Every year at this time, following the excesses of Christmas celebrations, we are bombarded with advertisements for diets, gyms, cosmetic surgery and exercise equipment.
All play on the common New Year’s resolutions to lose weight and live a more healthy lifestyle. For bicyclists, the answer is simple: just ride.
Winter officially started Dec. 22 and so far […]
Entries from December 2007
Riding into 2008
December 31st, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Transportation · commuting · holiday · Ephrata · Lancaster · cycling · ride · season · sports
New team with a cause
December 28th, 2007 · No Comments
A new U.S. professional cycling team was recently announced that will compete in the 2008 season. And Team Type 1 won’t be riding under the name of a product or sponsor, but rather a cause. Type 1 refers to a type of diabetes.
Team Type 1 founders Phil Southerland and Joe Eldridge both have diabetes. They set out to […]
Tags: Lancaster · Tour of California · Race Across America · ride · races · sports · cycling · Uncategorized
RedRoseRaces to be bigger, better in 2008
December 27th, 2007 · No Comments
Lancaster County is cementing its reputation as the amateur bicycle racing mecca of the Mid-Atlantic with the combination of events of two local race promoters.
Rich Ruoff, director of RedRoseRaces.com, recently acquired the bicycle races promoted by colleague David Butterworth, of Pro-Am Cycling, for an undisclosed price.
RedRoseRaces recently announced a 2008 racing schedule with 23 events […]
Tags: Lancaster · food · season · races · cycling · sports
Tour of America may still come here
December 19th, 2007 · No Comments
Organizers of the controversial Tour of America bicycle race announced last week that they had scaled back the length and distance of the first-time race to be held in September.
Yet, even with cutting the race by a week and half as many miles, the stage race may still be coming through Lancaster County. Although the race […]
Tags: Lancaster · races · professional · cycling · sports
