Spring doesn’t officially begin until next spring, but the local road racing season starts Saturday south of Strasburg.
The Strasburg Road Race, formerly a Pro-Am race, begins at 8:50 a.m. under the auspices of Red Rose Races. Late Thursday morning, 330 riders were already registered to participate. The Category 4/5 race and the Category 4 race […]
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Local racing season begins
March 13th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: season · Lancaster · races · spring · cycling · sports
Expo off in March, May VeloSwap and Great Green ride on
February 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment
For bicyclists just burning to spend their tax refund on bike swag, I’ve got bad news: next month’s Harrisburg Bicycle Expo is off.
The Expo, planned for Friday and Saturday, March 7 & 8, at the Farmshow complex, has been canceled, promoter David Butterworth wrote recently. The event, which would have been held for the first time, […]
Tags: season · Lancaster · ride · spring · cycling · sports
Thinking of warmer weather
February 11th, 2008 · No Comments
With area temperatures in single-digits this morning and wind chill making it feel like 15 below, I will be forcing myself into the gym, taking a spin class and pining for warmer weather today.
Local race organizer Red Rose Races has provided a visual to help racers keep their focus on these cold days. Red Rose has posted a […]
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Season’s first organized ride
February 8th, 2008 · No Comments
The first organized charity bicycle ride of the season will take place Saturday, March 22, in conjunction with the annual Sauder Easter Egg Run in Lititz.
The inclusion of a 10-mile and 25-mile bike rides is a new addition to the 16th annual event. Unfortunately, no information is available on the rides. The recently mailed brochure […]
Tags: ride · season · spring · cycling · sports · Uncategorized
Bike map revisions
November 28th, 2007 · No Comments
Lancaster County’s bicycle map, created by the Lancaster County Planning Commission four years ago, is due for an upgrade.
Lauri Ahlskog, the county’s bicycle and pedestrian planner, is compiling text changes to be made to the map before reprinting.
Among those changes is the deletion of the former Crank bicycle shop in Ephrata and the movement of the […]
Tags: Transportation · tourism · Lancaster · season · cycling · spring · sports
Downtown professional race going to Allentown
November 3rd, 2007 · No Comments
LANCASTER MAY SEE AMATEUR DOWNTOWN CRITERIUM RACE CONTINUE
The Lancaster bicycle race — a springtime staple since 1992 — is moving to Allentown in 2008.
The professional race, which brought racers from across the globe to Lancaster for the first leg of the Pennsylvania Triple Crown of Cycling, drew a meager crowd of spectators on Sunday, June […]
Tags: Lancaster · Reading · races · spring · cycling · professional · sports
New Pennsylvania race
May 10th, 2007 · No Comments
A press release e-mail Wednesday states that plans for a new, professional, cross-state bicycle race will be announced next week.
A press conference will be held in the state capitol in Harrisburg on Wednesday, May 16. The highest ranking state government official slated to attend is a deputy secretary of tourism, but the attendees include a representative […]
Tags: Tour de France · Lancaster · Reading · races · spring · cycling · professional · sports
Bike Shorts 3-30
March 30th, 2007 · No Comments
Rail Trails in Southern End and Lititz-Ephrata, Volunteers for city pro race, and Riders for Dream Ride
*In the wonders never cease department, municipal leaders who bristled and sued when the county commissioners tried to shove a rail-trail down their throats on the former Atglen freight line, are considering creating a public recreation trail on their […]
Tags: season · Lancaster · Ephrata · rail-trail · ride · races · cycling · professional · spring · sports
Bike Shorts 3-27
March 27th, 2007 · No Comments
AOL FanHouse wakes up, sort of; Spring season begins with first race; Waiting to finish Floyd book; Rail-trail soon to open
*Sunday’s Floyd Fairness Fund reception in Ephrata caught the attention of the AOL FanHouse: http://www.aolsportsblog.com/2007/03/26/floyd-landis-appeals-drug-test-wants-you-to-pay-for-it/
The on-line publication on Monday snarked that Landis is asking people to pay for his defense. It seems to be shocking to FanHouse writer Michael David Smith that Landis […]
Tags: Lancaster · Tour de France · Floyd Landis · Ephrata · rail-trail · season · doping · professional · cycling · spring · races · hearing · sports
Strasburg delayed
March 19th, 2007 · No Comments
The Strasburg Road Race, the first race of the season, has been pushed back by a week after Saturday’s snowfall.
The entries of nearly 300 racers have been moved to this coming Saturday, March 24, according to an e-mail sent Friday night by race organizer David Butterworth, of Major League Cycling.
Anyone who cannot attend the race can […]




