therapy ...
Rails to Trails Conservancy
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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.
- What a Trump Department of Transportation could mean for bicycling and walkingAs we prepare for the second Trump Department of Transportation we have two things we can look at for direction. First, we have the first term of the Trump Administration,… The post What a Trump Department of Transportation could mean for bicycling and walking appeared first on League of American Bicyclists.
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