Machado Rides Strong at Tirreno-Adriatico

The 7 stages of this year?s 45th running of the Tirreno-Adriatico, are now complete. After 1,075 kilometers (668 miles) the ?Race of The Two Seas? was decided on the last day, March 15, in the time trial by an 11 second margin. Cadel Evans of BMC ended up besting Robert Gesink of Rabobank [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/machado-rides-strong-at-tirreno-adriatico/

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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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We Build What You Want

Why put up with off the shelf when you can have custom built? We recently got asked by a client if we could build a fast, light, single speed road bike. Why not? The result… Planet X SL Pro Carbon Single Speed Custom – “Black Beauty” Planet X Model B Wheels Easton Bars Shimano 105 brakes and chainset Conti GP4 Seasons [...]

Source: http://blog.bike-science.com/2011/10/12/we-build-what-you-want

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Team Radioshack Line-up in Tour of Flanders 2011

Team Radioshack is ready with their line-up for the Tour of Flanders 2011, which will start in Belgium on the 3rd of April, 2011. This is the official line-up: Riders: Fumiyuki Beppu, Manuel Cardoso, Robbie Hunter, Geoffroy Lequatre, Robbie McEwen, Dmitriy Muravyev, Gregory Rast, Sébastien Rosseler Directors: Johan Bruyneel & Dirk Demol Official race website: http://www.rvv.be/en

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/team-radioshack-line-up-in-tour-of-flanders-2011/

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Holiday Campaign Wrap Up

Every holiday season the nonprofit world explodes with appeals for end of year gifts. Adventure Cycling is no exception and in November we began work to send our annual Holiday Campaign letter out to our members and friends. We are very excited to report to our community of supporters that we had a phenomenal response to our Holiday Campaign and match challenge.

Through mail, email, our blog, and Facebook, Adventure Cycling shared with you some of our members? stories about how bicycle travel made them braver, healthier, and more confident people. Many of you responded with gifts that will inspire more people to travel by bike. Thank you all for digging deep and responding with record donations!

Through the months of November and December, we attempted to meet a match of $68,000 contributed by a group of generous supporters. Our members responded to this challenge with amazing results. All $68,000 were matched, raising a total of $137,841 in 851 individual donations.

Your humbling generosity and support continues to grow our programs. Thanks to you, we are able to produce more maps, lead more tours, advocate for better bicycle funding, and encourage more people to travel by bike for fun, fitness, and self-discovery. Have a happy 2012 and we hope to see you all in the coming bicycle-travel season.

Keep your eyes on your mailboxes for an exciting way to be involved in our new, improved headquarters building. We are adding 1,400 square feet, and every inch is going to be chock-full of bicycle-touring resources just for you!

Drawing by Greg Siple.

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ALEX CAMPBELL is the development assistant for Adventure Cycling Association.

Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2012/02/holiday-campaign-wrap-up.html

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Recalls: Fuji's Saratoga cruiser bicycles; Shimano's PRO Atherton handlebar stems

Fuji is recalling 10,500 women's Saratoga bicycles after receiving reports that the downtube can break, causing falls and injuries.

The company and US Consumer Product Safety Commission urges owners to stop riding the cruiser-style bicycles and return them to Fuji dealers for a replacement frame.

The company, through Philadelphia-based importer Advanced Sports, says at least 12 bike frames have broken. The failures caused two injuries, including one head injury that required 20 stitches to close ....

Source: http://www.bikingbis.com/blog/_archives/2012/2/21/5002610.html

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Team RadioShack in Critérium du Dauphiné

June 5-12, 2011 Team Radioshack will participate in Critérium du Dauphiné, France. Team Radioshack’s young star Jani Brajkovic won the race in 2010 (Read more here…) Needless to say he is once again on the team, as he is eager to defend his title, and with him he has a strong team of both young and more [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/team-radioshack-in-criterium-du-dauphine/

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What A Week! A Glimpse Inside DC

Last week, I spent some time in our nation's capitol and observed politics first hand. I was there for an America Bikes board meeting and squeezed in additional meetings with the National Park Service and AASHTO. While we accomplished a great deal in these meetings, the really interesting part came at the end of week.

That's when I attended the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee meeting where representatives discussed, amended, discussed and amended the House version of the next federal transportation bill.
As you can well imagine, attending a committee hearing in person is far different from watching proceedings on television. First, you have to get in line. And just like kindergarten, there are cheaters (well I think it's cheating). These come in the form of "line sitters" -- people hired by lobbyists and others to sit in line for money.

Of course, those of us there representing bicycling and Safe Routes to School National Partnership didn't have line sitters. As you can see, we sipped our coffee, checked our email and discussed the bad, bad and ugly of the bill. My hat goes off to Caron Whitaker (left) and Margo Pedroso (right) for all their incredible work on behalf of these programs and our America Bikes coalition.

During the next hour, I watched in wonder as the "door police" (also know as "chamber sergeants") monitored who was allowed in and out of the committee hearing room. It was an art, not much different than the job of a carnival barker. Orders were barked both at the attendees and at the other "door police" by one very experienced gentleman who had the prestigious obligation of presiding over the main doors.

At first I was squished along the wall with several others. This was extremely uncomfortable since I still had my carry-on luggage (a week's worth of clothing) with me. As things settled down, the presiding "door policeman" led me to a seat in the front row. I sat eye-level with the chamber recorder, and as such, I had direct eye contact with the representatives on the bottom row and a side view of several staffers' backs as well.

I am not going to go into the theatrics of the hearing - hopefully you tuned in and watched, nor am I going to offer comment here on the bill itself (although I urge you to learn more about both this bill and the Senate bill and contact your representatives right away). I will tell you that being present at the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee meeting left me in wonder and was an experience that I won't soon forget.

Photos by Ginny Sullivan

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CONNECTIONS is posted by Ginny Sullivan, Adventure Cycling's special projects director and features the cultural, historical, geographical, and human connections created through bike travel. Find out about our award-winning Underground Railroad Bicycle Route.

Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2012/02/what-week-glimpse-inside-dc.html

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