How to keep your bicycle maintained cheaply.

When I got back into cycling 3 years ago it never crossed my mind that I will have to pay a small fortune to keep my bike maintained and running in good order. The cost of servcing a bike seems to vary as a basic service could cost as little as £30 to a full service for around £120.00 this is excluding any parts that may be required. My Local bike shop charges £69.00 for a bronze service, for this basic service which is really just checking your bike over, if you need any parts that?s even more cash you will have to part with. Learn how to maintain your bike and drive the cost of bicycle maintanance down.

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Manuel Cardoso Takes Stage 4 at Catalunya 2011

After looking very strong so far in this year?s 91st running of the Volta a Catalunya ? he finished third in Tuesday?s 2nd stage – Team RadioShack?s Manuel Cardoso (POR) won Thursday?s 4th stage besting the field to the line in a bunch sprint in the town of El Vendrell, Spain. The 195 kilometer [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/manuel-cardoso-takes-stage-4-at-catalunya-2011/

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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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TdF Halfway Point ? Havoc, Mayhem, Carnage

When it?s over, it will be very hard for anyone to discuss this 98th edition of the Tour de France, without mentioning the numerous, high profile, and wild crashes that have marred the first half of this year?s contest. Not only has there been an extremely high number of riders hitting the deck, but [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/tdf-halfway-point-havoc-mayhem-carnage/

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Act Now ? Save National Cycling Resources

If you care about creating better cycling conditions in America, please consider sending two emails ? right now ? to your United States Senators to urge them to maintain federal funding for investment in biking and walking facilities. Please click on this link, enter your zip code, and follow the instructions. It will take just a few minutes and will make a big difference in sustaining the 20-year national commitment to modest and effective investment in active transportation like biking and walking.

As background, Adventure Cycling and the America Bikes coalition have been tracking action on a new federal transportation bill. Several leaders in Congress, especially Senator Tom Coburn (OK), have said that they want to eliminate a program called Transportation Enhancements (TE), which funds biking and walking infrastructure. These Members of Congress want to kill the TE program, despite its popularity and cost-effectiveness in building new bike facilities and despite research showing that the program generates more jobs per million dollars invested than regular road projects. Finally, the TE program makes up less than 2 percent of all federal transportation funding (while biking and walking make up well over 10 percent of all American trips).

To keep improving cycling and bike travel conditions across our great land, we need your help to maintain Congressional support for the TE program and bike/walk infrastructure investment. Again, please click on this link and make a difference for cycling in the USA.

Thanks for reading this, for taking immediate action, and for sharing this with all your cycling friends.

Photo Caption: Adventure Cycling's Colorado Family Fun Tour on the Glenwood Canyon Trail along the Colorado River near Glenwood Springs, CO. Thousands of great bike/walk facilities like this have been built with Transportation Enhancement dollars, now in jeopardy in the US Congress. Photo courtesy of Jim Sayer.

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JIM SAYER is executive director of Adventure Cycling Association.

Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2011/09/act-now-save-national-cycling-resources.html

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TdF Stage 4 ? Shoot Out at Mur-de-Bretagne

Many thought that today?s 173-km (107.5-mile) 4th Stage going from Lorient to the short but steep ramp up the Mur-de-Bretagne had Philippe Gilbert?s name written all over it. This is exactly the type of course that the current dominant Belgium national champion has built his reputation on. And given his latest form, winning [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/tdf-stage-4-%e2%80%93-shoot-out-at-mur-de-bretagne/

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Shack Sets Powerful Roster for The Tour of Switzerland

The 9-day long, 75th edition of the Tour de Suisse starts on Saturday, June 11th, and as usual, it promises to be a real shoot out, with many of the sports elite stars making their annual pilgrimage to the land of private banking, precise time pieces and great chocolate as the traditional tune up for [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/shack-sets-powerful-roster-for-the-tour-of-switzerland/

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The Hungry Cyclist Podcast - July 2011 - I is for Iran

Choosing a restaurant fro I in our alphabetical culinary quest was not easy. There were of course plenty of calls for India, a strong shout went out for Israel and with the current Nordic trend in cuisine many thought we...

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