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Big Sky Biking: Missoula’s Bitterroot Trail

By Dan Shryock

This is the first of a two-part series on family cycling in the Pacific Northwest. Read about bike rides in Boise, Idaho, in the June issue.

It was a long drive to Missoula. It was scenic but on arrival lethargic legs told me some time was needed on two wheels. The next morning I rolled the bike from my hotel room and within minutes I was riding along the city’s trail system along Clark Fork River.

Within a mile I was on the Bitterroot Trail and on my way out of town.

1890s California Race Scene

By Bob Marr

When Waltham, Massachusetts, opened its oval dirt track on Memorial Day, 1893, it was one of the finest bicycle tracks anywhere and the first in Massachusetts dedicated solely to bicycle racing. With a covered grandstand and adjacent bleachers it was designed to seat 9,000 spectators. Today it might be hard to imagine building a 9,000 seat facility for bike racing, but in fact on opening day a crowd of 15,000 showed up for the races and were lined up six-deep around the track, with many others seated on the adjacent hillsides.

Bike Events in the Age of COVID-19

Coronavirus 19 is wreaking havoc on this spring's bicycle events — Here is a short list of the events that we know have rescheduled or are canceled for 2020. We will add to this list as we hear of other event changes — check back frequently for more.