Potholes and Road Apples

In case you missed it, the Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era had a feature story on Thursday on the Old School Schwinn Bike Club, a group in Lancaster with restored or tricked out Schwinn, Sears or J.C. Higgins rides.
The article is here. And the video is below.

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Dr. Andy Baldwin and his father, former state Rep. Roy Baldwin, and the rest of their Cross Pennsylvania Health Ride crew will arrive in Lancaster County Thursday afternoon.
Baldwin, of television’s “Bachelor” fame, is doing the 420-mile bike ride to draw attention to the epidemic of childhood obesity. At elementary school assemblies across the state, Baldwin, […]

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This article appeared in Friday’s Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era: 
For 14-year-old Maria DeNunzio, her biggest dream was a nightmare.
She was the youngest and only female among 60 participants in the 15th annual Nightmare Bicycle Tour held on Aug. 8.
The bike ride covered some 177 miles and earned its name because it includes rolling hills, steep hills, […]

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The Tour de France, the world’s most celebrated and watched cycling event begins Saturday with a prologue in Monaco. ESPN’s Jim Caple has a nice write-up on the Americans who will be riding in this year’s Tour.
Velonews.com and Cyclingnews have extensive coverage, including live online coverage of the stages of the Tour. Expect much of […]

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Trish Karter was looking for an interesting way to mark the 15th anniversary of the company that she founded, the Boston-based Dancing Deer Bakery.
And, the company CEO wanted to draw attention — and donations — to the company’s partnership with the Boston-based non-profit organization One Family Inc. With One Family, the company funds college scholarships […]

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The two-day, three-event Tour de Ephrata will be held this weekend under what is forecast to be warm and sunny skies.
With the loss two years ago of downtown Lancaster’s professional bicycle race, the Tour de Ephrata is now the county’s largest bicycle race. Online registration closes this afternoon, at 1 p.m. By mid-morning, 530 racers had already […]

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Seeing the need for a local youth cycling organization, Mike Farrington, owner of the Green Mountain Cyclery bike shop, is stepping up to sponsor a club.
The Rockets presented by Green Mountain will serve youth ages 12 through 16. The club intends to teach road riding skills, basic racing skills, and basic bicycle maintenance. Youth would […]

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Emergency Medical Personnel, firefighters, police officers, fire police and other emergency responders are being invited to race their bicycles in a special Emergency Services Bike Race on Sunday, April 26, as part of the Tour de Ephrata. A special celebrity race will also be held for local politicians, VIPs and media personalities.Those races, along with […]

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Costumes. Treats. A haunted barn. “Harvest-themed beverages.” Pulsating music. Oh, and there’s a bicycle race too.
The Wayne Scott Xross race will be held this Saturday at Fair Hill, Md., at the northeast tip of Maryland, just below the Pennsylvania line and about an hour and 10 minutes by car south east of Lancaster. The first race begins at […]

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An 11-year-old Lancaster City boy was struck and killed by a motorist while riding his bicycle near Reservoir Park on Sunday evening, city police reported.
Drew Bogroff, whose family lives near the park, had seen a fight or some other disturbance in the park and was riding to his home to alert family members to call the police, […]

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