Brain concussion & collarbone fracture for Jani Brajkovic

6 July 2011 ?Team RadioShack?s Jani Brajkovic (27) suffered a race-ending injury in a day filled with more than ten crashes in Wednesday?s stage 5 of the Tour de France. Brajkovic touched wheels with another cyclist on the narrow roads of northern France and came down hard on the pavement, appearing to be momentarily knocked [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/brain-concussion-collarbone-fracture-for-jani-brajkovic/

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Specialized recalling 12,000 Globe model bicycles

Specialized is warning consumers to stop riding Globe bicycles they might have bought over the past five years because the front fork steering tube can break.

The Morgan Hill, California-based company has received four reports of front forks breaking, causing face, head and shoulder injuries.

The Specialized 2008 and 2009 Globe bicycles use Kinesis aluminum …

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Source: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/09/25/specialized-recalling-12000-globe-model-bicycles/

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Your Sierra Cascades Experience


We began hearing about cyclists' experiences on the often shoulder-less and heavily truck-trafficked California State Highway 89 (SR 89) in the first year after releasing the Sierra Cascade Bicycle Route maps. We were concerned about it from a safety standpoint and began looking into it. I wrote a couple of blog posts on the topic over the next year, Concerns on the Sierra Cascades Route and Sierra Cascades and California Highway 89, to let you know where things stood.

A few months ago the subject resurfaced in my inbox in two pieces, both of which originated from Bil Paul, the researcher for the route.

The first piece was Bil wanting to know if we'd heard anything more on cyclists experiences on the stretch of SR 89 between McCloud and Truckee because he now has some alternative routing in mind. The main fly in the ointment of this alternate routing is that 25-30% of it would be on unpaved roads. There are campgrounds available but other services are somewhat limited.


Since those initial reports, there has been remarkably little direct feedback about the riding conditions on SR 89. If you have ridden the Sierra Cascades route, especially Section 3 which encompasses SR 89, we want to hear from you. You can contact me through the comments section of this post, on the Adventure Cycling Facebook page or through the online Map Correction card. Your feedback will help us to determine the extent to which we should continue exploring alternative routing.

Be sure to check back next week to read about the second piece from Bil. It's an exciting new development to be sure!

Top photo: Joanie LaPorta and Chris Jones on tour in 2011 riding California State Highway 89 north of Quincy.
Second photo: Joanie and Chris plus Tom Hearn and Ian Brothers celebrating the last day of their tour on SR 89.
Both photos from chutneyohio's Flickr photostream.

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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/2012/09/your-sierra-cascades-experieince.html

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Hortobagyi Husos Palacsinta (meaty Hungarian pancakes)

Hungarians are a proud people and nothing seems to excite their dignity more than food. Meeting peter, a Hungarian restaurateur at his part time home The White Swan in Golders Green, I began to understand why. For Hungarians food is...

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/thehungrycyclist/~3/GKMtyIcjw4U/hortobagyi-husos-palacsinta-meaty-hungarian-pancakes.html

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Sebastien Rosseler Wins Overall In De Panne

After riding pretty quietly for the first 3 stages, Team RadioShack?s Sebastien Rosseler (BEL) decided to put the hammer down and ate up the pavement in the afternoon?s individual time trail at the 3 Days of De Panne, beating the field by nearly 14 seconds on the 14.7-kilometer course with a time of 18:31.83. Not [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/sebastien-rosseler-wins-overall-in-de-panne/

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Chris Horner out of Tour de France 2011

Chris Horner appears to have broken his nose and suffered a concussion with the nasty crash on stage 7 of the TDF that separated the main field about 37 mi from the finish. A concussion is a “jarring” of the brain caused by head trauma with the severity often being related to the time of [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/chris-horner-out-of-tour-de-france-2011/

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Euro City Cycle Challenge (Day 1)

London to Harwich Brentwood in Essex was the precise departure point for my Euro City Cycle Challenge. I was taking part to raise money for The Sick Children?s Trust. The original quest was a London to Newcastle ride but this was cancelled due to poor marketing by the charity. Advertised as starting in London, I [...]

Source: http://cycleseven.org/euro-city-cycle-challenge-day-1

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Muravyev Rides Strong at Three Days of De Panne

Team RadioShack?s Dmitriy Muravyev (KAZ) made his presence felt in the opening stage of the 35th running of the Three Days of De Panne, staying with a 4-man breakaway that somehow kept clear of a peloton loaded with expectant sprinter?s teams. Dmitriy crossed the finish line 3rd behind the winner Omega Pharma-Lotto?s André Greipel (GER) [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/muravyev-rides-strong-at-three-days-of-de-panne/

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