Ben King Profile

Ben King Profile Benjamin King (born March 22, 1989 in North Garden, Virginia) is an American professional road-racing cyclist who moves up to Team RadioShack for the 2011 season.  Ben started racing at the age of 14 showing great promise and winning junior national titles before signing with Kelly Benefit Strategies.  He attended college at [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/ben-king-profile/

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Ben Hermans, Top 12 at Brabant Arrow

Team RadioShack?s Ben Hermans (BEL) showed excellent form in Wednesday?s 51st edition of De Brabantse Pijl, one of the Flanders Classics, which kicked off in Leuven, Belgium and finished in Overijse some 201 kilometers (124 miles) away. He missed a move by the eventual winner Philippe Gilbert?s Omega-Lotto team when they pulled hard to get [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/ben-hermans-top-12-at-brabant-arrow/

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How do you win a bike race?

How do you win a bike race? This seems to be quite a simple question for quite a complex answer.  If it was that simple, everyone would be able to do it, right?  I will not claim to know the art of winning, but I have won a race or two in my career.  That being said, I have also lost far more than I have won, yet through each loss, I continue to learn.  Learn from my mistakes, and start winning more.  Or, it may be more fun to...

Source: http://alisonstarnes.com/how-do-you-win-a-bike-race/

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MapMyRIDE Signs Levi Leipheimer

MapMyRIDE Signs Team RadioShack’s Levi Leipheimer as New Product Spokesperson 2011 Tour de Suisse Winner and Team RadioShack Member Will Use MapMyRIDE’s Innovative Web And Mobile Products Over the Course of His Training MapMyRIDE, the premier provider of Web- and mobile-based training and mapping applications for cyclists, announced today that Levi Leipheimer, current member of [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/mapmyride-signs-levi-leipheimer/

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Reader Giveaway: A Bike Shipping Box from BikeFlights.com


BikeFlights.com is a travel service provider for the bicycle community. Rider owned and operated, BikeFlights has been leading the effort to make traveling with your bike easier since 2009. They offer discount bicycle shipping service, an online store for bike shipping boxes, bike travel insurance that covers lost registration fees, pre-paid travel costs, and which provides emergency medical and evacuation coverage specifically for cyclists, as well as cheap airline tickets.

BikeFlights has been a Gold Corporate member of Adventure Cycling for several years, as well as a supporter of our U.S. Bicycle Route System.  In the past year, they have added bike shipping boxes to their list of services in an effort to help cyclists to get the best deals on shipping their bikes.  Their boxes are optimized in their size to help you get the best rate and they will keep your bike safe as it travels.  Potentially better than secondhand cardboard and duct tape!

To help spread the word about their new product, we will be giving away a SERFAS Bike Transport box, from BikeFlights, to one lucky Adventure Cycling blog reader.   To be eligible for this giveaway, simply leave a comment, telling us the locale of your most memorable bike ride, by midnight, PST on 10/11.  Winner will be chosen at random on Oct 12th. 

Even if you aren't our winner, you can still get 10% off of your purchase of a bike case through BikeFlights if you are an Adventure Cycling member.  Get the discount code by creating a log-in/logging in to your My Adventure Cycling account.  Not a member? Join today to take advantage of this and other discounts!

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MEMBERSHIP HIGHLIGHTS is typically posted every other Friday by Amy Corbin, Membership and Marketing Coordinator. Membership Highlights spotlights the various benefits of membership,our accomplishments thanks to member support, and even interviews with some of our most passionate and dedicated members, both individual and organizational.

Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2012/10/reader-giveaway-bike-shipping-box-from.html

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Choosing a bike saddle for comfort

By: Zoey Lancaster
Choosing a bike saddle for comfort is fun and can be used for stress relief. The last thing a cyclist needs is an uncomfortable saddle, as this will make riding an unbearable experience. Some people think that saddle discomfort has to be tolerated, but a proper bike seat is all you need to enjoy the freedom, convenience and pleasures of bike riding. The shape of a saddle is important in accommodating your anatomy. Women?s bicycle saddles are wider than men?s due to their wider sit bones. For a saddle that fits you perfectly, you need to consider your build, age, gender, weight, type of biking and riding time. A good bicycle saddle should be able to support your body weight while you pedal, balance and steer. When you hit a bump or cycle over uneven surfaces, the saddle must absorb the shock without transferring it to you. This way, you will not feel any impact.

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Team RadioShack?s Stable of Champions

Most of the National Road-Race and Time-Trial Cycling Championships around the world are now complete and once again, Team RadioShack has an impressive list of performances, many from some of its younger riders. From countries spread as far across the globe as The USA, Slovenia, New Zealand, Portugal, and Japan, many of The Shack?s team [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/team-radioshack%e2%80%99s-stable-of-champions/

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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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