Amgen Tour of California ? The Day After

The only thing bad about the Amgen Tour of California, with it’s beautiful scenery, world-class competition, excellent organization and stage selection, is that every year…it has to come to an end.  For a rabid cycling fan, the worst day of most big stage races is the day after it’s concluded.  You wish it could go [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/amgen-tour-of-california-%e2%80%93-the-day-after/

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Team RadioShack Stars Come Out for Basque Tour

As in past years, the stars are in alignment and ready to shine for the 51st running of the Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco, or the Tour of the Basque Country in northeast Spain. All of the riders of the entered teams have been announced for the 6-day romp in the steep Pyrénées [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/team-radioshack-stars-come-out-for-basque-tour/

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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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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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Why should I buy a folding bike!

For your typical city occupant folding bikes usually are the most appropriate way to get around. With a lot of Londoners living in flats and apartments with little if any storage space a foldable bicycle is going to be much more convenient when compared to a standard sized cycle. The bikes fold up rapidly and are generally small enough to be tucked away in the home or taken on trains and buses during the particular times that ordinary cycles are restricted on account of passenger over crowding. Folding bikes can in fact be taken on the tube system, taken on buses and even taken on Croydon's Tram link system. Officially the bikes may need to be in a small bag but in practice Transport for London rarely enforce this and if they do then a pair of black bin liners will suffice. A folder will permit a person to circumvent the train companies' cycle restrictions and you could actually take your folding bike home in a minicab on a Friday night following a few bevies at the pub! There are plenty of different kinds of folding bicycles available, from leading manufacturers including Dahon, Brompton and Pashley.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Cyclingchatcouk/~3/sxVHiYm0Kaw/

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Great Lakes! Great Tours!

Back by popular demand the triad of Great Lakes trip offerings in 2012! You can have your fudge and eat it too by choosing any one of three styles of Adventure Cycling Association tours within the Great Lakes region:

Great Lakes Self-Contained
Great Lakes Inn-to-Inn
Great Lakes Relaxed (fully-supported)

Having lived in the Upper Peninsula (da U.P.) of Michigan for two years (Mo speaking here), my memories include a wonderful laid-back atmosphere, great sunsets, northern lights, and, yes, pasties (the meat filled pastry dish, that is). The summers in this northern region are cool and breezy; the fall light is baked with color and the roads wind through tunnels of eastern forest or beech, birch, and maple galore.

Our Great Lakes tours offer gentle landscapes of understated beauty as well as plenty of lake views, a trip to Mackinac Island (yah der dats pronounced Mackinaaww), and surprising, sandy, resort-style beaches. This is your chance to experience Lake Superior in all is grandeur.


But heck, don't listen to me, I'm just a poser of a Yooper. Here are some testimonials from previous Great Lakes tour participants:

"It was exactly what I needed for a vacation."
- 2011 TOUR PARTICIPANT

"The itinerary was well thought out and the effort to capture 'local flavor' with lodging and restaurants was excellent."
- 2011 TOUR PARTICIPANT

"This trip was fantastic. The tour leaders were great; I really appreciated their leadership and knowledge. I could not have hand picked a better group to ride with, the scenery was beautiful...wonderful history."
- 2008 TOUR PARTICIPANT

I asked two of last year's tour leaders to pipe in as well, and offer U.P. some northern Michigan touring notes:

  • Chuck Pengilly, self-contained 2011: "Fudge, Fudge, Fudge, why is there so much fudge?" As a side note, Yoopers call tourists Fudgies.
  • Tim Meyer has led four Great Lakes tours! He recommends Fish House in Paradise, with fresh whitefish coming right off the boat, also the abandoned Eckerman fish hatchery, including the half-mile two track that Tim has a claim to fame as the only Laker to have traveled back there.
You betcha, these are some awesome trips to choose from for 'a good one' up in da U.P. and down under 'da bridge' in the L.P. of Michigan!


Photos (top and bottom) courtesy of Michael Surgeon, 2011 Tour Participant
Photo (middle) courtesy of Tim Meyer, 2011 Tour Leader

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ON THE ROAD is written by the tours team -- Mo, Paul, Madeline, and Arlen -- tours specialists and intrepid bicyclists, covering all things related to Adventure Cycling's Tours Department. We've just announced our 2012 Tours Slate!

Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2011/12/great-lakes-great-tours.html

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