Potholes and Road Apples

Organizers of Altoon’s stage race, the International Tour de ‘Toona, became the latest to shelve race plans for this year. On Friday, it was announced that the race will not be held this year. Plans call for a revival of the race in 2010.
“I’m very disappointed that we had to postpone this year’s race, but, […]

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In case you missed it, Zac Felpel, a local Cat. 2 racer on Team Alliance Environmental, was the featured “Teen of the Week” in the Saturday edition of the Lancaster New Era/Intelligencer Journal. This is the article:
When a ribbon of open road is rolling beneath his two tires, Zachary J. Felpel is in bicycling heaven.
The […]

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Racers can choose to do a criterium, a road race or both in Lancaster County this weekend.
On Saturday, there will be the inaugural Smoketown Airport Crit, presented by the International Christian Cycling Club and Shirks Racing presented by Trek Bikes. The first group, Category 5 racers, begin at 8:15 a.m. Online registration for the race […]

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Altoona’s Tour de ‘Toona is the latest race threatened with cancellation due to a lack of sponsorship dollars, the Altoona Mirror is reporting today.
Organizers are now weighing whether to cancel the four days of racing now planned for July 16-19, but are holding out for one major sponsor. If cancelled, the Altoona race will join a list […]

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The professional race in Philadelphia is on, but organizers say they still can’t do it without help. The Pro Cycling Tour, the promoters of the TD Bank Philadelphia International Cycling Championship race on June 7, are asking for volunteers to serve as course marshals, stage crew, foreign language interpreters, hospitality, marketing and public relations assistants […]

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Grandview United Methodist Church, 888 Pleasure Road, Lancaster, will host a neighborhood Bike Swap and Tune-up on Saturday, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
People who have a bicycle that is gathering dust in their garage are encourage to donate it. Used bikes will be tuned-up and sold at the swap. There will also be lunch and […]

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No excuses.
It rained all last week, but the sun is shining on this national Bike to Work Week. Temperatures are expected to rise from a high of 61 degrees today to 77 by Friday, National Bike to Work Day. There are a few chances for rain, but otherwise the week will be dry and winds […]

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The gates of the Valley Preferred Cycling Center, otherwise known as the Lehigh Velodrome, near Trexlertown, open tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. for the 7th annual Spring Bicycle Flea Market.
The largest bicycling-specific spring swap meet on the East Coast will include 120 vendors, including shops clearing out old inventory at greatly reduced prices and about individual bike enthusiasts cleaning out […]

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The Lancaster Sunrise Rotary is holding is sixth-annual Ride for Literacy on Saturday, with 10-, 21-, 43- and 62-mile rides leaving from Manheim Township Community Park in Neffsville, beginning at 7 a.m.
The cost to participate in each of the rides is $25. Proceeds from the event go to support the Literacy Council of Lancaster-Lebanon and […]

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It’s not just you. It really has been a rainy spring.
Today is the eighth consecutive day with rain, according to data collected by Millersville University. Although we experience five spectacularly warm, sunny days around and including the last week weekend in April, that period was bookended by four days of rain and the rainy spell […]

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