Coventry Cycles Owner, Marilyn H, Powers Thru Head Injury

Marilyn Hayward, of Coventry Cycles, has not only overcome the head injury that resulted

from her crash last August on a recumbent, but she is starting a second store up in

 Portland, OR. A true powerhouse indeed, she  likes powering through uncharted territory!

News Story

btw: My head injury which also happened in August, tho several decades before, made me a better person. And it is obvious that Marilyn is driven by hers as well..

S Wales Fixies Tease Homebuilt Bent

A Welsh fixed gear site took this guy to task 

for the fun he had with the recumbent he built. 

Here's the Story 

they did which includes more pictures of the bike.......

Cruz Bike (Recumbent) Mom Shatters 24-Hour Record

49 year-old Maria Parker, a mother of four kids and co-owner of NBG Supporter, Cruz Bike, the amazing Front Wheel Drive recumbent bike, just broke the world 24-hour record. HERE  is the news story that appeared about her breaking it.

And here is the result (from the Cruz Bike Facebook page):

CRUZBIKE Ok, back home now. 24-hour mileage is 470-ish. 12-hr mileage 258-ish. 200 mile time 9:20-ish. All significantly longer/faster world records, pending certification. Cold temperatures forced Maria to wear a puffy fleece coat at night + fatigue and angry stomach brought 32 mile laps from under 1:30 to about 2 hours each. Maria is tired, now sitting in a warm shower. -Jim

12-14-12, 29 minutes ago · 1

fyi:  The men's  upright bicycle road racing record was set  in 2004, in Slovenia, by Sergej Kaucevic. He covered 521 miles in 24-hours..

btw: Maria has always taken an interest in and supported the cross country HiWHeel rides NBG Director, Martin Krieg, has done..

Recumbent Novelty in Ireland

Sidelined away from the Eagle here in Ireland, I am rolling a lot of miles on my recumbent (an S&B made by the recently deceased Jack Baker), where I do not work the upper body. Seems everywhere I go I am a curiosity.

Laughter Filled Podcast with Bicycle Man, one of Nation's Biggest Bent Dealers

Listen as we have great fun with Peter Stull at his bike shop in Alfred Station, NY.  In the words ahead you will hear how Peter wanted to be a bike shop owner from the time he was 11 years old. And about Willy, the harmonica player pictured below, who inadvertently helped him make his dream real. Along the way, Peter will also tell you about the odds he overcame to become the owner of one of the Nation's biggest recumbent dealers, the Bicycle Man, 

as well as the  manufacturer of the Linear Recumbent!

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See and download the full gallery on posterous

Fascinating Interview with Ride Sponsor, Angle Lake Cyclery

We went to the Pacific NW (Seattle) to visit with Dale Clark a national level bike shop (Angle Lake Cyclery) owner whose fascinating personality is explained by all the many different kinds of bike he makes available to people all over North America.

See and download the full gallery on posterous

Podcasts Return | Sponsor List | Lightning Interview I Oakland Mayor

As we build up for the 

2011 Eagle/ Busycle Mayors' Ride

, as you have no doubt seen, we are bringing back the Mountain Mover's Podcast Series to show you all the people who are helping to make our upcoming ride real. . 

In fact, Tim Brummer, the maker of the world's fastest production bicycle, the Lightning,  just took us through why the average racer can blow the doors off Lance Armstrong on one of his bikes and why he needs our National Bicycle Greenway  to make his bikes go even faster. Other amazing interviews with fellow Mountain Mover supporters of our ride are soon to follow. For example, we are organizing a conference call podcast with principals from the amazing American River Parkway , arguably the nicest car free bikeway in the world. What's more, we will be talking with Sunfood this week as they explain the rocket fuel that needs to be in every hard driving cyclist's musette ......

Right now you can also  hear ride sponsors Jason Reser of Reser Bicycle Outfitters, Kirk Newell of Kirk's Bike and my wife, Virginia Krieg, all at our Mountain Mover Podcasts and at our 2011 SJ/SF to DC/Boston Blog.

If you were at our podcast page a few weeks ago, unbeknownst to us, our server had  made a number of them inoperable by changing the folder configuration on the hard drives they service us with. They are all better now, so go listen to Fast Freddy talk about his amazing racing career, or Berkeley Mayor, Tom Bates, talk about why he is called the Father of Ttaffic Calming. You can even hear Matthew Mazzotta describe how the 15-person Busycle became the reality it is, etc. At http://www.bikeroute.com/NBGPodcasts.php  there are many dozens of podcasts from bike messengers and activists to inventors and city leaders, etc, from all across America to choose from.

In other news, do get a look at the picture Mr. Bike Oakland just sent us. It is of me with new Oakland Mayor Jean Quan. It comes from the Oakland Mayor's ride we did with Ron Bishop's Easy Rider Bike Touring Group last May. Ron is behind Mayor Quan in the picture.

Just also spoke with San Jose bike coordinator, John Brazil. He tells me his city is ramping up for our Friday April 8th send off!!

Led off by the City of San Jose, whose biking prowess is so strong they warranted a whole chapter in my book, "How America Can Bike and Grow Rich", our sponsors to 2/1/11 can all be found HERE 

Too much excitement!!

           THX 4 all of U!!