Levi Comments: Radioshack?s Leader in Tour de France

There has been plenty of speculation in the media and among fans regarding which Team Radioshack rider will lead the team in it’s efforts in the upcoming Tour de France. Even though Lance Armstrong is no longer riding professionally, the team still have several profiles who would fit the bill. In an recent poll on this [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/levi-comments-radioshacks-leader-in-tour-de-france/

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Routes & Maps Twitter Update

Last summer when we first announced that our routes & mapping department was embracing Twitter and encouraging the use of route-specific hashtags, I was a bit apprehensive. Not knowing exactly what to expect or how much time it would take, I posted tidbits and waited. Over the course of the 2010 touring season a few questions came in, there was a sprinkling of tweets in the hashtag feeds and our follower count grew along with my confidence in the technology. It was fun to check in daily to see who else was showing up.

Today, it's even better. We have over 1,000 followers and over 2,500 tweets! As @acaroutes, I field questions regularly and engage in conversations about our routes, share links to items I believe to be of interest to traveling cyclists, and follow our route hashtag feeds.

Cyclists are using our route hashtags to report their food recommendations, lodging updates, campground experiences, and bike shop kudos as well as links to blog posts and pictures. I could spend much of my day exploring every one of those tweets. In reality, I respond to as many of them as practical, follow up on route updates, and retweet from our followers.

The busiest feeds right now are the TransAmerica Trail, Northern Tier, and Pacific Coast routes. They are another great way to tour vicariously, and gather inspiration for your own trip.

If all this talk of Twitter, hashtags, followers, and retweets has you a bit befuddled, be sure to check our initial post on the topic for clarification.

P.S. I'm taking a break next week. I'll be back with a new post the following week; see you then!

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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/2011/07/routes-maps-twitter-update.html

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Cycling Holiday in Spain made simple!

Article written by: Andalucian cycling experience Over the last few years cycling as a sport and leisure activity has boomed in the UK and Ireland and indeed across the world. Cycling is said to be the fastest growing participant sport and families are getting out on their bikes and enjoying some quality time together whilst many other people are hitting the trail centers across the UK and there seems to be an abundance of Sportive to enter too. Whilst a growing number of people are enjoying their bikes and riding at home, many have still to experience the challenges and thrills of riding their bikes abroad. Europe has many great cycling destinations and Andalucía in southern Spain has a great year round climate for riding. A little over 2 hours 30 minutes from most UK and Ireland airports and you can be landing at Malaga airport on the Costa del Sol. Spain is a familiar destination of many travelers but what most cyclists don?t realize is that it also has some of the best riding Europe has to offer. Whether you are new to the sport, male or female, young or old, novice or mega fit experienced rider, a mountain biker, road cyclist, tri-athlete, familys or leisure riders.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Cyclingchatcouk/~3/BdCK3oIFnnI/

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Team Boardman Cycling Plus ? Sean Lacey

Team Boardman Cycling Plus  will be updating you each week with the highs and lows of their training as part of the team. This week Sean saddles up?. Sean Lacey Lives: Shropshire Age: 40 Height: 1.88m Weight: 93kg Reasons to ride: mid-life fitness crisis and to make my 71-year-old roadie grandfather proud! Weaknesses: unstructured, erratic [...]

Source: http://magazine.bikeradar.com/2011/07/19/team-boardman-cycling-plus-sean-lacey2/

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Team Radioshack Line-up in Tour of Austria

Team Radioshack is ready to ride in the 63rd edition of Tour of Austria (Internationale Österreich Rundfahrt), which takes place July 3-10, 2011. Team Radioshack will start with a team of relatively young riders: Matthew Busche, Robbie Hunter, Ben King, Michal Kwiatkowski, Geoffroy Lequatre, Tiago Machado, Gregory Rast & Jesse Sergent Director: José Azevedo Go Team Radioshack, Go!!!

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/team-radioshack-line-up-in-tour-of-austria/

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