Paratriathlon European Champion Fitted at Bike Science North East

European Paratriathlon Gold Medallist Charlotte Ellis paid a visit to Bike Science North East recently for our first ever tandem bike fit. Charlotte has won triathlon titles all over the UK and Europe as well as being a former North East region sports personality of the year! Charlotte competes in the Tri 6 visually impaired [...]

Source: http://blog.bike-science.com/2012/09/14/paratriathlon-european-champion-fitted-at-bike-science-north-east

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Adventure Cycling Forums Thanks

The other day I came across an email from Director of Routes & Mapping, Carla Majernik that reminded me I have never publicly acknowledged all the participants of our discussion forums. "In reading the Route Forums I realize there are many cyclists out there who contribute regularly to help others." We think this is one of our unsung resources that deserves a little spotlight.

Since the forums were launched in 2003, they have grown to almost 5,000 participants. While that may not sound like a large number in the grand scope of the internet, the easy going nature of our participants goes a long way in my book and matters more than sheer numbers.


Throughout the discussions, strong opinions are welcome and often stated, though forum members lean more toward polite and helpful responses. My experience in reviewing forum discussions over the years is that we have a pretty high 'quality conversation to noise' ratio. As well as very low to almost non-existent snarky or rude content. And these days, very little spam makes it through!

In the five main areas -- Bicycle Travel, Route Development, U.S. Bicycle Route System, Bicycling Communities and Regional Discussion Area -- topics range from Hi, I'm a newby after advice! to Woman riding by herself and Rain Gear (yet again...) to Overcoming butt pain.

We are fortunate to have among our members some cyclists who have generously given their time and bicycle-travel expertise to help others. I want to share with you a few of the top contributors.

Staehjp1 is our most prolific contributor. He can be found in the General Discussion, Gear Talk and Routes discussions offering lots of advice and suggestions for improvements to routes or equipment or plans.

In 2002, Fred Hiltz volunteered to be part of the then-new GPS waypoint project. Along the way he became a forum moderator helping us keep the spam-bots in check and answering questions from his deep well of bicycle travel experiences. He continues to be most active in the GPS Discussion helping countless cyclists get their GPS units up and running, but you can also find him chiming in the General Discussion and Routes areas.

One of our top contributors, valygrl has a lot more to offer than her perspective as a woman cyclist. She is an experienced bicycle traveler who knows cycling in the mountains as well as, if not better than anyone else on the forum.

Bogiesan is one of our resident recumbent enthusiasts who gladly presents another point of view on the bike. His advice is most often found in the Gear Talk and General Discussion areas.

I can't finish this letter of thanks without extending a great big one to John Sieber (sieber) as well. John is our IT Manager and is a general all around good guy to boot. He has spent innumerable hours tweaking the forums software and spam detection routines over the years to keep things tip top and running smoothly. In 2008, he migrated all the older forum content to the modern forum software we are using today improving the total experience for all users.

If you haven't visited our forums before, I encourage you to give them a try. You can search and read them without an account. If you wish to participate as a member of this community, all it takes is an email account to get signed up.

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GEOPOINTS BULLETIN is written by Jennifer 'Jenn' Milyko, an Adventure Cycling cartographer, and appears weekly, highlighting curious facts, figures, and persons from Adventure Cycling's Route Network with tips and hints for personal route creation thrown in for good measure. She also wants to remind you that map corrections and comments are always welcome via the online Map Correction Form.

Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2012/10/adventure-cycling-forums-thanks.html

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Tour de France?Without Lance

A few years ago the Tour de France experienced a time of transition. For seven years Lance Armstrong stood on the podium wearing the yellow jersey. When he announced his retirement we all new things would change. Americans loved being represented by such a dominant champion. The years between his retirement and comeback were interesting. [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/tour-de-france-without-lance/

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TdF Stage 12 ? Klöden ? Pain and Suffering

To the uninitiated, when enthusiasts talk about how elite cyclists can suffer and push themselves through pain, it?s usually a good thing, a compliment. It often refers to a rider pedaling up a high mountain or a long time trial where the toughest mental competitors drive themselves beyond their physical red zone and can hold [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/tdf-stage-12-kloden-pain-and-suffering/

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Why cyclists should hope not cope

Last night I had the pleasure of hearing from Mark Ames of I Bike London fame at one of the Street Talks. His message was simple: Cyclists should no longer just cope, they should hope. It reflects a changing attitude amongst cycle campaigners in the past 12 months. The revolution in cycle campaigning The stereotypical [...]

The post Why cyclists should hope not cope appeared first on London Cyclist Blog.

Source: http://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/why-cyclists-should-hope-not-cope/

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Sébastien Rosseler Wins Three-Day Race of De Panne-Koksijde

Press Release, 31st March 2011: Team RadioShack?s Sébastien Rosseler powered to the victory in the second part of the third stage of the Three-Day Race of De Panne-Koksijde (Belgium), an individual time trial in De Panne over 14.7km/9.2mi. The Belgian rider completed the course in 18:31:83 with an average speed of 47.6 k/h. The race [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/sebastien-rosseler-wins-three-day-race-of-de-panne-koksijde/

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The Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders), Sunday April 3, 2011

Warning: Cycle Crazy Week Ahead! A high of 13 degrees Celsius with showers in the morning becoming cloudy in the afternoon. That’s the forecast for Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) on the ProTour circuit. One of the five so called “monuments” in the sport, this 95th edition of the race will see many [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/the-ronde-van-vlaanderen-tour-of-flanders-sunday-april-3-2011/

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Kloden Leads the GC after Stage 2 in Vuelta al País Vasco 2011

Stage 2 and another day in the mountains. The good news? Well at least the weather?s good! With 45 kms to ride the peloton was following a breakaway group, descending a sweeping, wide and sun-flooded road from Berastegi. The boys of Garmin-Cervelo had the front and were enjoying the pace setting. The breakaway, including Moinard [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/kloden-leads-the-gc-after-stage-2-in-vuelta-al-pais-vasco-2011/

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Freire Has Stage Victory Invalidated at Basque Tour

Just when you think you?re witnessing one of the least interesting stages of the summer, a 179-kilometer (111-mile) up and down grinder in the Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco, with the predictable break away being dangled on a 2-minute string by the big named teams who will inevitably bunch it over the last climb to [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/freire-has-stage-victory-invalidated-at-basque-tour/

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