This grandmother hangs out with a “tough” gang of bikers – mainly tough on their BMX bikes which endure hours of pounding and rough use every day. “Grandma,” as they all call her, loads them and their bikes into her Honda Ridgeline at least once a week and they head out of town. There is no place for BMX freestyle in Ukiah.
Weekdays the kids ride their bikes wherever they can find or make ramps and jumps around town. But on weekends and during vacations Alice Lane gives her time and money so that these boys can pursue this action sport…Â Details
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Desoto, Texas (March 21, 2009)—The third-annual USA Cycling BMX National Championships welcomed nearly 500 athletes to suburban Dallas on Saturday as competitors of all ages and abilities raced for national titles in the newest Olympic discipline of cycling. And despite all three 2008 U.S. Olympians in the elite men’s field, local Dallas-area resident Jason Rogers (Mesquite, Texas) wound up capturing one of the biggest wins of his career.Â
Rogers took home the Stars-and-Stripes jersey from an elite men’s final that also featured Olympic medalists Mike Day (Santa Clarita, Calif.) and Donny Robinson (Napa, Calif.), defending champion Kyle Bennett (Conroe, Texas), future star Joey Bradford (Monterey, Calif.), Barry Nobles (Wetumpka, Ala.), Danny Caluag (Chino, Calif.) and Matt Kelty (Dover, Del.)….Â
USA Cycling will award its first national titles of the year this weekend as the 2009 USA Cycling BMX National Championships take place Saturday at Metroplex BMX in suburban Dallas.
All totaled, USA Cycling will crown 52 national champions in elite and amateur categories in both standard 20†and cruiser class divisions.
The national championships highlight the weekend which includes three consecutive days of world-class competition. The American-only national championships are bookended by a pair of UCI races that will feature both U.S. athletes and international competitors from around the world….Â
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