Just Arrived ? Ultimate Winter Overshoes from Snugg

In stock IN STOCK NOW! The ultimate winter cycling overshoes from renowned wetsuit manufacturer Snugg. We saw these at this years TCR show and just had to have some. Suffer no longer with cold feet. Now’s the time to invest in a key piece of winter kit. These neoprene overshoes are windproof and will keep [...]

Source: http://blog.bike-science.com/2011/11/08/just-arrived-ultimate-winter-overshoes-from-snugg

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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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Giro d?Italia Recap Stages 13-18

This great monument of Europe?s three Grand Tours continues to produce exciting racing, a little drama, and a real display of dominance by its current leader as we now complete 6/7ths of the race today (knew those math classes would come in handy some day!). This 94th edition of the Giro, which will ultimately [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/giro-d%e2%80%99italia-recap-stages-13-18/

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What?s the complication, it?s only conversation?

Today’s ride was both initiated by GB, and created by him, so if you want to know where we went in detail, I’m sure it’ll be up on his blog in the fullness of time.  Since, at the time of planning, he was an entirely achievable 53 miles off his 5500 mile goal, a longer [...]

Source: http://www.thecyclingmayor.com/whats-the-complication-its-only-conversation

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Point of Entry (one of the greatest bike travel songs ever written)

Point of Entry from Willie Weir on Vimeo.


"Give the world outside a point of entry. It'll give back to you."

That lyric stuck in my soul the first time I heard it in Larry Murante's title song of his album Point of Entry.

Music is an incredible force, and each listener interprets what they hear in their own way. Words can be heard and quickly forgotten, but put them to music, and they will most likely be with you forever.

I know for a fact that Larry didn't set out to write a bicycle travel tune. But that is exactly what it is for me. My "point of entry" is my bicycle. It allows me to be more engaged, more vulnerable, and more in touch with the world around me.

With that in mind, listen to the tune with added images, and you may agree that this is one of the most beautiful bicycle travel songs ever written.

Photos: by Willie Weir
Music: by Larry Murante
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SIGHTS AND SOUNDS appears on Friday afternoons. Willie Weir is a columnist for Adventure Cyclist magazine. His latest book Travels with Willie: Adventure Cyclist will inspire you to hit the road and just might change the way you approach bicycle travel. He lives in Seattle with his wife Kat. You can read about their local adventures and life without a car at http://YellowTentAdventures.com/.

Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2012/01/point-of-entry-one-of-greatest-bike.html

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?The long ride toward a distant dawn?

A French documentary about the grueling Paris-Brest-Paris bicycle race is delightfully quirky in its production, shifting abruptly, for example, from interviews with participants to snippets from such classic bicycling films as Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure and the “Bicycle Repairman” sketch from … Continue reading

Source: http://jimsbikeblog.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/the-long-ride-to-a-distant-dawn/

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Freire Has Stage Victory Invalidated at Basque Tour

Just when you think you?re witnessing one of the least interesting stages of the summer, a 179-kilometer (111-mile) up and down grinder in the Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco, with the predictable break away being dangled on a 2-minute string by the big named teams who will inevitably bunch it over the last climb to [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/freire-has-stage-victory-invalidated-at-basque-tour/

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