Norfolk (Global Adventures): Bf1systems, a company better known for its motorsport and automotive product range and Formula 1 ambitions, just introduced the “Factor 001″, a bicycle without compromise. “Our objective in designing the Factor 001 was simple: to approach the design of the bicycle with no respect for rules or restrictions,” says a statement on [...]

Oceanside (Global Adventures): The 29th Annual Race across America (RAAM) is scheduled to kick off on June 8 with women and men aged 60 and over, followed by solo men on June 9 and teams on June 12. Racers will start in Oceanside, California and finish in Annapolis, Maryland. Solo racers will make the 3,000-mile [...]

France (Global Adventures): The European season of road cycling stage races traditionally kicks off with the Paris-Nice race. In 2010, the top riders of 22 teams will compete in the 799 Mile (1,285 kilometer) race, starting on March 07 in Montfort-l’Amaury.
The route moves through the Loire Region to Limoges before turning back to the east [...]

Des Moines (Global Adventures): The 38th edition of the Des Moines Register’s Annual Great Ride Across Iowa (Ragbrai) is coming July 25 through 31, 2010. Ragbrai was started in 1973 by columnists Donald Kaul and John Karras who thought it would be fun to ride their bikes across the state of Iowa.  They invited people [...]

Montreal (Global Adventures): The Bixi bicycle-sharing system will be implemented in Boston and London/England, according to Gérald Tremblay, Montreal’s mayor. From the beginning, Montreal officials had big ambitions for the new system that now goes beyond the borders of that Canadian city.
However, it is not clear at this point if the initial roll-out in Boston [...]

Menton, a town-resort with an outstanding climate nestling between the Principality of Monaco to the west and the Italian Riviera to the east, is the ideal spot to tour the Mediterranean.
Its exceptional gardens, preserved architectural heritage and gentle way of life have made Menton one of today’s most popular holiday destinations in Europe. Since the [...]

Austria shares a big part of the Eastern Alps with Switzerland and Liechtenstein, as well as parts of southern Germany, northern Italy and Slovenia. The highest mountain in the Eastern Alps is Piz Bernina (4,049 m) in Switzerland. With the exception of other peaks in the Bernina range, the next highest mountains are [...]

If you are a fanatic cyclist and you have some money to spare, you may want to consider Aurumania.  The Danish company currently sells the most expensive bicycles available. Every visible surface on the hand built track bike is plated with 24-carat gold. If that’s not enough, the “statement on wheels” also features more than [...]