Colorado Cyclist
Glenwood Canyon 12 Years Later, March/April 2004 Public Roads
Jeanne Golay, a former Olympic and professional cyclist who lives in Glenwood Springs, says the canyon prior to construction was a "forbidden zone" for cyclists because of the old highway's narrow shoulders. Cyclists who wanted to go west from Vail Pass had to be picked up and driven by automobile through the canyon. ... "The Glenwood Canyon project is really huge from a cycling standpoint," Golay says. "The bike trail has opened up a whole new world to cyclists. Cyclists going west now have an option. I think overall the project has been nothing but positive." ... [Read More]
BAM! Body and Mind - Fit4Life: Motion Commotion: Activity Cards: Bicycling Activity Card
100 calories can power a cyclist for 3 miles, but could only power a car for 280 feet. ... [Read More]
Participants
League of American Bicyclists ... Washington Area Bicyclist Association ... Washington Area Bicyclist Association ... [Read More]
Traumatic Brain Injury-Related Hospital Discharges
An estimated 40%--50% of those injured as motor-vehicle occupants, motorcyclists, and pedal cyclists reportedly were not using PPE at the time of injury. Seat belts and airbags for motor-vehicle occupants ( 34,35 ) and helmets for both motorcyclists ( 36--38 ) and bicyclists ( 39--42 ) have been demonstrated to substantially reduce the risk of TBI. States can use data regarding TBI and the lack of PPE use to support the need for legislation requiring use of this equipment or better enforcement of existing legislation. ... [Read More]
Arches National Park
The prime transportation issue for Arches National Park is how to adequately accommodate the increase of visitation. The average daily usage was 2,294 users in 1998 with a peak use of 3,882 daily users recorded in July 1998. A majority of the users come to Arches from Moab, crossing over the Colorado River bridge bottleneck. Very few users use alternative transportation, such as tour buses. All counted users pass through the south entrance to the park. There is no public transportation from Moab to Arches National Park. The transportation concern for Arches National Park is to accommodate the increasing number of users while at the same time creating a positive visitor experience and preserving the resources of the park. Parking areas are overloaded at peak-visitation times, creating unauthorized parking which has the potential of destroying fragile crytobiotic soils and native vegetation. Overcrowding at sites also creates a negative visitor perception. In high-use areas such as the ... [Read More]
motorcycle fatality of 24 July 2003 in Park County Colorado
Lightning data prior and up to the fatal flash was analyzed to see ifthe cyclist may have known there was a threat of lightning in his vicinity.The cyclist was traveling towards the storm in figure 4 and he eventuallyentered into it. Lightning data from 2230 UTC to 2245 (Figure 5) showsthere was 9 cloud to ground flashes which were likely in the cyclist viewas he traveled southeast down highway 24. In addition, there is also ahigh probability that cloud to cloud flashes were also occurringduring this time (The NLDN can only detect cloud to ground flashes.It is estimated that for every cloud to ground lightning flash, there are10 cloud to cloud lightning flashes). It is possible that the cyclist mayhave never seen any flashes before he was hit (due to poor visibility dueto the rain) or have heard any thunder (due to his helmet), however, giventhe fact that an eyewitness who was immediately behind the cyclist reportedcloud to ground flashes were visible prior to the cyclist being str ... [Read More]
The Frank Coffyn Collection : Ralph Johnstone
Wright exhibition team pilot. Born 1886, Kansas City, Missouri. Died November 17, 1910, Denver, Colorado. Before becoming an aviator, Johnstone had been active in vaudeville, performing as a trick cyclist. He and Archibald Hoxsey were known as the 'heavenly twins' for their daring attempts to break altitude records. The first of the Wright team to die, he was killed in a crash after he failed to recover from a dive. ... [Read More]
The Frank Coffyn Collection : Ralph Johnstone
Wright exhibition team pilot. Born 1886, Kansas City, Missouri. Died November 17, 1910, Denver, Colorado. Before becoming an aviator, Johnstone had been active in vaudeville, performing as a trick cyclist. He and Archibald Hoxsey were known as the 'heavenly twins' for their daring attempts to break altitude records. The first of the Wright team to die, he was killed in a crash after he failed to recover from a dive. ... [Read More]
Vol 39 No 3, July - September 2001 Page 44
In 1997, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the organization that governs bicycle racing worldwide, decided that technology had gone too far and was giving riders an unfair technological advantage that overshadowed the athletic feat of setting the hour record. The UCI reinstated the 1972 distance of Merckx as the official world record. The longer distances ridden by later riders on high-tech bicycles would no longer be counted. ... The bicycle is a marvel of fuel efficiency. In terms of energy expended and distance covered, traveling by bicycle is far more economical than traveling by horse, motorcycle, or car, and even more economical than walking or running. Of course, the fuel of bicycle riders is the food they eat. An average cyclist can cover approximately five kilometers on 100 calories, the number of calories in a banana. One hundred calories’ worth of gasoline could take a lightweight car only 100 meters. In addition to being incredibly fuel efficient, bicycles are environmentally friendly in other ways. For example, they generate no air or noise pollution and do not require huge paved roads or parking lots. ... [Read More]
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