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  • Signs of the times for bicycling


    Biking Bis - Bicycle Touring and More — Authority Authority: 470
    Didnt Bob Dylan sing "...the signs, they are a-changin"? Maybe not, but I couldnt get that song out of my head when I read at Bike Portland that the feds were establishing new guidelines for signs and road markings that included changes that effect bike riders. While some of the improvements deal with freeway signs ...
    3 days ago

  • Gran Fondo bike rides come to the US


    Biking Bis - Bicycle Touring and More — Authority Authority: 470
    Recreational bicyclists in the US and Canada will get more opportunities to participate in Italian-style gran fondo bike rides in 2010. More than a half-dozen gran fondo bike rides are scheduled next year in California, Colorado and Wisconsin and one in Canada. Professional, amateur and recreational cyclists ...
    4 days ago

  • Bike travelers take to the Southern Hemisphere


    Biking Bis - Bicycle Touring and More — Authority Authority: 470
    One look at the Weather Channel temperature map at left confirms that much of the US is locked in frigid winter weather. If you layer up, youre probably OK for bike commuting or riding your bike on an errand, but long-distance bike tourists are in for chilly riding during the day and colder camping at night. There ...
    1 week ago

  • Bike hostels: Theyll leave the light on for you


    Biking Bis - Bicycle Touring and More — Authority Authority: 470
    When I wrote about Farmington, Missouri, opening a bike hostel in an old jail on the TransAmerica Trail this fall, I wondered how many hostels are primarily devoted to bicycle travelers. I could name three off the top of my head from my TransAmerica trip 25 years ago -- Cookie Ladys Bike House in Afton, Virginia; ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Whittling down my load...


    Tangerine Treehouse — Authority Authority: 106
    My studio that Ive been carrying around with me on our bicycle journey is ridiculously heavy. And Ive decided that its time to lighten the amount of weight Im carrying. I opened up my tool roll and took stock of everything I have with with, pulling out tools that I really am not using (like my hand shears, which ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Traveling across Europe by bike with two dogs


    Biking Bis - Bicycle Touring and More — Authority Authority: 470
    Note: Dawn Lumsden of Canada and Finley Fagan of Australia are on a long-term, around-the-world bike tour with their two SPCA-rescue dogs, Jack and Paco. Right now, theyre settled into a Berlin apartment for the time-being and are writing about their ongoing adventures at their Cycling Gypsies blog . Dawn ...
    2 weeks ago

  • These hill climbs wont let down bicycling mountain goats


    Biking Bis - Bicycle Touring and More — Authority Authority: 470
    When most people start bicycling, theyll do anything to avoid hills. Sometimes theyll ride miles out of their way to miss a climb, or drive their car to a flat area to ride. As they get stronger and learn how to use their gears more efficiently, hills are a challenge to be conquered. But for some, hills seem to be ...
    4 weeks ago

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