Official Team Radioshack Roster for Tour de France 2011

Team Radioshack has just announced their line-up for Tour de France 2011. Jani Brajkovic Chris Horner Markel Irizar Andreas Klöden Levi Leipheimer Dmitriy Muravyev Sérgio Paulinho Yaroslav Popovych Haimar Zubeldia Team Sports Manager Johan Bruyneel, together with Team Directors Dirk Demol and Alain Gallopin will direct the team. ?It was hard to make the selection of these nine riders,” said Johan Bruyneel. ?After the injury of [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/official-team-radioshack-roster-for-tour-de-france-2011/

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Tour de France Stage 14 ? The Big One

A beautiful day for a bike race! Blue skies and nice weather (a bit warm) greeted the cyclists at the start line in the city of Saint-Gaudens within sight of the mighty Pyrénées in the south of France. The 169-kilometer course had a shark?s tooth profile and with lots of categorized mountains, a bunched-up group [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/tour-de-france-stage-14-the-big-one/

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Good News in Vancouver, Bad News in DC

Greetings from Vancouver, British Columbia and Velo-City 2012, the international conference focused on all things bicycling, from urban bike facilities to bike touring. There is amazing energy here, and all across the world (literally), biking is booming. Biking is popular for transportation and recreation. It's in demand in big cities and small towns. It's getting significant support from national and local governments.

So early this morning, on a conference call with my colleagues at America Bikes -- the national coalition working for better policies and resources at the federal level in the U.S. -- it was truly disappointing to examine the apparently final new federal transportation bill which will be voted on by Congress as early as tomorrow.

Below, I've pasted the America Bikes statement regarding the bill, but in brief, it's a very bad bill. It will cut investments in biking and walking as much as 60-70%. In some states, which choose to opt-out of biking and walking programs, the bill could mean eliminating 100% of all federal investments. That would mean zero or very limited investment in safer bike lanes, paths, and safer routes to school for millions of kids, and more dangerous streets in general.

If this bill is passed and signed into law (as seems likely), America's cycling groups will have to work harder than ever at the state and local levels to improve cycling conditions.

We appreciate everything everyone has done to maintain any support for cycling at the national level (it helped stave off complete elimination of any national bike/walk program). While this outcome seems bleak, I can assure you, based on my experience here at Velo-City and my experience traveling around the country -- meeting thousands of people and hundreds of groups pushing for better cycling -- that we in the American cycling community, along with our many partners, shall overcome this obstacle and we shall continue to make bicycling an even more vital part of the U.S. transportation and recreation systems.

AMERICA BIKES STATEMENT ON FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION BILL 
June 28, 2012 

 The America Bikes coalition -- representing the nation?s leading bicycling and walking groups -- and the Safe Routes to School National Partnership oppose the new transportation bill, which would nationally cut funding for biking and walking projects by 60 to 70 percent.

We are deeply concerned that bicycling and walking programs suffer large and disproportionate cuts in funding in the new bill. Programs that save lives and dollars are eliminated.

The full extent of cuts to biking and walking funding will be determined at the state level and may be even deeper. We will continue to work in states and local communities to support safe, accessible streets.

The new transportation bill is a bad bill for biking and walking.
This bill:

Cuts available biking and walking funds by 60 to 70 percent. Biking and walking programs are combined into a single program, Transportation Alternatives, with drastically reduced funding.

Eliminates dedicated Safe Routes to School funding. The bill eliminates dedicated funding for the massively popular and cost-effective Safe Routes to School program, which helps make walking and biking to school safer for millions of American schoolchildren.

Weakens local control. The new transportation bill allows states to opt-out of half of the funds potentially available for small-scale biking and walking projects. Whereas the bi-partisan Senate bill allowed local governments and planning entities to compete for 1% of transportation funds, the new bill allows states to opt-out of the local grant program completely.

Makes biking and walking compete with new, expensive eligibilities. Eligibilities such as road uses and environmental mitigation have been added to Transportation Alternatives, making it harder for local communities to compete for funding for local biking and walking projects.

This two-year bill represents a major step backwards in transportation policy for transportation choices and healthy physical activity. Despite this temporary setback in national policy, bicycling and walking will continue to grow and gain support, and Americans will continue to demand safer, more accessible streets and communities. Going forward, biking and walking will return to a central place in America?s transportation policies and programs.


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JIM SAYER is the executive director of Adventure Cycling Association.

Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2012/06/good-news-in-vancouver-bad-news-in-dc.html

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London Cyclist?s Manifesto Whats in yours?

Here?s a chance for those who cycle on the London roads to list your thoughts and view the candidate transport manifestos. It seems Jenny Jones from the Green party is the most impressive candidate for cycling policies. Londoners are been encouraged to join the Big ride on the 28th April to tell Johnson and Livingstone that they must create safe and inviting space for cyclist pretty much the Holland model View the mayoral candidate?s transport manifestos here I have listed Jenny Jones manifestos as it is the best for cyclist in London but you can few the other candidates below.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Cyclingchatcouk/~3/sXpJYsqqJ8s/

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Beppu National Japanese Road Champion

Team Radioshack’s Japanese rider Fumiyuki Beppu has just won the Japanese Pro Road Championships in Hachimantai, Japan, just two weeks after winning the Japanese Time Trial Championships This is the second time that Beppu wins this title. First time was in 2006 where he also won the Time Trial Championships. This year Beppu participated in Giro [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/beppu-national-japanese-road-champion/

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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 the Team [...]

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

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Auction Ends Today

Hello friends!

Our Summer Cycling Auction ends tonight at midnight Eastern Daylight Time. There are still a lot of great items to win! Go to our Bidding for Good auction page for your last chance to get into the bidding action!

Here are some of our featured items that you can get for a ridiculously low price:

Custom Cycling-Themed Quilt - next minimum bid $150*



Fine Art Bicycle Print - next minimum bid $80*

Colorado Backcountry Biking Trip - next minimum bid $650*

(Re)cycling Art - next minimum bid $125*

June 18th through 22nd, Adventure Cycling Association is offering its members and the general public something new and exciting -- the opportunity to bid on fantastic tour spots, bike-specific art, and even a wine tasting -- in our first annual Summer Cycling Auction! Log on to Bidding for Good.com to register as a bidder and visit our auction to start bidding.

Funds raised will support the reroute of the eastern Montana and North Dakota sections of the Northern Tier and Lewis & Clark routes due to safety concerns, and will support the research and development of Bicycle Route 66!

*All bid amounts as of 1:32pm EDT on 6/22/12

Image 1: Too Cool T-shirt Quilts
Image 2: Bike Tours Direct
Image 3: BicycleGifts.com
Image 4: Clif Family Winery
Image 5: Colorado Backcountry Biker
Image 6: Larry Diskin

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SUPPORT ADVENTURE CYCLING is written by Alex Campbell, development assistant for Adventure Cycling Association.


Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2012/06/auction-ends-today.html

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