Chris Horner out of Tour de France 2011

Chris Horner appears to have broken his nose and suffered a concussion with the nasty crash on stage 7 of the TDF that separated the main field about 37 mi from the finish. A concussion is a “jarring” of the brain caused by head trauma with the severity often being related to the time of [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/chris-horner-out-of-tour-de-france-2011/

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Laurier Avenue Cycling Lane

Cycling safety has been in the news lately. One cycling-related trial has just finished, another is about to start, and the province?s Chief Coroner has announced a province-wide inquiry into cycling safety. The City of Ottawa opened its first downtown cycling lane this year on Laurier Avenue. The city has needed this for a long [...]

Source: http://cycleseven.org/laurier-avenue-cycling-lane

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Summer Share the Joy Winners

The 2011 Share the Joy program is going strong! We've been conducting monthly drawings for a bevy of fabulous prizes. It's been a little while since our last update, so here are our most recent winners:

Rebecca Prevots , an 11-year member from Washington, DC, was our June winner. Rebecca won a Detours Toocan Bag.

Our July winner, Ben Schapiro, a 4-year member from Evanston, IL, won a jacket from Shower's Pass.

In August, Janet Morello, a 2-year member from Olympia, WA, won a set of cycling clothing from Cannondale.

Our September winner, Anne Thompson, a 6-year member from Portland, OR, won an Ortlieb Travel Set.

Congratulations everyone! Our October winner will receive an MSR Prolite Therma Rest Pad and the November prize is bag from Retread.

Our two grand prizes for the year include a $500 Adventure Cycling shopping spree (for the person who recruits the most new members by the end of the calendar year) and a Novara Verita bicycle from REI valued at $1,099. The bicycle winner will be randomly drawn from all entries. Visit the contest page to learn about all of the ways that you can get entered to win.

All of our prizes are generously donated by these businesses because they believe in the mission of Adventure Cycling and support the work we do. Please consider supporting these great sponsors as you start dreaming about the 2012 touring season. Many of the brands can be found in the Adventure Cycling Cyclosource store.

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MEMBERSHIP HIGHLIGHTS is typically posted on Fridays by Amy Corbin, membership and marketing coordinator. Membership Highlights spotlights the various benefits of membership, what we have accomplished thanks to member support, and even interviews with some of our most passionate and dedicated members, both individual and organizational.

Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2011/10/summer-share-joy-winners.html

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Amgen Tour, Stage 4, Chris Horner?s Climbing Clinic

Team RadioShack?s Chris Horner schooled the peloton at the Tour of California on how to power up the summit on Sierra Road at the end of the 82-mile (132-kilometer) stage from Livermore to San Jose, with a burst of power that must have left heads shaking in disbelief. While everyone was convinced that Levi [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/amgen-tour-stage-4-chris-horner%e2%80%99s-climbing-clinic/

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Bacon Bike Hostel - Colville, Washington

Earlier this summer we were reminded of the Bacon Biker Hostel in Colville, Washington, by our publications intern, Heather. Friends of hers on a bicycle trip this summer overnighted at the hostel and had a great experience.

We first heard from Shelley Bacon, the owner of the hostel back in 2009 when she wrote, "We have four bedrooms and two bathrooms, as well as a small kitchen and living area. We plan to have beds (but no bedding) available and keep the place stocked with toilet paper and cleaning supplies (for a ?self-clean? place!) ... This hostel is free for bicyclists. We only ask that they leave it clean, and sign our guest book. We will have a donation box for any who care to help defray electrical expenses, etc." They were added to our map on the 2010 version.

While the hostel doesn't seem to have an internet presence of their own -- they are frequently mentioned in blogs -- a quick internet search brought up several recent entries from cyclists. Coincidentally, my search also happened to turn up a photo of two people I have been corresponding with over the last year or so at the hostel, Graham and Pauline of Sleepless 'til Seattle. I love serendipities like these. It's fun to have faces to put to names.


Colville is located on the Northern Tier route -- a little more than 70 miles north of Spokane -- so is also nicely situated for a bike overnight or weekend trip from many places in northeastern Washington. If you're in the neighborhood on either a long or short trip, I suggest checking in with them as an lodging option.

Top photo from urbanadventureleaguepdx's photostream on Flickr: an inside shot of the Bacon Biker Hostel. Second photo from paulinesymaniak's photostream on Flickr: Graham and Pauline enjoy a bit of sun outside the Bacon Biker Hostel.

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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 Adventure Cycling's 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/2011/10/bacon-bike-hostel-colville-washington.html

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Pan American Freeway Group Ride

There is incredible support here at the Pan American Games Village Guadalajara 2011 and they are welcoming all the athletes with open arms. Although they said it “never” rains here in October, it rained here for 2 weeks solid until today.  Yesterday we rode the trainers in the basement garage of our building.  It was [...]

Source: http://alisonstarnes.com/2011/10/14/pan-american-freeway-group-ride/

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Ben King Profile

Ben King Profile Benjamin King (born March 22, 1989 in North Garden, Virginia) is an American professional road-racing cyclist who moves up to Team RadioShack for the 2011 season.  Ben started racing at the age of 14 showing great promise and winning junior national titles before signing with Kelly Benefit Strategies.  He attended college at Virginia [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/ben-king-profile/

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Andreas Klöden Out of the Tour

And then there were 5! After just a few minutes of pedaling into today?s Stage 13, Team RadioShack?s Andreas Klöden was forced to abandon his Tour effort this year succumbing to numerous injuries from several bad crashes. With numerous bruises and bad scrapes the most serious injury was Andreas? back, which caused him severe [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/andreas-kloden-out-of-the-tour/

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Brajkovic Leaps into 3rd Place at Dauphiné

Team RadioShack?s Janez Brajkovic (SLO) put in an excellent performance in today?s Stage 3, Individual Time Trail of the Critérium du Dauphiné in Grenoble, France, putting himself in very good position (3rd in the overall General Classification so far) to contend this race, and defend the victory he took here last year. And, [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/brajkovic-leaps-into-3rd-place-at-dauphine/

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Team RadioShack in Scheldeprijs and Grand Prix Cerami

Here is an overview of the Team Radioshack line-ups for the next races: 99th Scheldeprijs / Schoten (Belgium), 06/04/11 Riders: Fumiyuki Beppu, Sam Bewley, Manuel Cardoso, Ben King, Robbie McEwen, Nélson Oliveira, Sébastien Rosseler & Bjørn Selander Director: Dirk Demol Grand Prix Cerami / Frameries (Belgium), 07/04/11 Riders: Sam Bewley, Manuel Cardoso, Ben Hermans, Ben King, Michal Kwiatkowski, Nélson Oliveira, [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/team-radioshack-in-scheldeprijs-and-grand-prix-cerami/

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