Tour de Suisse ? Levi Leipheimer Laughs Last

The 9-Day, 1,245.9-kilometer (774+ mile) 75th edition of the Tour de Suisse is now in the record books. Traveling through some truly beautiful country, great old cities, serious alpine climbs, 3 countries, and numerous tricky switchbacks and tight turns, Team RadioShack?s members had not been setting many headlines. Sure there were some excellent performances, Andreas [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/tour-de-suisse-levi-leipheimer-laughs-last/

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2nd Annual Fat Bike Summit and Festival

As the snow falls, our skinny-tired road bikes whimper and our fat-tired bikes yelp in anticipation of getting out there for some cold adventures.

Fat bikes are more popular than ever and now you can show your fervor and solidarity at the 2nd Annual Fat Bike Summit and Festival.

As a designer, it's always fun to create something you love for great people who are passionate about traveling by bike. It was so great to work with Scott and the rest of the Fat Bike Summit people on this poster.

If you find yourself at the Fat Bike Summit and Festival, take photos! We'll be excited to incorporate them into our #FatBikeFeb celebration in February.

If you can't make it to the fatbike summit this year, but still want to promote the event, you can download the poster and put it up at your local shop!

Poster by Rachel Stevens

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ART. ADVENTURE. AWESOMENESS. wishes to bring enthusiasm to your second and fourth Monday of every month. This column is written by Rachel Stevens, a graphic designer at Adventure Cycling Association


Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2013/01/2nd-annual-fat-bike-summit-and-festival.html

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Cycling Becomes The UK?s Favourite Mode of Transport

Slightly late, here is a rather rose tinted view of general cycling in 2012. Rather than another ‘highlights of 2012 post’ I felt I could make this post more interesting by deciding that 2012 was the year when cycling became the UK’s favourite mode of transport. As voted by me. Let’s see if there is [...]

Source: http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/6787/cycling/cycling-becomes-the-uks-favourite-mode-of-transport/

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TdF Stage 12 ? Klöden ? Pain and Suffering

To the uninitiated, when enthusiasts talk about how elite cyclists can suffer and push themselves through pain, it?s usually a good thing, a compliment. It often refers to a rider pedaling up a high mountain or a long time trial where the toughest mental competitors drive themselves beyond their physical red zone and can hold [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/tdf-stage-12-kloden-pain-and-suffering/

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Just a mirror for the sun

Yesterday I didn’t ride.  But I did do something constructive – I finally washed the Cinelli!  Washed, scrubbed, flossed, sprayed, polished, buffed…all thanks to my Purple Harry kit.  Not only are you to admire the transformation, but also my groovy little bike stand, which made it lot easier to clean it.  It’s so elegantly simple [...]

Source: http://www.thecyclingmayor.com/just-a-mirror-for-the-sun

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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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2013 Bicycle Resolutions!

In listening to a Science Friday podcast about making resolutions, I learned that 40-50 percent of the population makes resolutions this time of year and a high percentage of those people actually accomplish them. There is something about saying our resolutions loud -- or sharing them with social media outlets -- that can help make them happen, so we took the liberty of asking cyclists via Facebook, email, and Twitter, to share with us some of their bicycle-travel resolutions.

The resolutions we received ranged from bicycling to work, to riding across a country, to trying out a bike overnight. Here's a sampling of those responses:

John M. said, "In 2013, I vow to shop by bike at least once each month.  That's not as woosy as it sounds; I live on a hill in upstate New York, miles from anywhere, and winter cycling can be intimidating!"

Jeff B. posted a wide ranging list, "Do my first bike overnight on The Wabash Trace: Omaha/Council Bluffs to Blanchard, Missouri, and back, carve out a week for the Katy Trail in Missouri, do the Lincoln Gravel Grinder, and ride to work more."

Christian Schuler from Switzerland has a more focused goal: "I am just five months and a couple of days away from making my dream a reality. I will ride the Great Divide, which is a long and a very mentally-tough race, but also a lot of great adventure. I hope to make new biking buddies and see some beautiful mountain ranges!"

Christian won't be alone out there on the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, Gunther (@guntherds) will be joining him, racing the Tour Divide with two other Belgian buddies.

It seems a lot of bicycle-travel resolutions will be accomplished in Europe and Asia this year:

Ken (@reobedk): "We'll be touring western Ireland, credit-card style on a tandem for two weeks in early summer."

Lou (@louakers) responded with: "Cycling London to Paris!"

Spanish Pirate (@SpanishPirate1) will be managing a few goals, "Planning London to Lecco, Italy, in August, camping, self-catering, oh, and some wine tasting."

Overland from Japan (@bybikebytrain) will see "Hokkaido this summer, Honshu coast to coast in spring, and several light-touring weekenders in Fukushima, too."

And my favorite of the batch, Anna (@Thebigfive_o) is going for a big one, she's taking a bite out of the U.S. by "spending six months cycling through all 50 states with eyes wide open and a GIGANTIC grin on my face." 

For myself, I intend to participate in an Adventure Cycling Tour for my bike respite. The Great Lakes tours are a draw, so I might head out on either the Great Lakes Inn-to-Inn or the Great Lakes Relaxed. Or there is the classic C&O Canal/GAP fully-supported tour. (I'd better decide soon though, slots have filled fast this year!)

I am also going to take my new Yuba Boda Boda through her cargo-cruiser paces and commute to work every day in May to kick off the cycling season.

What bicycle-travel goals have you set for 2013?

Photo courtesy of @guntherds and ex.18:18.

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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 the Adventure Cycling 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/2013/01/2013-bicycle-resolutions.html

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