Recap: Tour of Flanders (Ronde van Vlaanderen)

Hills are bad enough, Pave is not a preferred surface for cycling. Put the two together and you have a punishing prospect for a cycle race. And so it is with the Ronde van Vlaanderen. Thrills, spills leg-pain, guts and all out exhaustion are guaranteed in every running of this World Pro Tour race. Falling [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/recap-tour-of-flanders-ronde-van-vlaanderen/

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Act Today -- Save National Bike Programs

It is hard to believe but after more than 20 years of successful federal investment in biking and walking facilities, Congressional leaders are poised to eliminate dedicated funding for biking and walking.

If you care about active transportation and recreation, please take 10 minutes today to email your U.S. Senators and U.S. Representative and tell them to contact the leaders of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senators James Inhofe and Barbara Boxer) and the House Committee on Transportation (Congressman John Mica) and urge them to keep dedicated and cost-effective funding for biking and walking.

It really is that serious. Without federal investment, we will witness a major retreat from the national effort to provide safe, accessible facilities for cyclists and pedestrians. We will lose countless opportunities to build simple, cost-effective transportation solutions for commuting, recreation, and travel.

We have heard from some folks that federal investment in cycling should not be considered sacred, given America's fiscal situation. We agree! We just believe cycling investments should be considered for proportional cuts, along with other vital transportation programs, and not be eliminated entirely.

Frankly, it is disappointing to hear leaders like Senator Inhofe call cycling investments "frivolous." These investments help generate more than 4 billion bicycle trips a year. They generate more jobs per million-dollars-invested than classic highway projects.

To help keep the American cycling revival moving forward, we need your help today. Please click on this link to send a ready-made e-mail to your Senators and Representative NOW.

This same alert is going out to hundreds of thousands of cycling friends through our national coalition at America Bikes. Do your part, take 5 minutes, and support cycling in America! Thanks for your help.

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JIM SAYER is executive director of Adventure Cycling Association.

Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2011/07/act-today-save-national-bike-programs.html

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Fumiyuki Beppu Profile

Fumiyuki Beppu (born April 10, 1983 in Kanagawa-ken) is a Japanese professional road racer who started his pro cycling career with the Discovery Channel Team in 2005. Known as Fumy, he is an overall rider for Team RadioShack, starting with the 2010 season. Beppu started racing bikes when he was only 9-years old, entering local races [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/fumiyuki-beppu-profile/

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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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Miles and Kilometers: Do You Want Them Both?

Each year as the touring season ramps up, someone from our routes & mapping department offers a map reading clinic to Adventure Cycling staff. This year the honor was mine to explain how to use the maps, why we've done particular things (like why the North arrow isn't always up), and ideas we are considering for the future.

During the clinic, I loved talking about all the features on our maps: from the bi-directional narratives to the endpoint mileages, to the service directory and riding conditions. And this year, I was also able to talk up the new features and improvements available on the GIS-converted maps.

During the clinic, the following question came up, "In the narratives, what are those numbers in the parentheses for?" Good question! Those numbers represent the distances in kilometers, and are provided for our Canadian and European users. This question also opened the door for me to mention a recent conversation in our department: Should we drop the kilometers in order to give us a bit more room to increase narrative type size? We haven't come to a conclusion, and no one in the map reading clinic had a strong opinion at the time.

However, after the clinic, Heather -- who is interning in the publications department for the summer as part of her graduate program at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada -- wanted to put in her two cents on the topic:

"I?d be sad to hear of the Adventure Cycling maps losing the kilometers feature. Canada doesn?t really have an equivalent [organization], and generally seems to get the short end of the stick from the U.S. time and again, so dropping kilometers seems like burning yet another bridge between the two countries. That is my fresh-from-Canada perspective.

"I?ve also taken a straw poll among a few touring cyclists I know. They say that while yes, bike computers do have the capability to display either miles or kilometers, it?s usually not very easy to switch between them. Another person noted that if she wasn?t from the U.S., it would mess with her brain: she knows about how long her home unit of measurement is, and trying to switch to another would be difficult as she doesn?t solely rely on bike computers.

"All parties polled didn?t want to see the information get dropped from the map, despite all of us being from the U.S."

What do you think? I'd love to hear your opinions and input as comments to this post, on our Facebook page, or on Twitter at @acaroutes.

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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/miles-and-kilometers-do-you-want-them.html

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Tour Down Under 2011 Criterium ? Radioshack Recap

The Cancer Council Classic Criterium, prelude to the Tour Down Under 2011, took place today in Adelaide, Australia, and it was also the first day in the last professional race outside the United States for Team Radioshack’s Lance Armstrong. The race also stars three new Team Radioshack riders: Manuel Cardoso, Robbie McEwen and Robbie Hunter. Robbie McEwen, [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/tour-down-under-2011-criterium-radioshack-recap/

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Team RadioShack Aim for Win in Tour of California

Next week Team RadioShack will start in the Amgen Tour of California (May 15-22) with the clear ambition to win the overall classification. Three-time winner Levi Leipheimer and Chris Horner will start as the leaders of the Team. From the beginning of the season the Tour of California has been one of their big [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/team-radioshack-aim-for-win-in-tour-of-california/

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Ben Hermans Top Ten at Amstel Gold

Ben Hermans continues to show his strength, intelligence and overall ability in the one-day classics coming in 8th today in a field of quality riders in the Amstel Gold Race, right on the heels of his 12th place in Wednesday?s Brabantse Pijl, just four days ago. For most of the day Ben was [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/ben-hermans-top-ten-at-amstel-gold/

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Putting together a flat pack bike

I believe the official term for this is ?assembling? but as I?m a common man I?m going with ?putting together?. A lot of people these days are tempted to order bikes online. However, there is often a fear of what will happen when the bike arrives. How hard will it be to assemble? Will something [...]

Source: http://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/maintenance/putting-together-a-flat-pack-bike/

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