Cobb Saddles ? More Rave Reviews

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Source: http://blog.bike-science.com/2011/06/11/cobb-saddles-more-rave-reviews

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Pyrenees Bike Camp ? Perfect your Position ? Price Reduced

We’ve dropped the price of our first ever “Perfect Position” training camp in conjunction with Active Vacances! Perfect your position with a week of riding and fitting in the beautiful Pyrenees. The camp begins on Tues 12th of April for seven nights. Places are strictly limited so book early and don’t miss this opportunity to [...]

Source: http://blog.bike-science.com/2011/03/10/pyrenees-bike-camp-perfect-your-position-price-reduced

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Diabetes on the Divide

Tony Cervanti, 42 years old, has been living with Type 1 diabetes for most of his life. Over the past three years, he's been training to race the Tour Divide ? on which he'll ride more than 2,700 miles from Banff to Antelope Wells ? despite serious concerns expressed by his nutritionist and others. Racing the Tour Divide is a monumental undertaking for any cyclist, and a particularly dangerous one for an individual with his insulin-dependent condition.

According to this Kickstarter page, Taproot Films will be making a feature-length documentary about Tony's ride, but only if they raise $50,000 by June 18th. (They've got a long row to hoe, having brought in less than $4,000 as of June 2nd.)


Tony, who hails from Durham, North Carolina, is signed up for the Individual Time Trial category of the Tour Divide. He intends to set out from Banff on June 24th, a full two weeks later than those in the "Grand Depart" category, who will leave Banff on June 10th. And Tony's is looking like an excellent choice for 2011, because Grand Depart riders are going to be forced to take several detours and miss some terrific sections of the Great Divide, due to late-season snowpacks in the northern and central Rockies.

In his video, Tony admits to feeling tremendous pressure; almost as though he is carrying the flag for Type 1 diabetics everywhere. If he's successful in his endeavor, he will make history.

Best of luck to you Tony. We'll see you on the trail.

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BIKING WITHOUT BORDERS is posted every Monday by Michael McCoy, Adventure Cycling?s field editor, and highlights a little bit of this or a little bit of that ? just about anything, as long as it?s related to traveling by bicycle. Mac also compiles the organization's twice-monthly e-newsletter Bike Bits, which goes free-of-charge to more than 40,000 readers worldwide.

Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2011/06/diabetes-on-divide.html

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Thank You! Over $30K Raised for the U.S. Bicycle Route System

We did it! With your generous support and the support of our business sponsors, as well as our bike organization and web partners, we've raised over $30,000 for the U.S. Bicycle Route System! Thanks to all of our supporters for your donations, and helping to spread the word about the Build It. Bike It. Be a Part of It. campaign.

As of this morning, the Adventure Cycling led campaign was within $900 of its $30K target, so the campaign team decided to extend the effort by one day. Within minutes of our announcement, donations began coming in, including large contributions from two core supporters whom are also life members of Adventure Cycling Association. These 11th hour donations helped us reach and then blow past our goal!

The final 24 hours of the Build It. Bike It. Be a Part of It. campaign generated unbelievable momentum: BikeFlights joined in as a last minute business supporter, and individual donors contributed over $3,800 to the effort -- the campaign's largest total donations raised in a single day!

We still expect some offline donations to arrive in the next week, and we'll do a full wrap up post soon to let you know the final campaign total. Until then, thank you all for your support as donors, members, Facebook fans, Twitter followers, and cyclists of every stripe!

If you didn't get a chance to donate yet and would like to do so, you can still donate on our Razoo page.

Thanks again everyone -- here's to building the largest official cycling network on the planet!

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The 2011 BUILD IT. BIKE IT. BE A PART OF IT. campaign runs through May 31 (errr...June 1), 2011. Please donate $10 today! (It's a great way to celebrate National Bike Month.) All donations are tax deductible and will support Adventure Cycling's organizing efforts and technical assistance for the U.S. Bicycle Route System. This campaign is supported by Adventure Cycling members, a dedicated group of core supporters, and other cyclists across North America. Thank you! We are also grateful to our business supporters, partner organizations, and all our other wonderful partners in this effort.

Business supporters include AdventureCORPS, BikeFlights, BikeQuest Touring Company, Ortlieb, Razoo, Red Arrow Group, Salsa, Stan's No Tubes, and TeamEstrogen.com.


State partner organizations include Bike Walk Tennessee, Bicycle Alliance of Washington, New Mexico Touring Society (with the Bicycle Coalition of New Mexico), Virginia Bicycle Federation, Bike Utah, South Dakota Bicycle Coalition, and Bicycle Advocacy of Central Arkansas.

Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2011/06/thank-you-over-30k-raised-for-us.html

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Cycle lanes what a waste of time!

A new survey shows that cycle lanes are still coming up short. A recent national survey by Insurance provider Cycleguard has revealed that cycle commuters simply don?t have enough bike lane choice available to them on most of their journey to work. The above taken from Cycling Active. This is a statement of the bloody obvious to most cyclists, using the roads in the Britain, most cycle lanes are a waste of green paint and indeed some are just a waste of a white line, some serving no purpose that springs to mind.

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

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Madeline - New Tours Specialist and Intrepid Explorer

Hello all! I'm Madeline McKiddy, reporting from beautiful (although sadly not sunny) Missoula, Montana!

As part of the musical chairs happening in the tours department lately, Mo, Paul and I have decided to rotate writing and posting the blog post, and I thought it only fitting that my first post be an introduction, to let y'all know a little bit about myself and how I came to be here, posting this blog. So, here's the down-and-dirty 411:

I am originally from Missoula, born and raised. I just finished my undergraduate degree at the University of Montana last month with a degree in English Literature and Creative Writing. And so, fresh out of University and still wet behind the ears, I struck out to make my way in the world. I was armed with some experience ? I started working when I was fourteen, and I?ve worked in every industry from sheet metal to restaurants to nannying ? and I knew, without a doubt, what it was I wanted to do with my shiny new degree.

If you?re not from Missoula, I don?t know if it?s possible to explain what a giving community we have here. As a kid I was given opportunities to explore the outdoors because of the wonderful organizations which are part of the Missoula community, and I knew that whatever I did, being a part of the community which gave similar opportunities ? not only to kids, but to adults as well ? was imperative.

The other important aspect of my future to me was to work with travel. I lived abroad in the UK for three months last summer, and the experience of meeting new people and exploring new places (especially at a pace such as bicycling or backpacking, which is what I did) absolutely changed my world perspective for the better. I knew I wanted to help other people achieve a similar understanding, while enjoying adventures of their own.

I?d known about Adventure Cycling for years, both from my mother and from friends, who had always encouraged me to explore my world by bike. Bicycling has always been a part of my life, although bicycle touring is new (and very exciting!) to me. Adventure Cycling combines the two most important aspects of my life ? community and travel ? and makes both a priority. It is, without a doubt, my dream job.

I can?t wait for my next adventure, whether it be on a bicycle or here in the office, and I can?t wait to get y?all started on an adventure of your own! So if you have any interest in taking one of our tours (and we have several still this year with spots available!) please get in touch. I can?t wait to help you get started on the adventure of a lifetime!

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ON THE ROAD is written by Mo Mislivets, Madeline McKiddy, and Paul Hansbarger, tours specialists and intrepid bicyclists, covering all things related to Adventure Cycling's Tours Department. Check out our 2011 guided tours today.

Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2011/06/madeline-new-tours-specialist-and.html

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