Poll: Team Radioshack Riders in Tour de France 2011

We are only a couple of weeks away from the biggest cycling event of the year. This year’s Tour de France starts Saturday July 2nd and ends Sunday July 24th 2011. This year the team will have to do without Lance Armstrong, but the team still has great podium potential. Which 9 riders do you think should [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/poll-team-radioshack-riders-in-tour-de-france-2011/

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Cycling is on the up. Why?

There are always indicators in life that that tell you that a particular industry is doing well and the fact that WD40 has entered the cycling market with its Anti friction dry ptfe and Fast acing degreasers is a shore case of telling you cycling is on the up. I wonder why cycling is doing so well? In UK and London were I am it is booming with more and more bike shops opening on every street corner. It reminds me of the mobile phone boom when there was a mobile phone shop on every street corner then big business got in Involved and then disappeared the small independent shops. Cycling is differently on the up you could say I am a product of that I am out at least three times a week racing against me self trying to beat the time I did last time I was out on my bike, or in the winter I am on the turbo trainer even this blog is a result of the cycling boom. You just need to look and the number of cyclist in Richmond Park on any given Saturday or Sunday morning or the huge numbers using TFL super highways every weekday rush hour to see how popular cycling has become.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Cyclingchatcouk/~3/teq5Ot1ugKg/

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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. [...]

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

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TdF Stage 11 ? Wet, Cold, Dry, Downpour

In the last flat 167.5-km sprinter?s stage before the Tour de France climbs into the Pyrénées tomorrow, the cyclists raced mostly southwest from Blaye-les-Mines to Lavaur, France on a chilly wet day that saw some welcomed caution on slick roads. No serious crashes, no one hurt, just good racing. After only a [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/tdf-stage-11-%e2%80%93-wet-cold-dry-downpour/

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Mirza Ghasemi (Iranian Aubergine Dip) - Eating London A to Z

Mirza Ghasemi (Iranian Aubergine Dip) Here is a recipe from Mohsen Iranian restaurant. Aubergines are considered a staple in Iran, not dissimilar to our potato. They are used in numerous recipes an this simple recipe is for a tasty dip...

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/thehungrycyclist/~3/wMFJr7OlPPo/mirza-ghasemi-iranian-aubergine-dip-eating-london-a-to-z.html

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Touring Cyclists Always Welcome Camping


Last week we heard about a fantastic development via the Virginia Bicycling Federation about the Virginia State Park System. They announced a new policy that ensures long distance touring cyclists will always have a spot to pitch a tent in their parks, even when designated spots are filled. Yea Virginia!

While Washington, Oregon, and California have a number of hiker/biker-specific campgrounds and generally friendly approaches to traveling cyclists, Virginia is only the third state I know of to have an official policy. (Nevada and Michigan are the other two.) I've read that New York has an unofficial guideline but it can fluctuate based on who is managing the park when a cyclist rolls in. I'm guessing this could be widely true across the country.

Wouldn't it be great to have a resource that listed all state park systems with official policies to welcome touring cyclists, even if the campground is full? Or if there was a nationwide policy in place so you would never need to worry about finding a spot to camp in any state park? We can dream, right?

In the meantime, I'd love to hear about your experiences camping in state parks. What other states have policies along these lines, official or unofficial? If you can provide a link to that information, all the better. I will compile what you submit to me either directly or via a comment on this post, as collective knowledge, and publish it for everyone's reference.

Photo: A beautiful example of camping with bicycles in a state park. This site is in Harriman State Park in Idaho. Photo from e-lame'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/2012/04/touring-cyclists-always-welcome-camping.html

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