Potholes and Road Apples

A second Category 4/5 men’s race has been added to the schedule for this Saturday’s Kirkwood Road Race to meet demand.
The first Cat 4/5 race, with a field limit of 75 riders, was full last week before the second race was added to the end of the schedule. This morning, there were 73 riders registered for […]

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Saying art imitates life in this case may be a bit of a stretch, but bike wear maker Primal Wear is - I would guess unknowingly - linking real life to the design of one of its jerseys.
The company’s Blue Ball Lanes bicycling jersey is on sale this week on the Performance website ($54.99 down […]

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It’s still cold outside, but the bicycle racing season is fast approaching.
The first big national race is the week-long Tour of California, which begins Sunday, at 4 p.m. Eastern time with 2.1-mile individual time trial. Check Velonews, Cyclingnews or the tour website for coverage.
This year’s tour, the nation’s largest race, will include 136 professional riders on […]

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The weather outside is frightful ….
So, it is appropriate the first charity ride is actually inside and in place. There will be spin-a-thon to benefit the Daniel’s Den playground project on Saturday, March 8, at Clipper Magazine Stadium.
There are already 125 riders registered for the eight-hour event. Many of those riders are registered for all […]

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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 […]

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A new U.S. professional cycling team was recently announced that will compete in the 2008 season. And Team Type 1 won’t be riding under the name of a product or sponsor, but rather a cause. Type 1 refers to a type of diabetes.
Team Type 1 founders Phil Southerland and Joe Eldridge both have diabetes. They set out to […]

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Rich Ruoff, of Red Rose Races, has a new link on his website that allows viewers to pre-ride the course of the Robert Fulton Road Race from the seat in front of their computers.
The link is at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E2a9yH5sjw
The race is on Saturday morning at Peach Bottom, in southern Lancaster County. It is also the Senior […]

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A 16-year-old New Holland boy was struck and killed by a sports utility vehicle while he was riding his bicycle on Hahnstown Road at about 10:30 p.m. Friday, Ephrata police reported.
According to the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal, Curtis Martin was the last of five friends riding single-file on the narrow road when he was struck by […]

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Late Thursday, Mike Ridgeway, Dream Ride director, sent revised results from Saturday’s Longest Day ride. The earlier post has been edited to reflect the revisions.

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In addition to Floyd Landis’ book, “Positively False,” and David Walsh’s anti-doping book, “Lance to Landis,” here are three other summer reads on cycling:
*”Ascent: The mountains of the Tour de France,”  by British author Richard Yates, is a history of the fabled race with a focus on the agonizing climbs and maddeningly fast descents in the Alps […]

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