Potholes and Road Apples

The management of Pedro’s USA and a Swiss investment firm have purchased Pedro’s from Swix Sports USA, Velonews reports today.
Pedro’s which makes earth-friendly bicycle lubes, degreasers and accessories has been owned by the ski wax and ski pole company for a decade.
Chris Zigmont, a long-time Pedro’s executive, will become the company’s new CEO with the […]

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As the Monty Pythons would say “now, for something completely different.”
Lancaster County bicyclists accustomed to riding out into open spaces and finding small back roads between farm fields have an opportunity to do a different sort of ride. BikeNewYork’s annual Five Boro Bike Tour will be held Sunday, May 4.
The 42-mile ride starts at Battery […]

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Plans are being developed for recreational trails in East Hempfield, Mount Joy, Manor and along the Susquehanna River. And the River Ride, well-know to area bicyclists, is getting publicity and may eventually get signs.
In the news this week, the Lancaster County Solid Waste Authority is including a one-mile loop trail into plans being developed for […]

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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 […]

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The first Hershey Fall Classic bicycle ride will be held Sunday,  Oct. 21, beginning at 8 a.m., on the grounds of the Milton Hershey School.
There will be three 31-mile courses offered to riders. Two of the circuits may be combined for a 100-kilometer — or “metric century” — ride called “the hills of Hershey.”
The event […]

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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has completed ‘Route V,’ the state’s ninth signed route for bicycle tourism.
The new BicyclePA route starts at the Ohio border in Lawrence County and travels about 360 miles, nearly paralleling Interstate 80, to the New Jersey border in Northampton County. Among the many attractions offered along or near the route, […]

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