Getting around Gallatin County without a car Jul 25, 2009
Day Two included horseback riding to the Madison River, a road bike race back to Four Corners, ATV's to Gallatin Gateway and a bus ride to Big Sky. Marianne Amsden, chairwoman of the Interconnect Challenge, grew up riding horses and bikes around Gallatin Valley, and says, "I wanted that same experience for my kids.". (W. Yellowstone News, MT)
Police Log: Week of July 23 Jul 24, 2009
July 15, Harvard Street, an unknown person removed a road bike locked on a bike rack from victim s garage ... July 19, Craigie Street, a resident reported she locked her road bike behind her residence and when she returned, she discovered an unknown person cut the lock and stole the bike. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Ecotravel: Cycling the World Jul 22, 2009
The narrow tires of my road bike hiss on the dampening asphalt ... On a cool autumn morning, under the noisy scrutiny of these , I board a rented hybrid (a cross between a road bike and mountain bike) and set out from cyclist-friendly Bristol, generally acknowledged to be the U.K. s greenest city. (Scientific American)
GREAT OUTDOORS: GV cyclist back in the saddle Jul 12, 2009
I always had a road bike, and I tried to ride every day ... Averaging about 20-25 miles a day, Licciardiello has progressed from a comfort bike to a hybrid, and has come full circle, now back to a road bike, knowing she has to stick with it to reap the benefits. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Bicycle race to skip downtown Auburn Jul 5, 2009
Criterium events, Furnia said, are road bike races that are unique in that they are set in an urban street environment where the bikers ride the same loop many times. That gives the race a unique feel, as there are more sharp corners and less long, straight distances. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Racers go for gold at Kids Triathlon Jul 1, 2009
Aaron Sliski, 14, hung out on his road bike even after the race was over, preferring biking through the crowd to walking. He, too, said the race was a little tiring, but enjoyable overall. (Lincoln Journal, MA)
Paralysis can't stop racer Jul 1, 2009
One minute he was on his road bike on Buford Highway, training for an upcoming race. The next minute, the light turned green and things went black. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Tuesday's Sentinel police log Jul 1, 2009
A black Schwinn mens 10-speed road bike with a rope-style chain and blue lock was stolen from a property in the 100 block of East Penn Street between 6 and 10 p.m. June 27. It is valued at $389. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Dolphins Get A Lift From Delta Wing Technology Jun 28, 2009
ScienceDaily (June 28, 2009) We can only marvel at the way that dolphins, whales and porpoises scythe through water. Their finlike flippers seem perfectly adapted for maximum aquatic agility. (Science Daily)
Leftover dirt draws sweeping criticism Jun 28, 2009
Rosemary Austin, author of "Mountain Bike Anchorage," commutes on a road bike from East Anchorage to her sales job at Paramount Cycles off Huffman Road. She said a number of state-owned roads are dangerous with dirt, gravel and glass. (Anchorage Daily News)
ODOT offers bike safety tips Jun 24, 2009
There should be 1 to 2 inches between you and the top bar on a road bike and 3 to 4 inches for a mountain bike. The seat should be level front to back, and its height should be adjusted to allow a slight bend at the knee when the leg is fully extended. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Letters to the editor (6/20/09) Jun 20, 2009
It is not possible to ride a road bike safely on the bike path from Eagle River Road down to the bridge. The safest place to ride down the hill to the bridge is in the actual road lane. (Anchorage Daily News)
• Ultimate Mountain Challenge Race, part II Jun 18, 2009
The fourth and final event in the Ultimate Mountain Challenge, the Fetzer Vineyards Road Bike Hill Climb, was held Sunday afternoon ... Giant's TCR Advanced SL road bike, which was developed for "the pro ranks" and costs upwards of 4,000, was a blast. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
New mothers, old competition Jun 16, 2009
"I have spent a lot of time on my stationary road bike with Bear napping in his Moses basket or sitting in his bouncy chair," Atkinson said. "Sometimes I am singing him lullabies instead of listening to my favorite tunes on my iPod.". (ESPN -- Outdoors)
Greenway Days celebration offers people plenty to do Jun 3, 2009
Beginning at 8 a.m. at Snoqualmie Pass, the event consists of a 23-mile mountain bike ride, a 50-mile road bike ride, a 12-mile canoe/kayak event, a half marathon and a six mile sprint to the finish line at Golden Gardens Park in Seattle. For information, call (206) 633-1121. (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
How to Buy a Women's Specific Desig... May 28, 2009
Road bike brake/shifter pods, especially on smaller frames, may come with special inserts to shorten their reach to accommodate smaller hands. The cranks. (Suite101.com)
Mountain bike enthusiasts to descend on Lawless Park May 23, 2009
In 1974 Fisher grafted a mixture of road bike and motorcycle parts onto a 1940 Schwinn Excelsior and created the first reliable, low-maintenance mountain bike. Soon after that, Fisher founded Mountain Bikes, the first company to build production mountain bikes. (Niles Star, MI)
The Basics of Bicycle Fit May 21, 2009
The joints where the toes meet the foot is usually (for a road bike) positioned a centimeter or so behind the axle, which alleviates pressure on the sensitive nerves between the toes. A fitter will usually position the foot by dropping a plumb-bob from the knee to the axle and moving the saddle forward or backward to adjust the foot position. (Suite101.com)
Power Commute: A reporter's-eye view of Bike to Work Week May 18, 2009
wrote on May 17, 2009 5:34 PM:" Skibum- One reason some do not ride on the shoulders, is that debris (broken glass, rocks etc.) can easily blow a tire out on a road bike. Furthermore, on roads such as Pacific the shoulder is only intermittent, so one would have to weave in and out of the shoulder to keep going. Staying continually on the edge of the road is best, it makes us predictable, even if it means you have to slow down. ". woah-woah-woah wrote on May 17, 2009 6:24 PM:" When I see bikers... (Longview Daily News, WA)
Riding in silence May 18, 2009
HARBOR SPRINGS Christopher Benson feels lucky to be alive (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
The lure of the open road May 17, 2009
Does Bobcat Co. make a road bike. You can hear the sense of joy and expectation in the journal entry of Meriwether Lewis on the day when the Corps of Northwestern Discovery finally threw off its winter sedentariness and got back on the road, April 7, 1805. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Mountain bikers oppose closing key forest areas May 16, 2009
montanatom wrote on May 12, 2009 4:31 PM:" Mountain bikers are not prohibited from Wilderness. Just their bikes. No problem. Leave the bike at home and do something useful with it. Like biking to work or school. You would still be welcome in Wilderness without your bike. I have a mountain bike. But for me Wilderness designation comes first. I can always continue to bicycle to work year round or ride my road bike or ride my touring bike. Or ride my mountain bike on trails and roads in... (Missoulian, MT)
• You're in for a unique experience with the OHM XU700 May 14, 2009
I've purchased cars for cheaper, and you can certainly get a dynamite road bike for much less. But for its intended demographic of commuters looking for a faster ride to the office, the elderly, or people who are not physically fit, the XU700 could be a boon. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Letters for Saturday, May 9, 2009 May 9, 2009
On May 5, our son was training on his road bike, on the back road between the old Poi Mill and the beautiful reservoir near the end of Kawaihau Road ... All Rick could recall was that this Good Samaritan had lived in Santa Rosa and used to ride a road bike there. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Going-to-the-Sun Road: Bike tour offers riders unique access to wildlife May 7, 2009
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How to Buy a Hybrid Bicycle May 5, 2009
The hybrid bike was first conceived as a cross between the road bike and the mountain bike. And while it never worked as a mountain bike, and it can't really keep up with a road bike, the hybrid has become an interesting and dynamic design, spawning many sub-categories to satisfy a diversity of riders ... Hybrid bikes can be built around a 26-inch wheel, which is a mountain bike wheel size, or a 700c wheel, which is the road bike size. (Suite101.com)
Cycling up Hatcher Pass is perfect opening grind Apr 20, 2009
Last year, the roads were dry, the sky a bright blue, and I'd wished I brought my skinny-tired road bike for the exhilarating first-of-the-year bike ride ... This year, I hoped for the same weather but was itching to take the road bike. (Anchorage Daily News)
Does a family need a collective spiritual life? Apr 18, 2009
Has given me good health and a nice old 14 speed road bike and I plan on putting all that I have been given to good use. You guys can stay here and work on all those reasons to have bad feelings about millions of other people, while I am having a wonderful afternoon celebrating my God and all that he (or she or it) has given me. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Taking local triathlon title (33) Apr 12, 2009
"I just barely bought a road bike and (someone) said there was a triathlon coming up," Dixon said. "But I've been mountain biking for a long time." By Yann Ranaivo. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
On a roll, year-round Mar 30, 2009
Hundreds of fully supported one- to multiday road bike events take place in Washington and Oregon throughout the year. The season rolls into action in February with Portland's Worst Day of the Year Ride and Seattle's Chilly Hilly, when more than 4,000 riders gather on Bainbridge Island, across Puget Sound, for a 33-undulating-mile ride. (Boston Globe)
Commuter bikes: Balancing roads, personality Mar 27, 2009
Road bikes are high-performance and high-maintenance ... She's an avid road biker, but doesn't commute on it ... "My (road) bike is too nice to take on the train - the dings, the dirt, the getting knocked around. And when it's raining or slick, a road bike doesn't handle as well on the wet pavement. That's why her commuter bike is an old mountain bike: "And not a very nice one. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Somerville entrepreneurs bet on Boston bicycling culture Mar 22, 2009
This reporter - the owner of a road bike with brakes that fail at the mention of precipitation - tested a Gazelle city bike on slushy, broken-up pavement ... Sorger compared a city bike to a Cadillac and a road bike to an aerodynamic sports car. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
On Your Mind Mar 22, 2009
We do not use the bike path on Cherokee because the chip-seal surface of the path is extremely rough which makes it difficult to control a road bike. The path is also full of stickers which can cause flat tires. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Incredible bike trails Mar 20, 2009
Just as you eventually graduated to a 10-speed, road bikes have evolved significantly, and then theres the highly popular category of mountain biking, which combines the pleasures (and pain) of road trips with the yee-haw attitude of wilderness adventure. Whether you choose a mountain bike or a road bike, isnt it time for you to venture outside of the neighborhood and take on some of the terrific bike trails scattered across the nation. (MSNBC -- Travel)
7 comments Mar 12, 2009
Over the years, during the spring through fall months, I racked up about 2,000 miles on my road bike. This level of exercise helps account for why, at 73 years, I'm in such good health and physical fitness. (Human Events Online)
Stewart Road bike trail expenses roll in higher than anticipated Mar 4, 2009
You are not logged in. MUSCATINE, Iowa Costs will force the Muscatine County Trails Committee to reroute plans for a bike path on Stewart Road. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Engineering Students Build And Design A Fuel-Stingy Vehicle Mar 1, 2009
28, 2009) With its light body made of Kevlar, sleek aerodynamic design and three Olympic-racing wheelchair tires, it looks like something that escaped from the Batcave. But actually it s a school project by a team of six Dalhousie University senior mechanical engineering students. (Science Daily)
Residents praise new Oregon Expressway plans Feb 28, 2009
The Ross Road bike boulevard is a red herring, and I wish the Weekly would stop citing it as a real issue without discussing the underlying facts. While I would be happy to see such a development, if you read the plans, there are other higher priority bike lanes in the plans. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
There's no stopping this golf pro Feb 26, 2009
In fact, a haunting vision still returns him to that day of Aug. 8, 2004, when a seemingly peaceful ride in the country on his BMW 1200 road bike ended in tragedy. "I saw the Grim Reaper when I was lying in that ditch," he said. (Nola.com -- Sports)
Nishna Valley Family YMCA Group Exercise Schedule Feb 24, 2009
These state-of-the-art LeMond Revmaster training bicycles, which offers an unbeatable workout, infinite adjustability, and a true "road bike" feel. Join Jon R. Jordan, Jay Miller and Karla Akers in a high-energy class with great music. (Atlantic News-Telegraph, IO)
The big list of festivals Feb 20, 2009
To 4/19: Spring fairs, festivals across the Valley. To 4/19: Spring fairs, festivals across the Valley. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Gavin Bikes Announces the Release of 3 Road Bikes Gavin Bikes Designs and Manufactures High Quality, Low Cost Road Bikes Feb 18, 2009
Gavin Bikes designs and manufactures high quality, low cost road bikes which are sold exclusively online ... Saint Augustine, FL (PRWEB) February 18, 2009 -- Gavin Bikes designs and manufactures high quality, low cost road bikes ... Today Gavin Bikes announces the introduction of three new for 2009: Gavin Nuovo Triathlon TT Bike, Gavin Acele Road Racing Bike, and the Gavin Linea 2009 Full Carbon Road Bike. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Owner stumbles onto own stolen bike (813) Feb 8, 2009
If there's such a thing as crime karma, it came home to roost on an alleged bicycle thief, discovered with a purloined, 1,000 road bike removed from a bike rack in front of the West Napa Street Safeway store. The caper began on Monday, Jan. 26, in broad daylight (at 1:30 p.m.) when the bike's owner locked his black, Specialized road bike to the Safeway rack, went inside to do some shopping and emerged half an hour later to find it gone. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
