Is there a way to improve the detailed maps of the passage to the Pacific Coast charted by Lewis & Clark’s Corps of Discovery more than two centuries ago?
The Adventure Cycling Association says there is. Five years after printing the first set of Lewis & Clark Trail maps for bicycles, the bike touring organization has reprinted the maps with improvements. The updates include:
– More cycling-friendly routing in places, including off-road bike paths and freshly paved rural roads;
– More accurate elevation profiles;
– Added alternative gravel routes;
– Updates to route services, which now include libraries …
From: Brian Burridge
Did you know that the first “bicycle” was invented in 1818? It was a two wheeler, moved by pushing with the feet while sitting. Then in 1839, the first pedals were added, but the wheels were still made out of wood or iron, which made for a very uncomfortable ride. In the […]
Posted by admin on 10 May 2007 at 2:26 pm under Cycling | Link
Attention bicycle travelers: Remember to call home often this summer on your wide-ranging forays into back-roads America.
Poor Clive “Les” Ruddle of Aldbourne, England, didn’t keep in touch on his way down the Pacific Coast and touched off a search by Oregon state police. One British paper says he “sparked an international manhunt.”
The Englishman had flown to Seattle in mid-April for a bike tour from Port Angeles, Washington, to San Diego. He last contacted home on April 30 …
American cyclist Tyler Hamilton has been suspended from the Tinkoff Credit Systems team until his involvement with Operacion Puerto is “sorted out.”
Hamilton and teammate Jorg Jaksche already had been dropped from the starting roster of the Giro d’Italia, which begins Saturday, because their names had been associated with Eufemiano Fuentes, the doctor targeted in the Spanish blood-doping probe. …
