Potholes and Road Apples

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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The Green Mountain Cyclery bike shop in Ephrata will hold the local Trek WSD Breast Cancer Awareness Ride on Saturday, Oct. 11, at 10 a.m.
Green Mountain, 285 S. Reading Road, is one of six Trek dealers in Pennsylvania and one of 100 participating dealers in the United States and Canada. Trek hopes to have 10,000 men, […]

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A widely circulated Associated Press report this morning quoted an official with Momentum Sports Group, owner of the Health Net-Maxxis domestic professional team, confirming the company is negotiating with Lancaster County native Floyd Landis for his return to cycling.
Team director Mike Tamayo, speaking at the Tour of Missouri race Wednesday, confirmed the talks.
“We are in negotiations with […]

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Two Lancaster Countains took second places in the wet Cyclosportif rides prior to last Saturday’s Univest Grand Prix professional race.
The sportif riders took to the race course in the morning for 40- and 60- mile rides that began and ended in Souderton. The rides were not races, but participants wore timing chips were and ranked by […]

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Lancaster County native Floyd Landis will be returning to professional cycling in January with the domestic Health Net-Maxxis team, Cyclingnews.com reported this morning.
Landis, 32, will be coming off a two-year suspension from the sport. The ban followed a positive doping test from the 2006 Tour de France which Landis won. The unconfirmed report comes at […]

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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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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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