Potholes and Road Apples

The Lancaster Intelligencer Journal this morning has a article on local bicyclist Steve Farrah, who rode  from the Pacific to the Atlantic with friend Joe Peko of Lewisberry.
After dipping their tires in the Pacific in June, they crossed the desert, the Continental Divide, the Great Plains and the Appalachian Mountains as they journeyed east. They survived New Jersey […]

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Local bicyclists Mike Ridgeway and Robin Smith will be taking turns on the pedals this weekend to raise money for a single mother and her infant daughter with brain tumors.
Ridgeway, founder of the local Dream Ride for Lancaster bicycle rides, and Smith will be doing “The Longest Day” ride, beginning Saturday afternoon.
They are asking for […]

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The Lancaster-based Cycle Smart team is nearing the end of its cross-country journey.
The team of two women and two men is expected to reach the Race Across America finish line in Annapolis, Md. on Thursday morning at 5:21 a.m., based on their average speed of 16.74 mph since starting the non-stop race in Oceanside, Calif. […]

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The Cycle Smart team reached Montezuma Creek, Utah, - the twelfth time station in the cross-country, non-stop Race Across America - late this morning.
That places the two-man, two woman team 719 miles into the 3,000-mile race. At their 17.23 mph average pace since starting the race at 5 p.m. Wednesday, they are expected to reach […]

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The four-person Cycle Smart team, the first Lancaster-based team to attempt, the cross-country, non-stop Race Across America, is crossing the Arizona desert this morning after beginning their race at 5 p.m. EST Wednesday.
The team of Mike Ridgeway, Bob Ansell, Denise Stone and Robin Smith were 345 miles into this race late this morning after reaching the fifth time […]

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Lancaster’s first home-grown Race Across America team will set off from Oceanside, Calif. today.
The two-man, two-woman Cycle Smart team will race non-stop across the country. They are expected to arrive in Annapolis, Md. in about seven days.
You can follow their progress on the RAAM webpage.
The team is an outgrowth of Lancaster-based Dream Ride Projects.
Dream Ride […]

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The first Lancaster-based team to participate in the Race Across America is preparing for its departure in preparation for the start of the epic cross-country race on June 7.
Team Cycle Smart RAAM, an outgrowth of Lancaster-based Dream Ride Projects, is a mixed-four person team - two men and two women - who will start in Oceanside, […]

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(First published in Saturday’s New Era)
For mountain climbers, there is Mount Everest.
For triathletes, there is the Kona Ironman.
And for some bicyclists, there is RAAM.
And for the first time, a Lancaster-based team will attempt the most famous ultra-distance bicycle race, the coast-to-coast Race Across America.
The two-man, two-woman team will be led by Lancaster bicycle advocate Mike […]

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A new U.S. professional cycling team was recently announced that will compete in the 2008 season. And Team Type 1 won’t be riding under the name of a product or sponsor, but rather a cause. Type 1 refers to a type of diabetes.
Team Type 1 founders Phil Southerland and Joe Eldridge both have diabetes. They set out to […]

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The exhausted, bleary-eyed riders of the 2008 Race Across America will not be stopping to check in at Georgetown, in southern Lancaster County, before make their last, final push to the Atlantic City finish line.
Race organizers announced Tuesday that Annapolis, Maryland will be host the finish of the coast-to-nearly-coast bicycle race next June. As a […]

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