Jul 5th, 2009 at 10:30AM: The 2009 Tour de France got underway yesterday with an individual time trial through the streets of Monaco. The Prologue was a short and fast 15.5km (9.6 miles) sprint that started with a steady climb and ended with the riders screaming back down the hill towards the finish line. At the end of the day, time trial specialist Fabian Cancellara took the stage victory and the famous Yellow Jersey, ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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2009 Tour de France is underway
Jul 5th, 2009 at 10:30AM: The 2009 Tour de France got underway yesterday with an individual time trial through the streets of Monaco. The Prologue was a short and fast 15.5km (9.6 miles) sprint that started with a steady climb and ended with the riders screaming back down the hill towards the finish line. At the end of the day, time trial specialist Fabian Cancellara took the stage victory and the famous Yellow Jersey, ...Undiscovered New York: Bike tour of Governor's Island
Jun 3rd, 2009 at 2:00PM: New York is a city dominated by islands. Most of these islands, like Manhattan and Staten Island, are easily accessible and fairly well traversed. Yet in a city this densely populated, so well-known and discussed, there still remain pockets of isolation; islands of mysterious calm and forgotten charm that make a visitor feel as though they've stumbled upon the ruins of some grandiose ...Cycling on rise: around the world, two wheels are being shed
May 29th, 2009 at 12:30PM: In Canada and in Europe, according to the Toronto Sun, cyclists are seeing more bike paths built. New attractions and offers are being designed to appeal to cyclists, and challenging routes are gaining popularity. In honor of Toronto Bike Month, which runs until June 25, the Sun has offered a few ideas for pedal-pushers around the world.
La Route Verte (the Green Route) is the longest ride in ...Photo of the Day (3.1.09)
Mar 1st, 2009 at 4:00PM:
When I think about bicycles in the mountains, it tends to immediately remind me of the Tour de France. I picture an aerial camera shot of the riders, decked out in colorful jerseys, struggling up some ridiculously steep mountain pass. Flickr user kyAnosaUm also had cycling on his mind when he took this photo he describes as "Huge Bicycles on the Pyrenees." I know several Tour de France stages ...Wanna Ride in the Tour de France?
Oct 1st, 2008 at 9:00AM: Unless you are willing to dedicate your life to either training or discovering undetectable performance-enhancing drugs, chances are you won't be competing for that yellow jersey. Maybe you could get a job as one of those guys who rides on the back of a motorcycle with a camera. Or you could just travel to France during the race and take in the proceedings through a haze of wine and cheese. But ...Europe's top 10 motorcycling roads
Mar 27th, 2008 at 6:10PM: I am the first to admit that I find Europe's quaintness annoying sometimes. All the picturesque towns and medieval city centers can get old, figuratively speaking.
However, I will probably never get tired of Europe's winding roads. You'll hardly find a better place to motorcycle. If I could define the best globalization has done for me, it would have to involve a Harley Davidson on a European road ...Bike blog: Two Portlanders cycle South America
Feb 21st, 2008 at 9:00AM: Kelsey's post about traveling through Portland got me thinking of all the great stuff that comes out of this west coast city. First of all it was just rated the greenest American city, and of course it has the infamous bookstore Powell's. But even better, the city also manages to produce a lot of inspirational travelers. One of Portland's current traveling teams is Elicia Càrdenas and Andy ...Hostelling International Christmas bike trip around San Diego
Nov 5th, 2007 at 1:02PM: Speaking of hostels, the latest Travelbytes newsletter from Hostelling International recently appeared in my inbox, with news of a unique holiday bike trip. It turns out that for over 50 years, HI has been hosting a 400-mile Christmas Bike Trip around the greater San Diego area. So, if you're looking for something different to do this holiday season, consider ringing in the new year after an ...A Sport for Athletic Gluttons: Pie Racing
Aug 15th, 2007 at 12:41AM: As far as contests go, would you be more likely to enter a bike race or a pie-eating contest? These two contests seem to be about as far apart on the health spectrum as possible. But there's good news for all the gluttonous pie-loving bikers and bike-loving pie eaters out there -- you don't have to choose one or the other ... you can do them both! Pie racing is a fairly new event at the ...Riding a Penny Farthing Around the World
May 22nd, 2007 at 10:13AM: Joff Summerfield is biking around the world. Not only is his feat impressive -- to date, he's already cycled more than 8400 miles! -- but he's doing it on a 19th century penny farthing bicycle, one of those bikes that boast a front wheel with a 47-inch diameter; sport a tiny little nubbin of a back wheel; and has neither chains nor gears. Much like Rosie O'Donnell, he's top-heavy and dangerous. ...Take A Seat And Help Me Pedal...Please!
May 19th, 2007 at 2:46PM: Dominic Gill is attempting to cycle 20,000 miles from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Ushuaia, Argentina, the southernmost city in South America. Lots of people (well, not lots, but some) make this trip; what's so special about Gill? He's tackling this journey on a tandem bike -- and he's asking the people he meets along the way to help pedal! What a fun idea. Claiming one of the most interesting aspects ...Bicycle of the Future: The Suitcase Bike?
Apr 30th, 2007 at 4:28PM: RideTHISbike is reporting that a suitcase bike is (finally) in production. Aimed at cyclists that want to conveniently and quickly protect their bike on a regular basis, the suitcase bike folds neatly and quickly into its protective case, keeping the cyclist clean and the bike undamaged. The bike meets airline checked baggage weight/size specs and the suitcase's built-in rollers allow the bike to ...
Beijing's Trikes
Apr 26th, 2007 at 6:08PM: Ember's post about bikes in Beijing interested me quite a bit. Consequently, when I stumbled on Mac Kane's photo essay called Beijing Trikes, I was curious. Kane claims that despite numerous cars and plentiful traffic jams, Beijing has retained a strong connection to both the bicycle and the tricycle. Working the narrow alleys of the hutong districts where cars have a difficult time maneuvering, ...A Canadian In Beijing: Two-Wheeled Matrimony
Apr 24th, 2007 at 3:08AM:
I've been here for three weeks and I'm pretty sure that yesterday was my first "bad day." Okay, perhaps "bad" is the wrong word for it. I'd have to say that what started as a good day became a low day, a sad day, a frustrating and annoying day. . . a day when I wished I were home and not here. . . for just an hour, perhaps. I could have even found solace in twenty minutes. (They need to invent ...A Canadian in Beijing: Righteous Bikes
Apr 11th, 2007 at 4:55AM: The thing about bicycles in Beijing is that they're fearless, they're everywhere, they're irreverent and they're their own characters. I know that it's people who ride these bikes, but there seems to be a network of bikes themselves, like a secret society of Beijing bikes that meet at "koumen" (intersections) at all hours of the day to discuss how to better rule the roads. You can almost see them ...World Naked Bike Ride Day, 2007
Mar 28th, 2007 at 2:35PM: Giving new meaning to "underground" railroad bicycle route, on March 10th, organizers staged a World Naked Bike Ride to protest against oil dependency and car culture. Missed it? Me, too. Don't fret, though. There are more to come.
On June 9th and 30th, the organizers are staging additional WNBRs all over the world to continue their protests against indecent exposure to automobile emissions and ...The New Way to See Paris: On A Bicycle
Feb 1st, 2007 at 6:58AM: Recently, Paris announced plans to make bicycles available to the city's commuters, strollers, and tourists for free. Working with French outdoor advertising firm JCDecaux SA -- which received access to more than 1600 publicity sites in exchange for providing the bikes -- the City plans to have in excess of 14,000 bikes by this summer, and more than 20,000 by the end of 2007. To borrow a bike, ...Photo of the Day (1/3/07)
Jan 3rd, 2007 at 10:35PM: Today's photo selection out of the Gadling Flickr pool comes from kelake. Taken in Bangkok, this cool shot of a bicycle standing alone, waiting to be taken on a Southeast Asian excursion caught my attention. It almost looks as though the back wall is a dark forest green color, though the photo appears to be B&W. Good stuff though and I hope to see more Thailand pics from kelake in the near ...Biking Cross Country
Apr 11th, 2006 at 9:20AM: So you want to ride your bicycle across country. OK. Nice idea. But are you really
ready for it? Do you know what you're up against and what a trip like that is going to cost? Well, writer/rider Calvin
Woodard is here to help. Woodard did the trip already, and has advice that he is more than happy to share. So how much WILL it cost to ride across country? Plan on $4,000
to $5,000, Woodard says, ...
