Potholes and Road Apples

This morning was the first frost of the season. At 32 degrees, it was time to break out the tights, heavy shoe covers, fleece top and headband. The heavier stuff stayed in the closet.
It’s just the beginning. According to an article in today’s New Era, it hit 29 this morning in Millersville between 6 a.m. […]

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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 33rd annual Fall Bike Swap.
The largest bicycling-specific swap meet on the East Coast will include 20 shops clearing out old inventory at greatly reduced prices and about 175 individual bike enthusiasts who will be cleaning […]

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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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With the cancellation of the remainder of the RedRoseRaces.com season, the only three cyclocross races planned for the county this year were wiped from the schedule. One of those, the Wonderland Cyclocross Race, has been restored.
David Butterworth, the controlling partner of RedRoseRaces, has brought back the race in conjunction with Christiana Cycling. The race will […]

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The last local race of the year will take place Saturday, Dec. 8, at East Lampeter Community Park, 2320 Hobson Road.

The Wonderland Cyclocross Race, organized by Major League Cycling, should draw as many as 150 racers from across the state. The race is being held for its second year, but this year the competition is the state Cyclocross […]

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For those who hang up their bikes in winter, the road riding season is ending or has ended. For those who race cyclocross, the season will begin soon - after a two week delay.
This Sunday, to mark the end of its season, Dream Ride Projects will hold its last ride of 2007 and its closing ceremonies. […]

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The Valley Preferred Cycling Center, formerly the Lehigh Valley Velodrome, will wrap up its season with the Madison Cup competition Friday night.
This will be the 31st annual Madison, which is a competition involving two-man teams taking turns in the lengthy race and literally hurling each other forward as they pass off the racing responsibility. The name for that […]

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With the Christiana and Deodate races over, the 2007 local road racing season is essentially over. Thoughts turn to chilly days of autumn, and, to cyclocross.
A quick check of upcoming cross races, at http://www.bikereg.com/events/?et=2&rg=2, shows 11 events this fall in the Mid-Atlantic region, between New York and Virginia. Three of those races are here in Lancaster […]

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Pro-Am race organizer David Butterworth is filling out the local fall racing calender with additional cyclocross races this year.
According to listings on event registration and event calender sites, Butterworth has added two cyclocross races and a swap meet to his event listings. In addition to the Wonderland Cyclocross Race, to be held in East Lampeter Community […]

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