Potholes and Road Apples

May might be fine for the rest of the country, but local bicycling advocate Mike Ridgeway wants September to be bike month in Lancaster County.
Ridgeway, whose Dream Ride organization organizes charity rides and bike safety classes, will be approaching officials in the next few weeks seeking recognition of a September bike month. More importantly, Ridgeway is making September a […]

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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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The men’s and women’s Olympic road races are already in the history books, but for those interested in watching NBC’s coverage of the remaining time trial, track, cross-country and BMX events, here is a schedule:
Day 5 Wednesday, August 13
11:30 a.m. Women’s Individual Time Trial
1:30 p.m. Men’s Individual Time Trial
Day 12 Wednesday, August 20
10:15 a.m. Men’s BMX […]

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A series of thunderstorms dumped on Christiana Sunday afternoon causing the cancellation of some of the Tour de Christiana events and the delay of others.
Racers and spectators alike huddled under porches and overhanging roofs as one storm after another lit the sky with lightening and created channels of water along the gutters of the small town on […]

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Pennsylvania’s Olympic bicyclists got international attention this week even before Friday’s opening ceremonies. Mike “Meatball” Friedman, a Pittsburgh native, and Bobby Lea, of Topton, arrived at the Beijing airport this week wearing surgical-type masks. The masks, also worn by cyclists Sarah Hammer and Jennie Reed, were worn because they feared the negative affects of the much-discussed air […]

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Despite a mid-morning rain storm north of Lititz Saturday, there was a good turn out of riders for the Hammer Creek Road Race.
More than 200 riders registered by the Thursday evening deadline for online, advance registration. The ranks of the six category races were further swelled by the cancellation of the competing Deodate Road Race. […]

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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 former partners of RedRoseRaces.com are going head-to-head Saturday - each with a race of their own.
David Butterworth, the controlling partner of RedRoseRaces.com, is organizing the Deodate Road Race, near Middletown, in Dauphin County. Rich Ruoff, RedRoseRaces’ founder and former director, is organizing the Hammercreek Road Race, north of Lititz, in Lancaster County.
The prospect of competing […]

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In case you missed it in Tuesday’s Intelligencer Journal, there was a good article on Beijing-bound Olympic track cyclist Bobby Lea, his brother, Special Olympian Syd Lea, and their mother, Tracy Lea.
They came to the Acadia Neuro Rehabilitation Center, in the Greenfield Corporate Center, on Monday to talk about the challenges they have faced.

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Bicycle racers came from across the mid-Atlantic and spectators came from inside their homes to the Grandview Grand Prix criterium race on Saturday. About 240 racers participated in the various categories that ranged from beginner to professional. About another 50 children competed in free kids’ races.
Spectators who saw the professional/category 1/2/3 race on Saturday afternoon got to see […]

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