Potholes and Road Apples

Students and faculty of Lancaster’s Franklin & Marshall College have begun exploring the community mounted on new blue and white college bicycles.
The mountain bikes were donated to the school by alumnus Michael Zane earlier this month. Zane is the founder of Kryptonite Bicycle Lock Corporation and the company’s chairman and president until its sale to […]

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Along with the professional and elite amateur racers who will take the streets in Ephrata for Sunday afternoon’s criterium, some of the area’s youngest pedalers will also be given a chance to shine.
There will be kid’s races on Sunday on Ephrata’s Main Street in conjunction with the Tour de Ephrata. Children ages 4&5 and 6&7 will race a […]

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The management of Pedro’s USA and a Swiss investment firm have purchased Pedro’s from Swix Sports USA, Velonews reports today.
Pedro’s which makes earth-friendly bicycle lubes, degreasers and accessories has been owned by the ski wax and ski pole company for a decade.
Chris Zigmont, a long-time Pedro’s executive, will become the company’s new CEO with the […]

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What a difference two weeks makes. Unlike the bitter cold wind that blew through Kirkwood last month, the conditions for Saturday’s Mount Joy Road Race were pleasant and warm. Leg and arm warmers were left in cars as temperatures rose well into the 60s and passing showers stayed away.
The 12 different races drew a total […]

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In Febuary, Dominique Rollin suffered on the front of a Tour of California breakaway for seven hours. The incescent rain, driving headwind and bone-chilling temperatures on Stage 4 led 18 pro riders to abandon the stage. Veteran Levi Leipheimer, the eventual winner of the race, told Velonews it was ”probably in the top three of worst […]

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A few months ago, I accidentally startled a woman crossing a small Lancaster City street. She didn’t look and by steadily pedaling my bicycle, I wasn’t making much noise.
Soon afterward, it happened to me. I was riding and suddenly a car was passing me that I hadn’t realized was there. The car, a Toyota Prius, […]

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The Trek bicycle company, the nation’s best-selling bike company, has asked a court to intervene to allow it to sever its ties to three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond, the Associated Press reported today.
Trek President John Burke said Tuesday that LeMond had a “troubling pattern of inconsistent business dealings” and that his outspokenness about […]

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The Tom Bamford Classic criterium scheduled for June 1 in downtown Lancaster has been pushed back by a year, race promoter David Butterworth announced.
In a Monday evening message, Butterworth, of Major League Cycling and Pro-Am Cycling Events, said title sponsor Commerce Bank had withdrawn its support for this year’s race because bank officials did not […]

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An 18-year-old East Earl woman died Sunday at Reading Hospital after being struck by a motorcyclist last week in the 100 block of Pleasant Valley Road in Brecknock Township.
Verna Hoover was riding her bicycle on Pleasant Valley Road on Tuesday evening. She was riding with her sister, Jane Hoover, 21, when they were struck. Jane […]

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Cyclingnews is reporting today that Lancaster will still have its bicycle race on Sunday, June 1, despite the professional Commerce Bank Triple Crown race going to Allentown this year.
The report that a criterium will still be held downtown, however, may be premature. Lancaster City special events director Jennifer Baker said the race is still under […]

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