Cycling fans in the US will have a six-pack of UCI classified road race events in this country next year as cycling's governing body recently set its 2012 America's Tour calendar.
In all, there are 26 bicycle races on the calendar for North and South America.
It's good to see the Tour of Utah and USA Pro Cycling Challenge, both won by Levi Leipheimer, back on the calendar in 2012. …
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Sipping my favorite beverage and watching the latest Ken Burns documentary on PBS — “Prohibition” — I couldn't help thinking about what a compelling piece he could create about the bicycle.
Having seen many of his previous documentaries, such as “The Civil War,” “Baseball,” “Lewis & Clark,” “The National Parks” and “Jazz,” it seems that many of the same themes he examined in those works would be available with the bicycle.
For starters, bicycling erupted into a craze in the U.S. almost as soon as the first velocipedes began arriving on our shores ….
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The proposed 50,000-mile network of bicycle byways called the US Bicycle Route System is getting a $100,000 boost.
The Adventure Cycling Association announced it has procured grants from four foundations to continue its work on the USBRS.
The nonprofit bike touring association has been coordinating efforts to create the bike route system that will connect common destinations for travelers, such as cities and national landmarks.
So far, volunteers and state highway staff in 41 states are working to bring the bicycle routes to life.
They're looking for the most bicycle-friendly roads …
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Save Mount Diablo hosts the Mount Diablo Challenge
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There's an easy (well, maybe not so easy) way to decide who is the best climber among San Francisco Bay Area bicyclists — take the Mount Diablo Challenge.
More than 600 cyclists completed the 30th anniversary of the event on Sunday, some in all seriousness and others for the pure joy of climbing 3,249 feet in 11.2 miles.
The fastest cyclist to the top of the peak that dominates the Bay Area skyline in Danville was Nathaniel English …
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Although the John Wayne Pioneer Trail is a rail-trail well-suited for bicycling, the trail head at South Cle Elum is certainly a draw for railroad enthusiasts.
The large rail yard built by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad in the early 1900s is preserved there, and a few buildings remain intact. Pedaling into town on the rail-trail gave me a slow-motion idea of the scene witnessed by locomotive engineers.
Lately I've been bicycling different sections of the John Wayne Pioneer Trail east of the Snoqualmie Tunnel. While I don't have the opportunity for a nice through-trip …
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From Ripley's Believe It or Not entitled “Strikingly True”
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A record 7,500 bicyclists rolled out for the Levi Leipheimer's King Ridge Gran Fondo on Saturday in a ride that unfortunately was marred by three serious injuries.
Police said that wet pavement may have been a factor in both crashes that occurred on winding roads on a particularly hilly section near the Pacific Coast in Sonoma County.
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports Kristin Rossi, 43, of Hillsborough was injured in a solo crash at 11:43 a.m. An hour later at about the same location …
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Here's a photo of Kate Hudson and Goldie Hawn riding their bicycles one day in Santa Monica.
It's kind of comforting to know that such celebrities as the daughter and mother actresses enjoy heading out for a bicycle ride, even in apparently inclement weather.
Canada's Province website has a long list of celebrities (nearly 100) riding their bicycles accompanied by their photos. Richard Masoner over at the Cyclelicious blog runs a regular feature of “(Famous person) rides a bicycle.”
My only problem with looking at images of “stars” riding bicycles is that it's hard to tell who is really out for a bike ride, and who is out for a photo op.
I also suffer the added difficulty of not really recognizing some of the celebrities …
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Kate Hudson and Goldie Hawn in Santa Monica
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