More than 220 bicyclists are setting off from Oceanside, California, to endure the best approach to winning the 3,043-mile Race Across America — keep your seat in the saddle.
Over the next 8 to 14 days, the cyclists will cross hot deserts, cold mountain passes and windy prairies on their way to Atlantic City. In addition to extremes of weather and cycling conditions, they’ll also face their own conditioning and suffer the bizarre side-effects of sleep deprivation.
Actually, just 24 men and 5 women are competing in the solo divisions this year. The remaining cyclists are competing in …
Great Britain’s Bradley Wiggins won the prologue in the 8-day Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré on Sunday, finishing slightly faster than Americans Levi Leipheimer (2nd) and David Zabriskie (4th).
Leipheimer, the overall winner in 2006, was the last to start the 2.6-mile time trial in Grenoble and finished less than 2 seconds behind Wiggins, who rides for Cofidis.
The Dauphiné Libéré is considered one of the best warm-ups for the Tour de France, which starts in London on July 7 this year. …
GOLDEN CITY, MO. - Was this a mirage after too many hours in the saddle? We slipped into a couple of valleys after Pennsboro and were climbing out of the second one when I saw something standing up ahead of me in the road. At first I thought it was Bruce, but he was behind me. Then it looked like a tree had sprouted from the pavement. As I got closer, I saw it was a woman sitting astride a horse watching our slow approach.
She called us over just as we were about to pass. There was a birthday party at a farmhouse. Someone offered us a beer, and we could see no reason to refuse…
Yesterday’s ride came out of the blue.
It was Friday night and I was still wondering if the peeps from PMTB have something planned for the weekend. There was nothing in the forum about a ride, either for Saturday or Sunday. I still am a “lurker” in the forum, meaning, a newbie trying to […]
Posted by admin on 10 Jun 2007 at 2:28 pm under Cycling | Link
Mike Grenville
at flickr.comA few weeks ago I wrote that Seattle’s contingent of World Naked Bike Ride was struggling to find a date for the ride because so many naked/painted-body bike rides were scheduled around the same time.
While many cities chose Saturday for the demonstration, Seattle riders must have been relieved the ride was rescheduled here, what with a constant drizzle and temperatures hovering in the low 50s.
Seattle’s official date for its World Naked Bike Ride is July 14, with a corresponding night ride on June 30, Critical Mass. …
Hi all. I joined the sport this year. Two sprint races under my belt. I’m hooked and want to run an olympic level later this year. I’m a clydesdale, which I thought was funny when I first learned of the classifications. 6′1 255lbs.
When I decided to run my first race I went to the pool, started swimming, bought a bike, and started riding. I’m now trying to actually follow a plan and most importantly, pay attention to nutrition!!!
I’ll probably have a thousand questions later down the road.
