Tour de Bicycling Blogs 11

Ladies, and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Cyclists, and non-cyclists!

Welcome to the 11th edition of The Tour de Bicycling Blogs!

Do U Bicycle?

There are a growing number of Bloggers with sites dedicated to the proposition that bike riding is good for you and fun.

In various ways we all provide commentary, and opinion, reports about events, and news, write reviews, stories, and travelogues, share photographs, and spread the word about the wide variety of websites of interest to anyone who rides a bike.

BikeBloggers spread the word, and the word is BICYCLE!

This ongoing series is about bicycling, and bicyclists...Recreational Bicyclists, Bike Commuters, and Activists.

It is about those of us whose blogs are devoted to writing about our bicycling escapades and about anything else cycling related that catches our attention.

Expect to read my own thoughts about some, or all, of what I bring to your attention.

Let's saddle up, and ride!

1. Adventures of the Crazy Biker Chick seems to have stalled for the time being in November.

If you want to know why Tanya has been one of the best Canadian BikeBloggers, since 2004, then check out this wonderful October post: Urban Jungle vs. Quiet Countryside.

Here's hoping she some day returns.

2. James, of Bicycle Deisgn, recently invited a very special guest to write an informative post about a new Mountain Bike:

Design of the Arantix Mountain Bike.

3 and 4. Da Square Wheelman, of Bicycle Diaries, has a couple of interesting posts:

109 years ago, this past weekend, a composer died while riding his bicycle.

Who? I'm glad you asked! ;-D

Read: A dangerous bike.

In another post he asks 2 questions:

Ever get bored just biking in the big city? Why not launch a few balloons then follow them through the streets? Better yet, why not attach a compact digital camcorder to the balloons and record their journey?

Well a group of cyclists did just that, and he shares the 11 min. Video, and a song the escapade brought to mind.

Read: 99 Luftballons.

5. The Conservative Jewish Rabbi, Ira Stone, who writes Bicycle Musings, is still in the saddle. ;-D

His 2 year old Granddaughter now has a Glider Rider!

Thanks to his own short heads-up I learned of "the publicity growing around the idea of a city-wide bike sharing program in Philadelphia": in the Philadelphia Inquirer

6. Over at Bicycle Net is a great article by David Shields:

A couple of months ago the Wichita, Kansas chapter of the MS Society invited me to ride in their event and speak at their dinner. As those of you who have participated in charitable rides like this already know, the atmosphere is almost always electric and addictive. This particular ride was even better than usual, especially because of the presence of a few special people.

Right after I finished speaking to the crowd about my newest book with Saul Raisin a man came up to my booth and asked if I could stick around afterwards...

He introduced himself as Matt Hampton, and then he asked to look at Saul’s book. He turned to the photo section and pointed to Saul’s brain scans. “My son suffered a massive stroke at birth. His brain was in a similar condition to this and has never fully recovered. He has cerebral palsy....”

I told Matt how sorry I was to hear about his son’s situation.

Just then a tentative young man stepped out from behind him. “This is my son, Jacob. He’s thirteen. Today he rode forty-one miles with me,” Matt said.

Want to be absolutely blown away?

Read the rest of the story: Lose the Training Wheels. ;-D

After you do so, please watch a video of Lose the Training Wheels students in action.

You can visit the organization’s web site by clicking here, or email them at matt.hampton - at -losethetrainingwheels.org, to learn more.

7. Over at Big Bear Blog, the Reverend Rich has some very important advice for cyclists everywhere. ;-D

Well, that's it this time, so until next time...Happy Cycling! ;-D