Yarosolav Popovych out of the Tour

Yaroslav Popovych will not take the start of stage 10 in the Tour de France. Since Sunday Popovych has fever. As the rest day didn?t bring any amelioration, the team decided not to let him start in Aurillac. The former Tour de France stage winner will undergo some extra tests today. In stage five Popovych crashed [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/yarosolav-popovych-out-of-the-tour/

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Swinley Forest route

Once the magazine Mountain Biking UK applies the label ?Trail of the year? to a place, a visit becomes inevitable. Fortunately, said place is Swinley Forest. A mere 50 minutes train ride from central London. On route there, the excitement rapidly builds as the heavily populated sights of London give way to thick green forest. [...]

Source: http://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/routes/swinley-forest-route/

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oVo recumbent tandem UK manufacturer.

Article by; OvO tandems Richard Cresswell After a holiday in Brittany Richard came up with the idea to make a tandem recumbent ? I think he was fed up with waiting for me at the top of the hills. So the oVo was conceived. So now when we go away (2010 we did over 1,000 Km on one trip and in 2011 1685.5 Km) we arrive in the same place at the same time! He went back to basics for the design, steering away from a standard bike shape and replacing it with a sexy curve made from aluminium box section. It separates into two bags which means you can go on Euro star (?if you can get it through the X-ray machine mate we can get it on Euro star? quote from a porter at Euro star) and it does. In fact we went on 11/11 different trains this year through England, France, Holland and Belgium without refusal. The bags weigh 9.5Kg and 13.5Kg (less than the pannier bags did!)

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Adventure Cycling Overnight ? A Tour of Epic Proportions

Okay, maybe I can't really call our staff overnight epic (it was only 30 miles each way), but it was epic-ly fun! It was a great chance for everyone to get to ride together, have a look at Paul's hand-made bikepacking setup, and enjoy a lazy afternoon at a time of year when the evenings are still fairly long. Our pace was approximately 6 miles an hour. More than anything, it reminded me that touring bikes don't have to be expensive jobs that come with rack mounts! I saw people touring on mountain bikes, old road bikes, and everything in between. And whatever they were aboard, everyone was having a fabulous time.

I always find that touring is a lot about stopping and enjoying what's along the way. Note the puffy blouses that Rachel and I found at a thrift store (top photo). So breezy and cool. We also stopped for juice and fruit at an "aid station" (we were just working so hard!) set up by our kind co-worker, Ted. On the way home, Alison and I stopped for pastries at a small farmers' market, and I found some deer antlers that could be perfect to use as a rack for hanging my cycling hat collection. The vendor seemed a little worried that I was on a bike, but I explained that this kind of riding was made for collecting oddities. Alison helped me strap the antlers on over my Therma-A-Rest, and off we pedaled back to Missoula ... but not before riding our two-wheeled steeds through a drive-through coffee stand for our lattes.

Photos by superstar Josh Tack.

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Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2011/10/adventure-cycling-overnight-tour-of.html

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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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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 [...]

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

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Can Bicycle and Pedestrian Infrastructure Save the U.S.?

Perhaps I'm exaggerating things in the title of this post -- but really, biking and walking offer proven benefits for the health and well-being of individuals, both are environmentally friendly, and we know they offer economic benefits as well.

I'd like to bring to your attention a study by Heidi Garrett-Peltier from the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Released in June 2011, it's titled, "Pedestrian and Bicycle Infrastructure: A National Study of Employment Impacts" (pdf).

Heidi took data from eleven cities and fifty-eight separate projects. She found that for the same amount spent on roadway-exclusive projects, those that included additional bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure (bike lanes, sidewalks, bike/ped paths, etc) created more jobs -- typically an additional three jobs per $1 million spent. Plus these jobs tend to employ people from the local communities.

If you're interested in learning more about this economic and jobs report, you can listen to a summary of the report or watch an interview with Garret-Peltier titled "Bikes A Path to Jobs."


Photo by Touring Cyclist on flickr

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BUILDING THE U.S. BICYCLE ROUTE SYSTEM (USBRS) is posted by Ginny Sullivan, USBRS coordinator at Adventure Cycling, and features news and updates related to the emerging U.S. Bicycle Route System. The USBRS project is a collaborative effort, spearheaded by a task force under the auspices of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). Members of the task force include officials and staff from state DOTs, the Federal Highway Administration, and nonprofits like the East Coast Greenway Alliance, and Mississippi River Trail, Inc.

Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2011/10/can-bicycle-and-pedestrian.html

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Team RadioShack in Franco-Belge and Binche

The Team line-up for the next races: Circuit Franco-Belge (Belgium) 29/9-2/10/11 Riders: Sam Bewley, Ben Hermans, Michal Kwiatkowski, Geoffroy Lequatre, Robbie McEwen, Gregory Rast, Jesse Sergent & Evgeniy Shalunov Director: Dirk Demol Binche-Tournai-Binche (Belgium) 04/10/11 Riders: Manuel Cardoso, Ben Hermans, Robert Hunter, Michal Kwiatkowski, Geoffroy Lequatre, Robbie McEwen, Jesse Sergent & Evgeniy Shalunov Director: Dirk Demol

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/team-radioshack-in-franco-belge-and-binche/

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