Pedal the Plains: an unlikely flat bicycle tour in Colorado

You can probably guess from the photo at left that the hundreds of miles of flatness across Kansas and eastern Colorado were taking a toll on my sanity on a cross-country bicycle tour some 20 years ago.

Those are the Rockies in the background, however, and this bike tour was about to take on a whole new, vertical complexion.

While many cyclists flock to the Rockies for several multi-day bike tours every year, cyclists who prefer flat terrain may feel left out.

No longer. The Denver Post, host of the Ride the Rockies, announced its new Colorado ride this week called "Pedal the Plains."

Although there aren't a lot of details available ...

Source: http://www.bikingbis.com/blog/_archives/2012/1/26/4986203.html

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Castelli Nanoflex Legwarmers Review

Over Christmas I bought these Castelli Nanoflex Legwarmers. For the past few weeks of cold weather, I’ve been testing and am quite pleased with the product. Warmth The material is warm and I used over a great tolerance of temperatures down to 4 – 5 degrees. Below that, and you would want something warmer, but [...]

Source: http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/4219/clothes/castelli-nanoflex-legwarmers-review/

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Team RadioShack Moves 3 into Paris-Nice Top 10 after Stage 6

In Friday’s race of truth, the individual time trial at the 69th running of Paris-Nice, Tony Martin of HTC-Highroad, as expected by many, laid down a devastating effort over the 27 kilometer course, beating the next competitor by a full 20 seconds and scrambling the general classification from the previous day’s posting. However, Team RadioShack [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/team-radioshack-moves-3-into-paris-nice-top-10-after-stage-6/

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Christmas Holidays ? We?re Back on the 3rd Of Jan

Bike Science is closing for our Christmas break from 5pm on Friday 23rd Dec. We re-open on Tuesday the 3rd. All our staff throughout the UK wish our clients a merry Christmas and a great new year. Why not prepare for your 2012 season with a RETUL PRECISION BIKE FIT £85 off in our January [...]

Source: http://blog.bike-science.com/2011/12/23/christmas-holidays-were-back-on-the-3rd-of-jan

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The Morning?s Half-Stage at De Panne

Team RadioShack?s Michal Kwiatkowski (POL) hung tough today in cold, wet conditions to take 7th place in a furious bunch sprint finish to the 111-kilometer half-stage of the 3 Days of De Panne. With the unusual two event closing day format, like the Criterium International, this first half-stage started early and was over by [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/the-morning%e2%80%99s-half-stage-at-de-panne/

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