Are You Ready for a Cycling Stage Race?
Ken and Sheldon, two guys who chronicle their journey as they train for the TransRockies, have recently posted a great article on what it takes to train for and compete in a multi-day mountain bike stage race. The post can be found on their website, Bikeridr. The first part is included below… ================== I might be a little premature, but I hazard to proclaim that... Read More
UBC Researchers Help Cyclists Avoid Olympic Road Closures
This article was written by Christie Hurrell and originally published in the UBC Report – Worried that getting around the city could be the toughest event of the 2010 Winter Games? Thousands of athletes and visitors, along with road and parking restrictions, will all contribute to increased congestion in Metro Vancouver. A UBC research team is encouraging people to use... Read More
More Than 1 in 10 People Cycle in Some Vancouver Neighborhoods
The City of Vancouver has just released its 2008 / 2009 Cycling Statistics Update. The report contains a lot of details but Frances Bula on the State of Vancouver blog has summarized the important points nicely: =========== - just over 40 per cent of people who live in the Downtown or West End walk or cycle to work. (For the city as a whole, it’s 16 per cent; for all of Metro,... Read More
World’s Fastest Self-Propelled Human Lives on Quadra Island
Yup. Really. Sam Whittingham, from BC’s Quadra Island, recently broke the self-propelled human speed record in the Nevada desert. Sam peddled his custom made recumbent bike to a top speed of 132.5 kilometers an hour. Chris Keam witnessed this attempt and writes about it on The Tyee. The first few paragraphs are included below, for the full article please visit The Tyee website... Read More
Fastest Man Alive Lives on Quadra
A man from BC, from little-known Quadra Island to be exact, is aiming to be reach the fastest speed ever through human power alone. Sam Whittingham has built a bicycle that he hopes will break the world speed record of 130 kilometers an hour at the upcoming Human Powered Speed Challenge in Nevada. The following article is courtesy of Chris Keam and the Tyee.ca , a great independent... Read More
Stolen Bikes Interview
Here is an amazing interview about stolen bikes that reveals insight into who steals them, how do they do it? (high end vs. low end). The dynamics of the organized crime around it, and how some bike store owners and employees are involved. The interview also includes a segment with Igor Kenk – the Toronto guy who was recently busted with nearly 3000 bikes and his rationale... Read More
10 Tips for Making your Bike the Ugliest on the Block (Camouflage Against Bike Thieves)
Treehugger has just posted an article on their website on how to help prevent your bike from getting stolen. How? Forget heavy duty locks. Instead try making it look as UGLY as possible. 10 tips to "ugly" your bike: 1. Remove any flashy stickers or brand name labels from your bike. 2. Buy second hand so the bike already looks worn. 3. Repaint it with a cheap matte black... Read More
Cycling to Planetary Happiness
The following article is written by Guy Dauncey and originally appears in the June issue of EcoNews . Two wheels on the road, the summer air in your face – it’s a wonderful way to travel! When we look at the urgent need to eliminate our carbon emissions, plus the end of cheap oil and the benefits of being healthy and fit, cycling has to be one of the most important transport... Read More
Myra Canyon’s cyclists ready to roll again
A recent article written by Jack Christie in Vancouver’s Georgia Straight talks about the reopening of the Kettle Valley Railway Trail near Kelowna after forest fires in 2003 destroyed 12 wooden trestle bridges. This is something all British Columbians should do at least once. Here is the beginning of the article. ============ The trestles are back! The trestles are back!... Read More
Have you tried ice bike racing yet?
By STEPHEN REGENOLD, published in the New York Times last winter HE mass perforation of Brownie Lake began at noon, when eight rolling tires, thousands of shiny screw tips and the fast-pumping legs of four bike riders were set in motion on a dizzying figure-eight track of ice. “Round and round we go,” said Jay Henderson, known as Hollywood, whizzing by on a plane of ice, jockeying... Read More
Allison Sydor is B.C.’s latest Hall of Famer
Written by Gary Kingston and published in the Vancouver Sun, Wednesday, December 05, 2007 Sydor in thick of competition before her induction. Most of the athletes in the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame’s class of 2008 have long ago called it a career, but Allison Sydor just keeps on pedalling. And pedalling, and pedalling … The Hall announced its latest inductees on Tuesday,... Read More
Short layoff, long comeback
A great article written By Gina Kolata for the New York Times. When Helen Betancourt, an assistant coach at Princeton, was preparing for the World Championships in rowing in 1998, she suffered an overuse injury: stress fractures of her ribs. She competed anyway, but then had to take five months off. Like most athletes, she did her best to maintain her fitness, spending hours cycling.... Read More
World’s most extreme endurance races
A great article from Forbes Magazine. Written by Rebecca Ruiz. Jerry Armstrong’s body began failing him at mile 75. The 30-year-old San Diego native felt tendinitis in both knees and severe ligament pain in both ankles, which caused his limbs to lock up. He struggled to imagine how he might finish the 100-mile ultra endurance race known as the Angeles Crest, which takes runners... Read More
Do Spin Classes Help or Hurt?
Article written by Gale Bernhardt and sourced from Active.comDaylight hours are dwindling away, which makes riding your bicycle outdoors more of a challenge. Add bad weather to the equation and all but the toughest souls are forced indoors. One indoor option for winter riding is a structured spinning class, where you and your stationary-peloton pals gather at the gym to be motivated... Read More
