Seattle has been a destination for the long-distance bicyclists for a long time — 106 years to be exact.
That’s how long it has been since Vic McDaniel and Ray Francisco mounted their second-hand bicycles in Santa Rosa, CA, and rode north to the 1909 Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition in Seattle.
There was no Northern …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/08/31/santa-rosa-to-seattle-by-bike-in-1909/
Organizers have cancelled the upcoming 2015 Grizzly Century in the Sierra National Forest east of Merced, CA, because of a series of wildfires there this summer.
The North Fork Sierra Vista Scenic Byway Association announced their decision this week as crews contained the latest flare-up, the 5,000 acre Willow Fire.
Making the announcement, Doug Waltner …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/08/26/wildfires-cancel-california-bike-ride/
The Sacramento Convention Center will be the site of the 2016 North American Handmade Bicycle Show.
It’s the show’s second appearance at Sacramento, which hosted the event in 2012. NAHBS, which launched in Houston in 2005, is held in a different city every year.
Founder and president Don Walker said he was looking forward to …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/03/18/handmade-bicycle-show-returns-to-california-in-2016/
The Adventure Cycling Association will be able to route bicyclists all the way from Chicago to LA on its soon-to-be released Bicycle Route 66 Map Set after Caltrans agreed to open portions of Interstate 40 to bicycles.
Last month, Adventure Cycling reported that its proposed Route 66 bike route was stalled at the California border …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/02/26/caltrans-clears-way-for-route-66-bike-route/
The song says Route 66 “winds from Chicago to LA, more than two thousand miles all the way. …”
The Adventure Cycling Association’s bicycle route version of that famous highway corridor, however, doesn’t make it to LA. It’s stalled at Needles, California.
That’s because Caltrans won’t give bicycles legal access to use a 144-mile stretch of Interstate …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/01/27/proposed-route-66-bike-route-stalls-at-california-border/
State legislatures in Indiana, Wyoming and South Dakota are considering bills this year that would require that motorists give bicyclists a 3-foot gap when passing.
(March 19, 2015 — Other states considering passing laws — Alabama (SB 4 — 5 foot passing law passed Senate, goes to House; Massachusetts Bill H.3073 names bicyclists as vulnerable users and requires …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/01/22/2-states-consider-bicycle-bills-requiring-3-foot-passing/
If bicyclists in California feel they have a little more space when cars pass today, that’s no accident.
The state of California on Tuesday became the 24th state to require motorists give bicyclists and pedestrians at least 3 feet of space when passing.
The law, signed by Gov. Jerry Brown last September, became effective Tuesday after more than a year of preparation. Brown had vetoed two earlier versions …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/09/16/3-foot-passing-buffer-for-bicyclists-goes-into-effect-in-california-today/
Last December, Milton Olin was enjoying a bicycle ride along the shoulder of Mulholland Highway in Calabassas when he was struck from behind by a car and killed. Investigators learned the driver was texting on a mobile device in the car and didn’t see the cyclist.
Sounds like an open-and-shut case of distracted driving.
In this case, however, the car was a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department patrol car and the driver was an on-duty Sheriff’s deputy. At the time of the crash, he was typing a message …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/09/02/southern-california-bicycling-advocates-ask-are-police-above-the-law/
Emergency personnel treated some 40 cyclists for hypothermia after a fierce rainstorm swept across the course of the Tour de Big Bear in Southern California on Saturday.
The cyclists were riding at between 7,000 and 8,500 feet of elevation to reach Onyx Peak when the storm hit.
The showers lasted about 90 minutes as the …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/08/04/hypothermia-greets-california-cyclists-on-high-elevation-century/
West Virginia has become the 22nd state to require motorists give bicyclists 3 feet of space or more when passing, as the bicycling safety measure continues to gain approval in legislatures across the US.
The law passed in West Virginia during the 2014 legislative session and was signed by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin on March 21. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/06/09/west-virginia-protects-bicycles-with-3-foot-passing-law-virginia-law-awaits-signature/
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