Potholes and Road Apples

Rail Trails in Southern End and Lititz-Ephrata, Volunteers for city pro race, and Riders for Dream Ride
*In the wonders never cease department, municipal leaders who bristled and sued when the county commissioners tried to shove a rail-trail down their throats on the former Atglen freight line, are considering creating a public recreation trail on their […]

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Lurch to the right: transport minister Tom Harris sharpens up his cycling skills in Leicester. Photograph: Fabio De Paula/PA
 

The British, facing the same problems we face here, are making an effort to deal with childhood obesity and traffic congestion by attempting to reintroduce an old concept: children riding bicycles.
And, rather than just given cycling lip service, the […]

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AOL FanHouse wakes up, sort of; Spring season begins with first race; Waiting to finish Floyd book; Rail-trail soon to open 
*Sunday’s Floyd Fairness Fund reception in Ephrata caught the attention of the AOL FanHouse: http://www.aolsportsblog.com/2007/03/26/floyd-landis-appeals-drug-test-wants-you-to-pay-for-it/ 
The on-line publication on Monday snarked that Landis is asking people to pay for his defense. It seems to be shocking to FanHouse writer Michael David Smith that Landis […]

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In the inquiring minds want to know  about Floyd Landis department:
The song going through his head during Stage 17: “Badlands,” by Bruce Springsteen.
The recovery beer he consumed after bonking on Stage 16: Heineken.
Thoughts on who will win this year’s Tour: “I don’t care.”
Thoughts on teams he could ride for when/if exonerated: Hasn’t let himself think […]

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Lancaster native Floyd Landis humbly said Sunday: “I happen to be very good at peddling a bicycling. That does not make me in any way better than anyone else.”
Yet, the Tour de France winner may come to most know for pointing to the emperor and declaring that he has no clothes.
Landis is the first athlete […]

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Article to appear in the Lancaster New Era:
Dr. Arnie Baker is a long-time friend of bicycle racer Floyd Landis, but it was as a scientist — not as a friend — that Baker first approached the allegations of doping against Landis.
Speaking by telephone from his home in California, Baker said his presumption when he first […]

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Bike Shop owner Mike Farrington had four cars in his Ephrata parking lot this morning before opening. Word had gotten out that Floyd Landis’ Floyd Fairness Fund had scheduled a second event with the Tour de France champion this Saturday, at the Ephrata Performing Arts Center.
Farrington, of Green Mountain Cyclery, is selling tickets to the event […]

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The Strasburg Road Race, the first race of the season, has been pushed back by a week after Saturday’s snowfall.
The entries of nearly 300 racers have been moved to this coming Saturday, March 24, according to an e-mail sent Friday night by race organizer David Butterworth, of Major League Cycling.
Anyone who cannot attend the race can […]

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Floyd’s Ephrata event: This morning, Jen Farrington said there were about 40 tickets left for the Floyd Fairness Fund events at the Ephrata Performing Arts Center on March 25. She did not expect them to last until the end of the day. Apparently, Mike’s estimate of 70 left on Thursday was a low-ball. She said […]

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The Pro Cycling Tour, organizer of Lancaster’s professional bicycle race, announced plans this week for the event, on Sunday, June 3.
The race day schedule looks like last year. This will be the second year the race is being held on a Sunday, instead of Tuesday afternoon. The professional race is at 3 p.m. Elite amateurs […]

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