Potholes and Road Apples

Quietly tacked onto the end of the $700 billion Wall Street bailout bill last fall was tax provision that could benefit bicyclists.
A long-sought bicycle commuter tax provision now allows employers to provide regular bicycle commuters as much as $20 a month. The money is intended to be used for expenses related to bicycle commuting, such as […]

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Lancaster County native Floyd Landis is back in the spotlight this week - a week before his two-year ban from professional bicycle racing is due to end.
An illustration of Landis is on the cover of Velonews which hit newstands and mailboxes on Thursday (and not yet available on their website.) An article about his return […]

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Temperatures are in the single digits and snow is in the forecast, but organizers of Lancaster County’s bicycle races are clearly thinking of spring.
The Pennsylvania Cycling Association recently posted its calendar for the year. It includes 28 races within Lancaster or just outside the county. That number includes 16 races for Rich Ruoff’s recreated “All that is […]

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A year-and-a-half ago, Floyd Landis came home to Lancaster County and held a fund-raising ride for his legal defense fund. About 100 people paid for the privilege of riding with the 2006 Tour de France winner.
This month, supporters will again have the opportunity to ride with the Farmersville native. And this time, it won’t cost […]

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The expansion of Green Mountain Cyclery last year provided space in the Ephrata bike shop to hold classes. The first of those classes, a basic bicycle maintenance class, will be held Wednesday, Jan. 14, from 6-9 p.m. The cost of the class is $20 and registration can be done via e-mail. Pre-registration is required.
That class […]

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Mountville’s Jonathan Spicher, in orange above, and Lars Akerson, of Harrisonburg, Va. left Tuesday on a 8,500-mile ride to Asuncion, Paraguay.
The six month trip will take them to the Global Youth Summit and Mennonite World Conference Assembly in July.
According to an Eastern Mennonite University news article, Spicher, 20, a junior pre-med student at the school, […]

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Ghost Bikes are white-painted bicycles that have appeared around the country and at locations around the world at the sites where bicyclists have been killed or injured by motorists.
In New York City and in Louisville, Ky. on Sunday there will be somber rides to remember fallen cyclists. The New York Ride begins at 10:45 a.m. in […]

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