Cycling

Video: USA Cycling events kickoff in Chattanooga today

Sat, 25 May 2013 05:35:46 GMT

Source: www.timesfreepress.com --- Friday, May 24, 2013
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Cycling safety stressed as ICBC aims to cut crashes

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:51:08 GMT

Source: www.cloverdalereporter.com --- Friday, May 24, 2013
600 bike riders injured or die in Lower Mainland each summer (with interactive map of Cycling crash sites) ...

SINCLAIR PACKWOOD MEMORIAL CYCLING RACE

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:32:00 GMT

Source: www.royalgazette.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Fsection%3FCategory%3D"> --- Friday, May 24, 2013
MALEOPEN1 Dominique Mayho Madison Digicel 2644. 362 2 Arthur Pitcher Fast Forward Bicycle Works 2655. 517 3 Darren Glasford , Winners Edge 2655. 795 4 Shannon Lawrence 2656. 002 5 Matthew Claridge Fast Forward Bicycle Works 2656. 010 6 Mathew Ackland Tokio 2656. 172 7 Brian Drea Madison Digicel 2656. 457 ...

Analysis: The Di Luca dilemma and walking the tightrope between cycling’s past, present, and future

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:11:54 GMT

Source: velonews.competitor.com --- Friday, May 24, 2013
Danilo Di Luca's EPO positive shines light on the sport's anti-doping efforts and the difficulty of some older riders to move on from the past. Photo: Damien Meyer | AFP BOLZANO, Italy (VN) — Danilo Di Luca’s EPO case at the Giro d’Italia was like a kick to a dormant wasps’ nest on Friday. What once was an idyllic, if freezing cold, surprise rest day in the Dolomites turned into chaos. Reactions on Friday to the announcement that “The Killer” had failed an out-of-competition test in late April ranged from anger to indifference to calamity. There were plenty of hair-pulling “Chicken Littles” claiming the Di Luca case is yet one more affirmation that Cycling is simply a lost cause. But is Di Luca the norm or the exception? That is the million-dollar question as Cycling lurches awkwardly toward a cleaner, more credible future. In the not-so-distant past, Di Luca’s legacy was the norm. As Lance Armstrong put it so mildly to Oprah Winfrey in his made-for-TV confession in January, doping was as casual as putting air in the tires. Yet there is real evidence that Cycling has turned the corner on doping, and that Di Luca is a relic, not the baseline. There is no sport with as many skeletons in its closet as Cycling. Many of the sport’s darkest tombs have already been exhumed, but Di Luca’s case reveals there are still a few ghosts of doping’s past pedaling through the peloton. The sport remains divided and dangerously indifferent on how t ...

Recon Instruments Creates the Cycling Version of Google Glass

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:01:47 GMT

Source: www.bikerumor.com --- Friday, May 24, 2013
Recon Instruments, the same company that has already brought us heads up displays in goggles, is now taking... ...

USA Cycling Professional National Championship start list

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:56:16 GMT

Source: ix-slave-admin.cyclingnews.com --- Friday, May 24, 2013
Men's Time Trial Andrew Baker (Hincapie Sportswear Development Team) Brent Bookwalter (BMC Racing Team) Gregg Brandt (5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda) Mac Brennan (Bissell Cycling) Nathan Brown (Bontrager Cycling Team) Ian Burnett (Jelly Belly Cycling) Matthew Busche (RadioShack-Nissan) Robin Carpenter (Hincapie Sportswear Development Team) Oscar Clark (Hincapie Sportswear Development Team) Lawson Craddock (Bontrager Cycling Team) Timmy Duggan (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) Nathaniel English (5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda) ... ...

Cycling Rocked By Another Doping Scandal

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:43:35 GMT

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com --- Friday, May 24, 2013
ROME -- Cycling's first major race since the end of the Lance Armstrong case was rattled by another high-profile positive doping test Friday. Former Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca tested positive for EPO in a surprise check at his home before this year's race, organizers said. If confirmed in a backup "B" sample, Di Luca risks a lifetime ban since this is his third offense. "I wasn't expecting this. It was a surprise for me. I'm disappointed," Di Luca said upon leaving his team's hotel in northern Italy. "I'll ask for the backup analysis, then we can talk again." Armstrong appeared surprised, too. "Knowing I have 0 cred on the doping issue - I still can't help but think, `really Di Luca? Are you that ... stupid??" Armstrong tweeted, adding an expletive. It's the second doping case from this year's Giro, after French rider Sylvain Georges tested positive for the banned stimulant Heptaminol in a urine sample after the seventh stage. The 28-year-old AG2R La Mondiale rider was immediately withdrawn from the race. The UCI provisionally suspended Di Luca pending a hearing with the Italian Cycling federation and the Vini Fantini-Selle Italia team fired the 37-year-old Italian rider. "Danilo has betrayed Cycling once again," Giro race director Mauro Vegni said. "But I'm happy it wasn't a young rider. Danilo belongs to a generation that has navigated through the doping system." After being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, ...

Berkshire Cycling Classic - Masters 35/45 Cat 4 and Gran Fondo

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:09:58 GMT

Source: nyvelocity.com --- Friday, May 24, 2013
Date: 06/09/2013 Location: Lenox, MA Promoter's Website: Registration: Masters 35/45+ Category 4 and Gran Fondo read more ...

Garmin Connect-- Helping To Revolutionize Cycling

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:06:38 GMT

Source: garmin.blogs.com --- Friday, May 24, 2013
Garmin-Sharp sports science director Robby Ketchell said that Garmin Connect technology has revolutionized how he does his job. As the person responsible for applying science to how the team’s riders race and train, the ability to collect, view, and analyze rider power output data both in time frames as short as a 30-minute time trial and as long as over years of racing, helps him ground his subjective evaluations of rider fitness. At this year’s Giro d’Italia, Ketchell said he uses Garmin Connect every day to “Look at all the analytics for the stage. We look at different riders, how much energy they are spending per stage, the total amount of calories that they expend, how efficient they are, and how it compares to other riders on the team.” That information in turn affects what sort of directions the riders get off the bike: “If somebody is doing a lot of work one day, they need to eat more, or they may also need more recovery in upcoming days.” Ketchell said Garmin Connect also provides insights on how much work riders are doing inside the peloton—something that is difficult for a team director to assess from the perspective of a car driving far behind the race action. It reveals “how efficient somebody really is being in the peloton when they are supposed to be recovering or sitting in,” Ketchell noted. In other words, the Garmin invention opens a window on how well a rider is doing their job of not racing hard on days when ...

Ontario Bike Summit Aims to Change the Conversation on Cycling

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:30:00 GMT

Source: torontoist.com --- Friday, May 24, 2013
Bike Summit organizers say that drivers and cyclists are often the same people. Eleanor McMahon thinks it’s time to change the conversation around Cycling in Ontario. McMahon is the founder of the Share the Road Cycling Coalition , who will be hosting the fifth annual Ontario Bike Summit this week in Toronto. She says that we need to stop talking about things like bike lanes and other bicycle infrastructure as a zero sum game between cars and bikes. “We do polling, and our polling tells us that 89 per cent of Ontarians are both drivers and cyclists,” she says. “The notion that it’s cars versus bikes is overblown, and it’s really not working anymore. Deciding to change the conversation means going out of our way to poke holes in that idea and say from the get go ‘We don’t buy into that philosophy, and just because you say it, doesn’t make it true.’ ” ...

Avalanche forecaster dies in Idaho while cycling

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:52:30 GMT

Source: hosted.ap.org --- Friday, May 24, 2013
HAILEY, Idaho (AP) -- A retired ranger who helped start the U.S. Forest Service National Avalanche Center died while mountain biking near his home in Idaho.... ...

Second Edition Cycling News, Friday, May 24, 2013

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:24:46 GMT

Source: ix-slave-admin.cyclingnews.com --- Friday, May 24, 2013
Video: Bäckstedt on the Giro d'Italia weather Giro d'Italia: Weather sees stage 19 cancelled Danilo Di Luca positive for EPO Giro d'Italia: Reactions to the cancellation of stage 19 Di Luca sacked by Vini Fantini after EPO positive Giro d'Italia: New route for stage 20 announced Video: Vincenzo Nibali's Specialized Tarmac for mountain time trial Nibali: The news about Di Luca is very bad ...

Cycling: Funding boost for Edinburgh’s Finlay Young

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:43:06 GMT

Source: www.scotsman.com --- Friday, May 24, 2013
EDINBURGH cyclist Finlay Young has been tipped to become a future British Olympian after receiving funding as part of the Bank of Scotland Local Heroes initiative. ...

Sound Cycling: Bicycle Maintenance

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:19:17 GMT

Source: www.spl.org --- Friday, May 24, 2013
Saturday, May 25, 2013, 12 – 2 p.m. Where : Ballard Branch Room Location : Meeting Room Audience : Children, Teens, Adults Language : English Summary : Get an overview of basic bicycle parts and learn about basic bicycle maintenance. Description : Bring your bike to class -- maintenance expert Alex will give you suggestions on fixing your bike. Notes : Library events and programs are free and everyone is welcome. Registration is not required., This Bicycle Maintenance class is offered in partnership with volunteers from the Bikery Collective., This program is part of the 2013 Sound Cycling Series: check out free bicycling classes throughout the month of May at one of The Seattle Public Library locations near you! Contact Info : Ballard Branch 206-684-4089 or Ask a Librarian ...

The Italian hosts win the tandem cycling race - Rome 1960 Olympic Games

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:01:15 GMT

Source: www.youtube.com --- Friday, May 24, 2013
The Italian hosts win the tandem Cycling race - Rome 1960 Olympic Games Sergio Bianchetto and Giuseppe Beghetto - Men's 2000m Tandem - Track Cycling - Italy - Rome 1960 Olympic Games For those not used to the sport, track Cycling... From: olympic Views: 12 0 ratings Time: 03:10 More in Sports ...

Inside the Giro d’Italia: Data is changing cycling

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:38:46 GMT

Source: www.humansinvent.com --- Friday, May 24, 2013
Team Garmin-Sharp's Robby Ketchell explains how technology is changing the direction of Cycling. The post Inside the Giro d’Italia: Data is changing Cycling appeared first on Humans Invent . ...

First Edition Cycling News, Friday, May 24, 2013

Fri, 24 May 2013 04:38:36 GMT

Source: ix-slave-admin.cyclingnews.com --- Thursday, May 23, 2013
Kangert taps out the tempo for Nibali Sprick hospitalized with stroke Gavia and Stelvio cut from stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia Evans admits he had a bad time trial at the Giro d'Italia Nibali in a race of his own at Giro d'Italia Time trial of two halves for Uran Video: Reactions after the Giro mountain time trial Sanchez satisfied with second in Giro d'Italia time trial ...

Chattanooga crews preparing streets for USA Cycling championships

Fri, 24 May 2013 04:00:13 GMT

Source: www.timesfreepress.com --- Thursday, May 23, 2013
A small bump in the road isn't a big deal for someone traveling 20 mph in a car. But when it's a pack of more than 100 cyclists speeding across uneven pavement at more than 50 mph, that small bump can turn into a major safety hazard. ...

USA Cycling Championships in Chattanooga

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:29:00 GMT

Source: www.newschannel9.com --- Thursday, May 23, 2013
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Cycling from Normandy to Adelaide - in thongs

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:43:00 GMT

Source: www.news.com.au --- Thursday, May 23, 2013
MARC Richard must have the toughest pair of thongs ever - he's just completed an epic 33,000km bike ride across more than 30 countries from France to Adelaide. ...