10 days on the track.

Truth be told that what happens at track camp should stay  at track camp. I recently returned from a 10 day USA Cycling Women’s Team Pursuit Track Camp in Carson, California at the VELO Sports Center.  Yes, 10 days.  I hear that 10 days of repetitive riding on the track is illegal in most countries, however considering that the USA achieved a silver medal(s) in the 2012 Olympics in the women’s team pursuit, we are allowed to have a 10 day track camp.  That’s what makes you the best in...

Source: http://alisonstarnes.com/10-days-on-the-track/

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Interior department nominee understands bicycling issues, says bike industry

President Obama’s choice of  REI CEO Sally Jewell as his nomination for Secretary of the Interior should be good news for bicycling.

If approved by Congress, the top exec of the Kent, Washington-based company will head up the department that oversees the National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management. Bicycling issues — especially regarding …

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Source: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/02/07/interior-deparment-nominee-understands-bicycling-issues-says-bike-industry/

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Andreas Klöden Wins Stage 3 of Criterium Int?l 2011

Team RadioShack?s Andreas Klöden (GER), continued to show his strong form this spring by winning Sunday?s final 7.8 kilometer individual time trial stage at the Criterium International in France, by 4 seconds over second place finisher Bradley Wiggins (GBR) of Team Sky. Third place went to Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) of Leopard-Trek, 10 seconds back, and [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/andreas-kloden-wins-stage-3-of-criterium-int%e2%80%99l-2011/

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Join Our Team for Climate Ride 2013!

Join Adventure Cycling Association on Climate Ride, the epic 5-day pedaling adventure in California! The best part is that you can help Adventure Cycling Association while you're doing it! Right now we're recruiting members for our new team on the California ride and for the NY to DC ride in September. You can be part of the fun and raise funds to support our mission and programs at the same time.

Climate Ride California is a 5-day, fully-supported bicycle ride from Fortuna to San Francisco under towering redwoods, through the Russian River Wine Country, and along Adventure Cycling's Pacific Coast Bicycle Route, one of the most scenic coastlines in the world. You can set your sights on touring the California coast this May 19-23, 2013.


Climate Ride is more than a bike trip, it's an inspiring journey with 150 like-minded people who are united by their passion for sustainability, renewable energy, and bicycles -- the ultimate carbon-free form of transportation. Climate Ride also features an acclaimed nightly-speakers series, known as the 'green conference on wheels,' where we hear from bright minds in policy, advocacy, and innovation.


Everyone who has participated in Climate Ride raves about the tour as a 'life-changing' and 'eye-opening' experience. You can enjoy this great event, while supporting Adventure Cycling Association's mission. Climate Ride has opened up beneficiary choices so now you can choose to support Adventure Cycling specifically with your fundraising dollars. If you select us as your beneficiary when you register or join our team, we will be the recipient of the funds you raise, which means our efforts will gain even more traction in the future.

Registration for Climate Ride is $75 (which includes a beautiful jersey and more), and then you raise at least $2,400 to participate in the five-day, all-inclusive event. The ride is fully-supported by a team of talented leader-hosts, bike mechanics, medics, and massage therapists. Climate ride is also one of the 'greenest' multi-day charity ride events in the world.


When you sign up, you'll be joining many other people who want to do something to help create a better future for us all. Climate Ride is a great way to get involved and experience an amazing adventure powered by your own energy. The best bet is to sign up early so you have time to fundraise and train, and because spots fill up fast!

Find out more and register at www.climateride.org.

Photos courtesy of Climate Ride

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SUPPORT ADVENTURE CYCLING is written by Amanda Lipsey, development director for Adventure Cycling Association.

Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2013/01/join-our-team-for-climate-ride-2013.html

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Andreas Klöden Finishes 2nd at Paris-Nice 2011

Team RadioShack‘s Andreas Klöden added to his long and impressive list of palmaires today, finishing in 2nd place in the overall general classification of the 8 days of the storied Paris-Nice race. On a cold and rainy day, on some very slick roads in the south of France, the experienced 35-year old finished the day [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/andreas-kloden-finishes-2nd-at-paris-nice-2011/

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How to Deal with Dog Encounters

If you ask a traveling cyclist about their scariest moment on a bike, many of them will respond with a tale about an encounter with a loose dog.

This is a situation which cyclists can encounter on roads across the U.S. and around the world. Though we haven't formally tracked the number of reports we've received from each U.S. state, anecdotally it seems like Kentucky holds the lead in cyclist vs. dog encounters in the U.S.

When I recently spoke with Troy Hearn, Kentucky Bicycle Pedestrian Program Coordinator, about the issue he didn't shy away. Troy, a long-time cyclist, knows firsthand there are trade offs to riding the great, low-traffic roads of rural Kentucky on routes like our TransAmerica Trail. "Truth is," he said, "dogs roam free on our country roads."

Going on numbers alone, Kentucky hosts the second-highest number of miles on the TransAm, so it's possible the reports are slightly skewed by vastness of Kentucky's roads and not just the nature of the communities that rest along them. While we have talked about the possibility of a reroute in Kentucky, it doesn't look promising. In order to retain the rural aspect of the route it isn't likely we'd find another set of roads that would be dramatically different in this respect.

All that being said, what should you do when you see Rover on the road ahead of you? There are many tactics you might employ, each with it's own positives and negatives, several of which are described in these articles recommended by Troy as resources: Dealing with Dogs and Cycling with Aggressive Dogs Around.

If you have a particularly scary encounter with a dog on one of our routes, please report it to us with as much information as you can about the location on a map correction card or to @acaroutes on Twitter with the route-specific hashtag. If we can pinpoint problem areas, we can alert future cyclists about these stretches via our online addenda system.

Photo from markstos's Flickr photostream: This is the kind of behavior traveling cyclists prefer in their dog encounters.

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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 the Adventure Cycling 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/2013/01/how-to-deal-with-dog-encounters.html

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