Joomla! site syndication http://www.tourdethailand.com Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:53:55 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.tourdethailand.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.tourdethailand.com Joomla! site syndication http://www.tourdethailand.com/news/tour-news/2007-registration-now-open.html Registration is now open for the Tour de Thailand 2008. The Tour de Thailand is in it's 6th year; it runs the length of Thailand (2,300 kilometers/1,438 miles) from the jungle-clad mountains of Chiang Mai to the deep blue Andaman Sea of Phuket. The registration fee is US$495 and payable by PayPal or credit card when you register. Register for the Tour de Thailand (http://www.tourdethailand.com/tour-de-thailand-registration.html) News - Tour News Tue, 19 Jun 2007 02:07:58 +0100 http://www.tourdethailand.com/news/tour-news/tour-de-thailand-on-destination-thailand.html We love our friends at Destination Thailand, they are always filming cool places and interesting things to do in Thailand--like the Tour de Thailand! Here's a clip of the wrap-up for the 2007 TdeT. News - Tour News Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:41:12 +0100 http://www.tourdethailand.com/news/general-news/bicycling-more-prevalent-among-wealthy.html Excerpted from the UK Times: The richer people become the further they cycle, according to official British figures overturning conventional wisdom that the bicycle is largely a poor man’s mode of transport. The richest fifth of the population cycle on average 2½ times as far in a year as the poorest fifth. The British Department for Transport’s National Travel Survey indicates that the poorest fifth, despite being five times less likely to have access to a car, are very unlikely to consider cycling as a solution to their transport needs. The London Cycling Campaign said that people on higher incomes tend to be better educated about the health benefits of cycling and more concerned with maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Link to full article @ UK Times Online (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2500754.ece) News - General News Sun, 21 Oct 2007 21:17:52 +0100 http://www.tourdethailand.com/news/general-news/in-beijing-red-means-go.html In Beijing the bicycles don't stop for red lights. I had pretty much figured this out for myself by my second day on a rented 15-speed mountain bike. But it was Lu Xianfang who taught me how to weave my way across eight lanes of traffic that had the green light, and probably thought it had the right of way. Link to full article (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2004/11/07/AR2005041502355.html) (of-site) News - General News Sun, 21 Oct 2007 21:24:35 +0100 http://www.tourdethailand.com/news/general-news/in-paris-riding-a-bike-is-liberating.html Beginning on July 15, thousands of bicycles became available in Paris at hundreds of self-service docking stations installed around the city by J. C. Decaux, an outdoor advertising company. Anyone, even fresh-off-the-plane Americans, can stroll over, swipe a credit card and ride away on a sturdy, well-maintained three-speed bike, a “vélo” in French. Access to the bikes is available all of the time; it's liberating, as in “liberté,” so the “Vélib” was born. Twelve weeks after the introduction of the Vélib, 15,000 bikes have been put into service at more than 1,000 stations. In that time Vélibiens (or Vélibeurs or perhaps Vélibistes) have checked out bicycles almost six million times and ridden them an estimated 7.5 million miles. The Vélib system is simple. You swipe a credit card in a kiosk that is located beside a row of parked bikes and purchase a one-day, one-week or one-year subscription. (The system also takes a 150-euro deposit authorization to ensure the bike's safe return.) The machine prints out a card with your code number and you enter a personal password. You tap in this code and password to unlock a bike and ride off. Link to full article (http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/10/14/travel/14Journeys.htm) (offsite) News - General News Sun, 21 Oct 2007 21:13:40 +0100