Potholes and Road Apples

The New York Times has an interesting article today on the growing number of business travellers who cycle. They takes bikes with them or rent them where they are going.
Included in the article in an interesting statistic:
According to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey data released last month, there was a 43 percent increase nationally from […]

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If you want to see the pros race in 2010, you’ll have to start your engines … and expect to drive at least an hour.
The closest professional bicycle races in the National Racing Calendar released last week by the sport’s governing body, USA Cycling, are the Wilmington Grand Prix, in Wilmington, Del. on May 22; […]

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About 400 cyclists participated Sunday evening in Philadelphia’s first naked bike ride.
Many of the cyclists were clothed, at least in swimsuits or underwear. Some opted for body paint. Others, however, did the full monty to demonstrate the vulnerability of bicycling in traffic. Others were simply there for the thrill. How often do you get a […]

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In case you missed it in Saturday’s Intelligencer Journal, there was a feature article on bike-racer-turned-homeless-addict-turned-bike-racer-again Chad Gerlach. He was in town for Saturday’s Race Avenue Criterium and using the Lancaster race as a warm up to Sunday’s Philadelphia International championship race.
At the criterium Saturday, Gerlach, of the Amore Vita Professional Cycling Team, was narrowly edged out of […]

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Lancaster County native Floyd Landis will be home, or at least in the area this weekend. He is arguably the biggest name racing in Sunday’s TD Bank Philadelphia Championship race.
Landis, who lives in Southern California, is back racing this year with his OUCH Pro Cycling Team after a two-year, well-chronicles hiatus from the sport.
The 114-mile men’s […]

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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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