From CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Civic leaders in Dayton, Ohio, are offering the Wright brothers’ first bicycle store as a possible home to the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame.

The city is one of 11 under consideration for the hall, which was founded in 1987 is currently housed in Somerville, N.J.

Bill Brunner, the hall’s search committee chairman, says the organization is looking for a community that can provide support, draw in visitors and is bicycle friendly.

Wilber and Orville Wright were bicycle builders by trade who made the first airplane flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C., in 1903. Their bicycle shop in Dayton is in disrepair, and local advocates see the bicycle hall of fame as a way to save the building.

Brunner says other cities being considered are Madison, Wis., and Davis, Calif.

Dave Zabriskie, who came in second in the recent Amgen Tour of California, had his house in Salt Lake City broken into last week and virtually all of his belongings stolen, including:

• A black 2008 Subaru Outback, Utah plate A189NC
• A black 2006 Toyota Scion, Utah plate 094VWM
• A Sony 52-inch flat-screen TV
• A Bose speaker/receiver system worth an estimated $15,000
• Video game systems
• Thirteen bicycles, including an Olympic time trial bike
• Laptops and a hard drive.

Sherry Hamik, Dave’s mom, was quoted in the Deseret News as saying the value of the items taken is “massive.” “The bikes alone are about $10,000 apiece. That’s only the bikes. That’s not the cars or the things in the house. It’s astronomical.”

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From Albany Times Union: People who want to help make the city friendlier for bicyclists can attend workshops today.

The city is putting together a bicycle master plan and is holding two sessions at the Albany Public Library at 161 Washington Ave. The first session will be for residents to drop in to comment any time between 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. A presentation and workshop will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Both sessions will be held in the library auditorium on the first floor.

The Capital District Transportation Committee is providing $75,000 for a consultant to develop a master plan to make it easier for bicyclists to ride through the city and commute to work.

For more information, call the city’s Department of Planning at 434-2532, Ext. 33. Comments can also be sent by e-mail.

 

The 2009 Niner Sir9s are in. Colors this year are Root Beer, a perennial favorite, and Solid Gold, which is really very cool, especially in sunlight.

In addition to new colors, the major change for the new batch is the addition of our new Bio-Centric EBB. The Bio-Centric is a leap forward in the world of eccentic bottom bracket designs. Using one 6mm wrench it is easily adjustable on the trail or at home. Read one of the latest reviews of the Sir9 from Bike Radar here.

Read “more” to see their new custom Eccentric Bottom Bracket inserts…

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A promotional postcard from Zullo. Click the image to enlarge.

With names such as De Rosa, Zullo, Serotta, Sachs, Calfee, Crumpton, Vanilla, Walker and De Salvo among the exhibitors, the world’s leading handmade bicycle show presents not only the greatest concentration of quality custom bicycles in the world this year, but in the five years of running the North American Handmade Bicycle Show (NAHBS).

The show takes place this weekend at the Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, February 27 – March 1. Policy changes after last year’s show restricted entry to builders with product liability insurance, who had completed at least 50 frames or been in business for two years.

“It is always a risk to introduce a policy that raises the bar like this, but NAHBS is a show that presents the best of the best in bicycling, and to be true to this goal we needed to have only the more accomplished frame builders there,” said Don Walker, the founder and director of the show, a frame builder himself who runs Speedway Handmade Bicycle Works out of Speedway, Indiana.

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PRESS RELEASE: ASA Entertainment (ASA) is excited to announce that the ASA Action Sports World Tour, one of the industry’s oldest and most elite action sports competition circuits, will return to Chicago for the first time in over a decade. On May 1st the ASA Action Sports World Tour will visit the Sears Centre Arena with a one-day competition featuring the world’s top X Games pros in Skateboard, BMX and Freestyle Motocross (FMX). As the third stop on the 2009 Tour, this event offers a chance for the competing athletes to gain the valuable ranking points necessary for qualification into the season-ending Action Sports World Championships and for fans in the Windy City to see these amazing aerial artists live for the first time after a 12-year absence.

Tickets to the ASA Action Sports World Tour’s Chicago stop go on sale Friday, February 27th at 10 a.m. via all Ticketmaster outlets, ticketmaster.com or the Sear Centre’s Box Office, or call 1-800-745-3000 to charge tickets by phone. Advance ticket prices are $20 for adult and $10 for children’s general admission seats, $35 for reserved Club seats and $60 for reserved premium floor seating, which give fans an up close and personal view of all of the action and a private meet-and-greet with the pros. Each ticket includes the best of Skateboarding, BMX and freestyle motocross, as well as a full concert from The Used.

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PRESS RELEASE: After weeks of closed-door meetings, dozens of skype calls, and death threats if the word leaks out, Evil Bikes and MS-Racing jointly announce the formation of an all-new UCI Trade Team for 2009. The new Evil Bikes/MS-Racing Team combines the upstart Evil brand with the World Cup winning success of MS-Racing’s management.

The team roster is a mix of young talent and experienced podium riders who have been selected to represent Evil in the company’s launch onto the World Cup scene.

Leading off is 19-year old Canadian Stevie Smith. Steve joined Evil at the New Year and since then has been the envy of every grom on internet bike forums by being one of the select few who have been putting in runs on the new Revolt downhill frame. The Vancouver Island pinner is looking to follow-up on his breakout ’08 year in the Elite field and hopes to step onto a World Cup podium this season for Evil Bikes/MS-Racing.

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The 3rd Annual Rick’s Ride for Pancreatic Cancer is happening this weekend, March 1, in Winston Salem, NC.  It combines opportunities to do an indoor century as a team (with a coach, music, etc.) or a 36- or 50-mile outdoor ride around the hills of NC.  Outdoor rides have tech support at the sag stop provided by CycleTherapy.

Rick’s Ride was started by Rick Lyons to support Juvenile Diabetes.  After Rick succumbed to Pancreatic Cancer in 2007, the ride’s benefactor changed to support the Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer. They raised more than $18,000 last year.

The second event on the 2009 USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Ultra-Endurance Calendar, the 12-Hours of Santos, saw Harlan Price (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Rita Borelli (Tallahassee, Fla.) earn wins in the pro men’s and women’s race at the 12-Hours of Santos. Click here for complete results from the Feb. 21 event in Ocala, Fla.

With the two of eight events now complete on the 2009 USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Ultra-Endurance Calendar (PDF), the current standings are as follows:

Men’s Standings
1. Bryan Fawley (Austin, Texas/Park Place Lexus) 60
1. Harlan Price (Philadelphia, Pa.) 60
2. Robert Lichtenwalner (Nazareth, Pa.) 40
2. J.T. Cody (San Antonio, Texas/Solar Eclipse) 40
3. Ernesto Marenchin (Stowe, Ohio) 30
3. Sean Sindt (Austin, Texas/Austin Flyers-Bicycle Sport Shop) 30

Read “more” for Women’s standings and overall rankings, plus links to the next NUE event…

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Cyclesafe.org is hosting a free Yoga for Athletes class presented by Sage Rountree.  Rountree, PhD, is author of ‘The Athlete’s Guide to Yoga’ and is an LLC USA Triathlon certified expert coach, USA certified cycling coach and registered yoga teacher.

CycleSafe.org is a NC-based organization committed to enhancing communities’ active lifestyles through bicycle safety and education.

WHAT: 90 min Yoga Practice & Lecture
WHEN: 2p – 3:30p, Saturday, March 7, 2009
WHERE: Central Family YMCA, Winston-Salem (West-End Room)
COST: Free, but donations to CycleSafe.org are accepted.

FROM SEATTLE BIKE SUPPLY: Redline bicycles has become a partner in the Major Taylor Project in Seattle, Washington.   The Major Taylor Project is dedicated to creating a multicultural community where teenagers have equal opportunity to spend time outdoors and on a bicycle.  The Redline Conquest Sport was chosen by project assistant Ed Ewing for its great  design, value and reputation as a well built machine.  Working through the Cascade Bicycle club, the Major Taylor project honors the memory of the first African American world champion in cycling, Marshall “Major” Taylor.  The project kickoff and logo unveiling will take place February 25th at 6:30pm at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center in Seattle, WA.