Potholes and Road Apples

On Wednesday morning, in the pre-dawn darkness, I was counted a half-dozen other bicyclists on the 12 miles of road I covered between Lititz and downtown Lancaster. The number was unusually high. I have noticed more commuters in recent months - those cyclists like myself, carrying bags of clothing and sometimes a coffee thermos on […]

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Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong made his return to professional cycling official today at a press conference in New York City. Armstrong said he hopes to win an unprecedented eighth Tour. Armstrong, who was introduced by former President Bill Clinton and praised by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, announced he would rejoin his […]

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One hundred and twenty bicycle riders will pedal out of Manhattan at 10 a.m. Saturday to start the 2008 Brita Climate Ride.
The riders will take five days to cover the 320 miles from New York City to Washington, D.C., where they will take their message about global climate change to federal legislators. Along the way, […]

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The morning air is cooler. Bicyclists are breaking out arm and leg warmers and vests. Autumn officially begins Monday.
You know what that means: ’cross season.  
The Mid-Atlantic regional cyclocross series opens Saturday with the Nittany Lion Cyclocross Race, sponsored by Penn State University’s Lehigh Campus. The race, in Fogelsville, is the first UCI-sanctioned cross race of the 2008-2009 […]

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A former Elizabethtown man, whose bicycling group raised money for the fight against childhood cancer, has been charged with stealing almost $6,000 from donations, the Lancaster New Era reports today.
Jeffrey S. Schaeffer, 40, formerly of the 300 block of North Market Street, Elizabethtown, was founder and president of a charity group called Cycling For Life, […]

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The Lancaster Intelligencer Journal this morning has a article on local bicyclist Steve Farrah, who rode  from the Pacific to the Atlantic with friend Joe Peko of Lewisberry.
After dipping their tires in the Pacific in June, they crossed the desert, the Continental Divide, the Great Plains and the Appalachian Mountains as they journeyed east. They survived New Jersey […]

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The Green Mountain Cyclery bike shop in Ephrata will hold the local Trek WSD Breast Cancer Awareness Ride on Saturday, Oct. 11, at 10 a.m.
Green Mountain, 285 S. Reading Road, is one of six Trek dealers in Pennsylvania and one of 100 participating dealers in the United States and Canada. Trek hopes to have 10,000 men, […]

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A widely circulated Associated Press report this morning quoted an official with Momentum Sports Group, owner of the Health Net-Maxxis domestic professional team, confirming the company is negotiating with Lancaster County native Floyd Landis for his return to cycling.
Team director Mike Tamayo, speaking at the Tour of Missouri race Wednesday, confirmed the talks.
“We are in negotiations with […]

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Two Lancaster Countains took second places in the wet Cyclosportif rides prior to last Saturday’s Univest Grand Prix professional race.
The sportif riders took to the race course in the morning for 40- and 60- mile rides that began and ended in Souderton. The rides were not races, but participants wore timing chips were and ranked by […]

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Lancaster County native Floyd Landis will be returning to professional cycling in January with the domestic Health Net-Maxxis team, Cyclingnews.com reported this morning.
Landis, 32, will be coming off a two-year suspension from the sport. The ban followed a positive doping test from the 2006 Tour de France which Landis won. The unconfirmed report comes at […]

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