Potholes and Road Apples

The Lehigh Wheelmen will be celebrating Labor Day with bicycling and gluttony. The annual Donut Derby fun ride begins at 9 a.m. Monday from the Valley Preferred Cycling Center, otherwise known as the Lehigh Velodrome.
This event rewards both speed and consumption. Riders will pedal 12 miles to the first donut stop, consume as many donuts […]

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COBYS Family Services, a social service agency based in Lancaster County, will hold a fund-raising event Sunday, Sept. 7 that includes options of 10- and 25-mile bicycle rides, a three-mile walk and a 60-mile motorcycle ride. The walk and the rides begin at 1:30 p.m. at the Lititz Church of the Brethren.
Last year, the annual […]

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Bikes Belong, a national bicycling advocacy organization, has provided 1,000 bicycles for a bicycle sharing program in Denver this week for the Democratic National Convention.
Another 1,000 bikes will be provided in Minneapolis-Saint Paul early next month when the “Freewheelin” program is moved there for the Republican National Convention.
The simple, crusier-style bikes are being provided for free at […]

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The Dream Ride for Lancaster Cycling Program is inviting all interested cyclists to join for a ride and a potluck meal to celebrate the closing of the summer season on Saturday, at 3 p.m., in front of Donegal Middle School, along Route 441 in Marietta.
Participants can do a 10- or 20-mile ride along the marked […]

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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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This is a story of love, loss and restoration.
This is a story about a man and his bicycle.
Tracy Bowman, 42, had ridden bicycles since he was a child. He would drag home bikes other people put out with trash.
A dozen years ago, Bowman walked into a bike shop in Red Lion and saw a shiny […]

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A bicycle commuter in Washington, D.C. intervened Wednesday morning to stop syndicated political columnist Robert Novak after Novak reported struck a pedestrian on D.C.’s K Street and then kept driving.
According to a Washington Post account, Novak was driving his black Chevrolet Corvette with the top up when he struck a homeless man crossing the street. The […]

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Lancaster’s Intelligencer-Journal this morning carried a preview article of next month’s Covered Bridge Metric Century ride. The Lancaster Bicycle Club’s recreational tour is one of the largest in the Mid-Atlantic, attracting about 3,000 riders annually.
The article, done for the 30th anniversary riding of the tour, focuses on Harold Baughman, the only rider to have done […]

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Steve Helm, of East Petersburg, and Greg Weaver, of Lancaster, are taking the long way to the beach in Florida this year.
The two men will leave early Saturday morning on their bicycles with maps and a single change of clothing. They plan to arrive in Largo, Fla. twelve days later, on July 2.
Helm, 47, and […]

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More than 800 bicyclists weathered oppressive heat and raised more than $56,000 for the Lancaster Farmland Trust during the 11th annual Pedal to Preserve ride on Saturday, June 7.
The funds will be used in the Trust’s effort to purchase perpetual easements on 40 farms. The 11th annual ride was sponsored by First Priority Bank and […]

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