Inspirational Women Cyclists | Barton Haynes

Greetings, cyclists! Today’s post is a special one in that it features an inspirational group of determined women who have defeated the odds to pursue their cycling goals. Georgia Simmering, Megan Giglia, Laura Bingham, Fiona Brookes, and Emily Chappell all have incredible stories that I’d like to share with you in this post.

Georgia Simmering
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An excerpt from Wikipedia shares Georgia’s story by writing, “After suffering a wrist injury in ski cross competition, Simmerling switched to competitive track cycling. After having plates and screws inserted in her wrist from her surgery, she started training on the bike within a week of suffering the wrist injury. Simmerling won a gold medal in team pursuit on her debut on the World Cup tour with Jasmin Glaesser, Laura Brown, and Steph Roorda. She would go on to win silver at the 2015 UCI Track World Championships with Glaesser, and new teammates Allison Beveridge and Kirsti Lay.” 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Simmerling

Megan Giglia
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Except: “After deciding to turn her life around, Giglia researched several sports to join and attended a para-cycling selection camp for women. A year on from her stroke she was classified as a C3 athlete and was accepted on to the British Cycling Paralympic Development Programme. Over the next six months she progressed through the Great Britain talent scheme until she progressed to the Academy in October 2014.

Giglia was selected for the Great Britain team at the 2015 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Apeldoorn. She finished just outside the medal positions in both the C3 500m time-trial (4th) and the C3 individual pursuit (4th). She was then selected for the 2015 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Nottwil in Switzerland; but again failed to medal with two fourth places in the time trial and the road race. The year ended with a major break-through for Giglia when she beat the reigning world champion, Denise Schindler, in the C3 individual pursuit.

In 2016, in the buildup to the Summer Paralympics in Rio, Giglia entered her second World Championships. There, at Montichiari in Italy, she won gold in both the C3 500m time-trial and the individual pursuit setting new world records in both events.

On the first day of the 2016 Rio Paralympics, Giglia won the women’s 3000 m individual pursuit (C3), Great Britain’s first medal of the Games.

Giglia was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to cycling.”

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megan_Giglia

Laura Bingham
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“Laura Bingham (23) is a British adventurer, having travelled extensively in her early adulthood, Laura, who speaks fluent Spanish, ditched conventional English life to live in Mexico teaching English and helping a jaguar conservation project for the Mexican government.

In 2014 she make the bold decision to attempt to sail across the Atlantic Ocean. With zero experience she blagged her way onto a 38ft trimaran, alongside two sea-faring blokes and a cat called Cuba. The passage took two months, with an enforced week stop-over in the Azores because of dangerous weather conditions (had the boat been caught in the heart of the storm it would almost certainly have been destroyed). Laura was on the night shift (midnight to 4am at the helm of the boat) was witness to some extraordinary sights: numerous whales, several pods of dolphins, nights full of impossibly bright stars, and many sharks.

In 2016 she set off to attempt to cross an entire continent without any money – completely human-powered. Laura is raising both money and awareness for Operation South America, a charity that looks after homeless or abused girls and young women in Paraguay. Laura hopes that by travelling with no money she can begin to catch a small glimpse of a life without financial or social stability. A life entirely dependent on the kindness of those around her. Having started on the Pacific coast of Ecuador in January on a push bike, at the time of writing she had just entered Paraguay (having cycled across the Andes mountain range three times – once in Ecuador and twice in Peru). She has eaten left-over scraps of restaurant customer’s plates, rummaged through bins, and foraged in garbage tips in search of edible food trash. She arrived in one piece having crossed an entire continent without using any money.”

Source: http://www.laurabingham.org/about-me/

Fiona Brookes
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Fiona Brookes’ account was shared on totalwomenscycling.com. Her inspirational story goes as follows:

“We often take our senses for granted. On every ride, we’re taking in the beauty around us, the sights, the smells and the sound of tyres on tarmac with the natter of our riding buddies. While there’s the obvious difficulty of communicating with one another, deaf people face cycling barriers we’re not even aware of.

That said, deaf cyclist, Fiona Brookes, has been riding for a number of years. She’s a killer climbing queen, often dropping fellow riders as she makes for the break. Fiona doesn’t shy away from challenges either having completed the Raid Alpine. A 754km ride featuring a whopping 16,212 metres of climbing, where she was also the only woman!

You don’t have to have all your senses to be sociable, and one hell of a cyclist. Fiona teaches us so much through sharing her experiences and feelings towards silent riding.”

Source: https://totalwomenscycling.com/lifestyle/interviews/unsung-heroes-im-deaf-didnt-stop-riding-alps

Emily Chappell
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From the same source, Emily Chappell’s story is equally as inspirational as Brookes’:

“Emily has a wealth of cycling experience from a variety of disciplines in her riding background. From cycling the busy London streets as a bike courier, Emily has gone on to undertake some serious ultra endurance trips.

Last year, Emily blasted her way through nearly 4,000km of riding with 50,000m of climbing to win the Transcontinental bike race. She’s raced, ridden and toured all over the world on two wheels, sharing her stories as she rides.

Armed with advice and experience, Emily is on a mission to promote ultra-endurance riding to women. To do this, she’s willing to help break down the barriers which may be preventing women from taking part.”

Source: https://totalwomenscycling.com/lifestyle/inspirational-women-cycling-industry

To read more about Emily Chappell’s mission to get more women into ultra-endurance cycling, read about it at: https://totalwomenscycling.com/lifestyle/emily-chappell-dont-fear-failure#fYfItfLLIilhlcX1.97

Many thanks for following along! Be sure to check these incredible and inspirational women cyclists out and stay tuned with their journeys.

-Barton Haynes

Olympic Cyclists | Barton Haynes

Hello, cyclists! Today’s post is inspired by the 2018 Olympics currently occurring in Pyeongchang. Although these are the winter olympics, the competitive sports events have got me thinking about Olympic cycling. The last summer Olympics took place in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and the next is due to be in Tokyo in 2020.

To honor some of the most phenomenal cycling athletes who have won medals throughout the past several  summer Olympics, I’ll be sharing their mini-biographies in this article.

Chris Hoy: 2012 gold medal winner in track cycling 

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“Sir Christopher Andrew Hoy, MBE (born 23 March 1976), known as Chris Hoy, is a British racing driver and former track cyclist who represented Great Britain at the Olympics and World Championships and Scotland at the Commonwealth Games.

Hoy is eleven-times a world champion and six-times an Olympic champion. With a total of seven Olympic medals, six gold and one silver, Hoy is the second most decorated Olympic cyclist of all time.

With his three gold medals in 2008 Summer Olympics, Hoy became Scotland’s most successful Olympian, the first British athlete to win three gold medals in a single Olympic Games since Henry Taylor in 1908, and the most successful Olympic cyclist of all time. After winning a further two gold medals (in the keirin and team sprint) at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Hoy has won more Olympic gold medals (six) than any other British athlete along with Jason Kenny, and more total medals (seven) than any except fellow cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins.” (Wikipedia)

Jason Kenny: 2016 gold medal winner in track cycling 

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Jason Francis KennyCBE (born 23 March 1988) is an English track cyclist, specialising in the individual and team sprints. After winning multiple World and European Junior titles in 2006 and achieving medals in the under 23 European championships in 2007, Kenny was selected ahead of Ross Edgar to compete for Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Along with Chris Hoy and Jamie Staff, he won a gold medal in the team sprint, breaking the world record in the qualifying round. He finished behind team-mate Chris Hoy in the final of the individual sprint, gaining a silver medal.

In January 2012, he gained his first world championship title, after Grégory Baugé’s results were nullified after a backdated 12-month ban for missing a drugs test, and the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) promoted Kenny to the gold medal. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he won gold medals in both the team sprint and in the individual sprint, beating Baugé in the final. At the 2016 Summer Olympics Kenny repeated his 2012 wins in the Team Sprint and the Individual Sprint, and also won a Gold Medal the Keirin,

Kenny is the joint holder of the highest number of Olympic Golds for a British athlete alongside fellow track cyclist Chris Hoy. Kenny’s six Olympic gold medals place him the joint 27th in terms of gold medals won in the modern Summer Olympic games since 1896 with only Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt winning more since the Games of the new millennium in 2000. (Jason Kenny – Wikipedia)

Maris Strombergs: 2012 gold medal winner in BMX racing

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Māris Štrombergs (born March 10, 1987 in Valmiera) is a Latvian professional BMX racer. In the 2008 Summer Olympics he became the first Olympic champion in BMX cycling. Earlier that year he won the 2008 UCI BMX World Championships. In 2012 he prolonged his Olympic title by winning the gold medal in the London Olympics.[2]

He is currently trained by Ivo Lakučs. His first trainer was Raimonds Ciesnieks. Māris Štrombergs completed the Olympic 2008 BMX in about 36 seconds. Māris completed the Olympic 2012 BMX course in 37,576 seconds. Upon returning from the 2012 Olympics he was greeted by thousands of fans in hometown Valmiera. (Wikipedia)

Connor Fields: 2016 gold medal winner in BMX racing

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Connor Fields (born September 14, 1992) is an American professional BMX racer. He represented the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men’s BMX event and finished 7th overall. He represented the United States again at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men’s BMX event. He won the gold medal in Rio de Janeiro, and became the first American to win an Olympic BMX gold. (Wikipedia)

Jaroslav Kulhavy: 2012 gold medal winner in cross-country mountain biking 

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Jaroslav Kulhavý, born 8 January 1985, in Ústí nad Orlicí, is a Czech mountain biker. He is currently riding for the Specialized Racing team. He won the gold medal in the cross-countryevent at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the silver medal four years later at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He is the overall winner of the UCI World Cup in 2011, along with taking 3rd place in 2010 and 2012. In 2013 and 2015 Kulhavy partnered with Christoph Sauser to win the Absa Cape Epic mountain bike stage race (“Tour de France of mountain biking”) Kulhavy raced the Absa Cape Epic with Sauser again in March, 2017, but their bid for a third win together was foiled by Nino Schurter and Matthias Stirnemann (Scott-Sram), who eventually prevailed by eight minutes. In June 2014 he took the world title in mountain bike marathon. At the Olympic Games in Rio in 2016 he came in second in the cross country race. Shortly after the start, he entered the front group and gradually formed a leading couple along with Nino Schurter, who was slowly passing by. In the penultimate sixth lap, Kulhavý was unable to respond to the arrival of a Swiitzerland cyclist and a gap grew gradually between the two rivals. Jaroslav Kulhavý, however, watched his second place and won the silver medal. (Wikipedia)

Nino Schurter: 2016 gold medal winner in cross-country mountain biking 

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Nino Schurter (born 13 May 1986) is a Swiss cross-country cyclist who races for the SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing Team. Schurter won the world championship in men’s cross-country in 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017 and the overall UCI World Cup in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2017. He won the gold medal in mountain biking at the 2016 Olympics, the silver medal 2012 Olympics and the bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics. He won the Swiss National Championship in cross-country mountain biking in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. He joined Orica–GreenEDGE for a number of road races during the 2014 season. (Wikipedia)

Many thanks for reading, everyone! As always, happy cycling!

-Barton Haynes

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Vintage Bicycle Art | Barton Haynes

Hello, cycling enthusiasts!

Today, I was inspired once again by my Pinterest page where I am constantly motivated and encouraged by numerous photographs and pictures of everything cycling related.

Just this week, I created a new page called “Bicycle Art.” I’m such a fan of cycling art and have it mounted all over my house. In addition, I love everything and anything related to vintage cycling. Check out my cycling vintage posts below if you’d like to see just how much I love vintage cycling photos:

Therefore, I decided to celebrate the creation of my new Bicycle Art page and combine it with my love of vintage photographs by creating a post today all about vintage cycling art. All of the images below can be sourced on Pinterest and found on my Pinterest page. Many thanks for following along, as always, and enjoy!

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Best of luck out there, everyone! I hope you’re enjoying hitting the pavement this month as much as I am.

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February 2018: Cycling in the News | Barton Haynes

Hello, fellow cyclists! I hope that you all have been having a wonderful month so far. Is anyone hitting pavement at this time of year?

Here in San Diego County, the weather has been sunny and beautiful. The forecast for this week is in the late 60’s and early-to-mid 70’s which is nothing to complain about. Because of this, I’ve been cycling every day before I head to work in the mornings. However, in other parts of the country, I know that this isn’t possible. I have many friends on the East Coast who have been stuck indoors and have been busy perfecting their indoor cycling routines.

If you’re in the same boat, be sure and check out my previous posts titled EXERCISE ROUTINES FOR CYCLING, THE BEST EXERCISE BIKES, WORKOUTS FOR INDOOR CYCLING, and INDOOR TRAINING IN WINTER.

No matter what you’re cycling circumstances are at the moment, I’m hoping that you have a few minutes to catch up on what’s going on with cycling in the news. As an avid cyclist, I think it’s important to keep up on the sport and to stay informed.

Below are the most prominent features headlining cycling in the news for February 2018. I hope you find them as enlightening as I did!

Cyclists face ban from road near Hull famed for time trials

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“Cyclists may be banned from a stretch of the A63 near Hull which was once used by the Olympian Bradley Wiggins, in a move described as deeply concerning by the sport’s governing body. 

Highways England has applied for a traffic regulation order to stop cyclists using part of the road which is regarded as the fastest 10-mile time trial course in the UK.

The agency said it was seeking the ban “in the interests of road safety” after six crashes involving cyclists and vehicles in the past five years, including one fatal collision.”

Read more on the FULL ARTICLE.

Laura Kenny to make cycling return six months after having first child

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“Laura Kenny says she and husband Jason are “just like any other working family” after they were both named in Great Britain’s squad for the track world championships, which takes place just six months after the birth of their son Albie.

While the six-times Olympic champion Jason returned to racing in January, the selection of Laura, a four-times Olympic champion, was more of a surprise. The 25-year-old has been back in training for around four months. The couple will take Albie with them to the Apeldoorn event in the Netherlands from 28 February to 4 March.”

Read more on the FULL ARTICLE.

High-vis, low-conflict: Kampala gets its first Critical Mass cycle ride

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“Do you know what is going on here today?” I ask Annette, the banana seller I’m buying a quick breakfast from. She doesn’t, so I explain that people are gathering here to ride bicycles together. We’re standing on Luwum street in central Kampala, looking out at a completely alien scene. With the usual sea of cars, minibus taxis and boda bodas (the city’s famous motorbike taxis) absent, the whole road is visible and looks 10 times more spacious than usual. It has been adorned with colourful paintings – including green cycle lanes – and we can see people walking, talking and cycling, while children run around playing.

It is a playground in the middle of a city where people rarely stop to play; there is too much work to be done. “I don’t know how to ride a bicycle, but I’d like to learn,” says Annette as she observes the scene, sighing: “But how can I learn? Are you going to teach me?”

Read more on the FULL ARTICLE.

Cycling community mourns passing of mentor, benefactor Mengoni

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“The North American cycling community mourns the passing of longtime mentor and benefactor to cyclists Fred Mengoni. The Italian-American died February 2. He was 94.

His love for cycling extended across decades, and was instrumental in kick-starting careers of several top-level pros as well as provided early funding for what eventually became USA Cycling. He was admitted to the U.S Bicycling Hall of Fame in 1994.”

Read more on the FULL ARTICLE.

Davis Brailsford defends Team Sky’s decision not to suspend Chris Froome

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“Sir Dave Brailsford has defended the decision not to suspend Chris Froome as he spoke for the first time about the four-times Tour de France winner’s failed drugs test.

The Team Sky principal has come under pressure from cycling’s governing body, the UCI, to suspend Froome from riding as scientists and lawyers acting on his behalf seek to explain why double the permitted amount of the asthma drug salbutamol was found in a drug test during the Vuelta a España in September. But Brailsford was adamant that no anti-doping rule violation had been committed by Froome, who could face a ban and being stripped of his Vuelta title.”

Read more on the FULL ARTICLE.

Many thanks for following along! Please check out my other cycling-related sites listed below if you’re interested. Happy cycling!

-Barton Haynes

19th Century Cycling | Barton Haynes

Hello, fellow cyclists!

Today I’m sharing sharing some photographs from many years ago when cycling was just beginning to take off as a sport. As this article from The Guardian discusses, 19th century cyclists truly did pave the way for vehicles of the future. Therefore, today, we’ll honor our cycling forefathers in this blog post all about 19th century cycling.

In between the photos below, I’ll share excerpts regarding cycling about and from the 19th century.

Many thanks for visiting the site, as always, and enjoy!

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“The bicycle is in truth the women’s emancipator. It imparts an open-air freedom and freshness to a life hithertofore cribbed, cabined and confined by convention. The cyclists have collided with the unamiable Mrs Grundy (a voice for conservative opinion in the period) and ridden triumphantly over her prostrate body.” -Female Cyclist, 1899

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“To find oneself miles from anywhere, with the mossiest of banks inviting a loll, a smoke and a quiet chat with congenial clubmates – to experience these things is to taste the real sweets of the cyclists’ existence.” -Bristol Tricycle and Cycling Club, 1897

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“If physical mobility is an essential condition of freedom, the bicycle has probably been the greatest single device for achieving what Marx has called the full realisation of being human invented since Gutenberg, and the only one without obvious drawbacks.” -Eric Hobsbawm

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“Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer true
I’m half crazy over the love of you
It won’t be a stylish marriage
I can’t afford a carriage
But you’ll look sweet
Upon the seat
Of a bicycle built for two.” -Harry Darce’s Song “Daisy Bell” written in 1892

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“We have had many pleasures in the way of travelling, but we have never yet experienced such exhilarating enthusiasm or such complete recreation. What once was impossible has become possible, and distance is no longer the barrier to the refreshment of country life or contact with kindred spirits.” -Newspaper, 1895

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“Those men and women in the 1890s were the first generation to experience what we would recognise as ‘modern’ bicycles. In the late 1880s penny farthings began to be replaced by safety bicycles, with diamond frames, chain-driven rear wheels and pneumatic tyres. For the vast majority of the population who did not own horse-drawn vehicles, purchasing a bicycle meant that for the first time they owned their own personal means of longer-distance transportation.” -From The Guardian’s Secret History of 19th Century Cyclists

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“When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.” -Arthur Conan Doyle, 1896

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“Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.” -H.G. Wells

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Road Bikes | Barton Haynes

Hello, cyclists! Today, I’m going to be sharing more images featured on my Pinterest page. This post is all about fantastic looking road bikes.

I’m absolutely in love with my own bike, but that doesn’t mean I can’t drool over bikes that pop up on Pinterest. I’ve currently saved over 100 bikes on my page titled “Road Bikes“. Check it out if you haven’t already!

Here are 5 of my favorite bikes on this page right now.

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Unicycles | Barton Haynes

As evident from my most recent post on www.barthaynes.com, I’m on a unicycling kick this week. Although I haven’t had much experience on the saddle of one of these incredible, one-wheeled contraptions, they live in the same family as road bikes and I thought I’d give them some thought. Upon researching, I’ve learned a great deal about the evolution and the current state of the unicycle. Head over to my article-based site to read The History of the Unicycle to find out more.

On this site, however, I’ll continue to share photographs of this incredible vehicle. As you’ll see and read below, the “one-wheeled bicycle” has come a long way in its roughly 100 years of existence. Please enjoy the snippets of information provided from online sources below accompanied by pictures of the incredible unicycle.

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“A unicycle is a vehicle that touches the ground with only one wheel. The most common variation has a frame with a saddle, and has a pedal-driven direct drive. Unicycling is practiced professionally in circuses by street performers, and in festivals and as a hobby. Unicycles have also been used to create new sports such as unicycle hockey. In recent years unicycles have also been used in activities similar to mountain biking or trials.” -Wikipedia

“Typically, [the unicycle] it consists of a seat attached to a frame that is attached to the wheel hub. Seats are available in a variety of sizes and shapes. Unlike a bicycle seat, they are often curved slightly downward and symmetrical. They are padded and may have “bumpers” on each end to protect them during one of the rider’s inevitable falls. Some seats are designed with handles on the front to enable the rider to do various tricks.” -Encyclopedia.com

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“Traditionally, unicycling has been seen as a circus skill which has been performed at events to entertain the public in the circus or during parades, carnivals, or street festivals. Recent developments in the strength and durability of bicycle (and consequently unicycle) parts have given rise to many new activities including trials unicycling and mountain unicycling. Unicycling is arguably now as much a competitive sport and recreational pursuit as an entertainment activity.” -Wikipedia

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“Like many obscure niche sports, this extreme style of unicycling would not have reached the success it holds today if not for the enthusiastic popularity it had with the public. Due to this support, a number of companies and manufacturers started creating new designs to cater to this rising sport.” –Unicycle Guru

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“In Japan where unicycling is a mandatory part of every elementary and middle school childs PE curriculum, there are now more than a million and a half unicyclists. Japans Chancelor understood the value of unicycling (building better balance) as an intrical part of life and decided it would be an injustice to not offer it to the population. Just one success story of many. A huge benefit of unicycling is the size. Not only are they more compact to fit in may more places than a bicycle would, they don’t require all the extra components such as chaines, gears, breaks handle bars and more. Much less expensive to maintain and obtain.” -justonewheel.com

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“While the unicycle designs have changed little over the years, inventors have not stopped trying to produce a better cycle. Most of these attempts have been related to making the unicycle safer and easier to ride. For example, a patent issued in the United States during 1994 describes a unicycle that is designed to have a limited tilt. This invention uses a ground contact attached to the pedals to limit the amount of tilt that the rider experiences. Another patent issued in 1999 describes a unicycle that is equipped with handlebars that can aid beginning riders. In addition to these new designs, other improvements in unicycles will likely be in the form of new composite materials that make the vehicles stronger, more durable, and lighter.” -Encyclopedia.com

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“No gears, no brakes, no handlebars, no problem.” -Muni Weekend T-shirts, 1998

 

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8 Concept Bikes | Barton Haynes

Greetings to everyone from the wonderful world of cycling headquarters here at bartonhaynes.com! For those of you who are just stumbling onto this site, I’m Barton Haynes, your cycling guru. I love anything and everything having to do with bicycles. As I wrote in my introduction post titled Barton Haynes Cycling – San Deigo, I manage two bicycle websites. The first is over at barthaynes.com (for more information, check out my About page). The second, obviously, is this site. The difference between the two is that the latter is photography-based and my original blog is article-based and packed with information all about my favorite cycling subjects. Some of my favorite posts to date include The History of the Bicycle, How to Clean Bicycle Breaks, and Cycling Quotes.

My most recent post on barthaynes.com, however, was all about bicycles of the future (feel free to click over directly to the article titled 5 Futuristic Bicycles). Writing this post had me thinking all about concept bikes this past week. With so many new inventions springing up on the market, I’m itching to see what will be released in the cycling sphere over the next few years.

Therefore, today, I’m sharing some 8 concept bikes with you all. Concept bikes are purely what they are by definition – just concepts. For now. My sincerest hope is that these incredible ideas make it through to the development stage so that we might see and experience a revolution in the world of bicycles.

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After taking a look, do you have a favorite? Is your imagination reeling? I hope that I was able to provide some cycling inspiration for you today as we think about the future of bicycles.

Many thanks for visiting my site and happy riding!

Sincerely,

Barton Haynes

Vintage Cycling Photographs | Barton Haynes

Greetings, fellow cyclists, and thank you so much for visiting my new site for Barton Haynes Cycling!

As many of you who follow along know, I’m a great fan of anything and everything having to do with vintage cycling. In fact, I have an entire Pinterest board dedicated to Vintage Cycling.

Today, I’m going to be sharing my favorite vintage cycling photographs chronologically throughout the years. I hope that these photos are able to give you a glimpse into what the wonderful world of bicycles used to look like for our cycling forefathers.

1888 – Bone Shakers

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1912 – Leon Didier behind Arthur Pasquier

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1921 – Tour de France

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1928 – Tour de France

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1936 – Col d’Izoard

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1940 – Tour de France

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1953 – Tour de France, Bordeaux

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1986 – Tour de France, Robert Millar

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Thank you all for taking a bicycle tour with me covering nearly 100 years of cycling history. Again, if you want to see more, be sure and check out my Pinterest page covering Vintage Cycling.

Happy riding,

Barton Haynes

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Cycling in California | Barton Haynes

Happy Earth Day week to all of my fellow cyclists! Today, I wanted to celebrate and send thanks to this beautiful Earth that provides the foundation for my bicycle rides. To commemorate this day, I’m going to share some photos with you of the beautiful place where I live: San Diego, California.

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A synopsis provided by Google perfectly summarizes the beautiful city in which I live:

“San Diego is a city on the Pacific coast of California known for its beaches, parks and warm climate. Immense Balboa Park is the site of the renowned San Diego Zoo, as well as numerous art galleries, artist studios, museums and gardens.”

San Diego is paradise for the outdoor enthusiast because, in addition to these incredible attractions, the sun is almost always shining. Even in the wintertime, I’m able to get out on my bike in my cycling shorts and short-sleeved jerseys.

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Many other parts of California boast the same climate. California truly is a cyclists’ nirvana. Be it through the winding roads of wine country in Napa, the American River Bike Trail in Sacramento, or the San Gabriel River Trail in Los Angeles ending at Seal Beach, California has a path for cyclists of all levels, backgrounds, and preferences.

For those of you interested in cycling in California, I have provided a list of links below that will aid you in your journey.

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To conclude, I’ll quote an excerpt from udctours.com that eloquently sums up the California cycling experience:

“California has the best locations in North America for bicycle tours, offering world class cycling vacations. Sun-drenched country roads through Wine Country vineyards. Towering redwood forests. Rugged Pacific Coast. Challenging and scenic Sierra mountain passes. Stunning high desert landscapes. This varied state offers the vacationing cyclist many challenges, personal rewards, and an abundance of fun.”

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Thanks for following along and, as always, happy cycling!

-Barton Haynes