Meredith Miller is a former soccer player who has advanced degrees but has opted to spend more than a decade traveling the world pedaling her bicycle.
Miller, 36, could be riding in Belgium this week or she could be at home in Fort Collins, Colo., spending time with her husband and tending to her home and garden and the couple’s two dogs.
Instead, the reigning national road champion is competing at the 20th annual Sea Otter Classic at Laguna Seca Recreation Area where she’ll race three times during the four-day event as captain of Team TIBCOÂ …Â Details
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Bill Kaloudis reckons he has spent up to $10,000 building the lightest of his five bicycles, a 7.5-kilogram mountain bike.
“Weight is evil,” he says. “It works against you. It’s like loading up a hot-air balloon, it doesn’t want to take off.”
Kaloudis’s quest for a light bike began six years ago when he decided to become competitive in mountain biking. He regularly monitors bike forums such as weightweenies.starbike.com for information and weighs parts at home to create spreadsheets of technical data to ensure his bike is both featherlight and strong … Details
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One of the best parts of getting in shape is that there are so many different sports you can sample to find what you like. Distance running is a world apart from 5K running and mountain biking is a different animal than road biking entirely.Â
But trying new things doesn’t always end well and while you don’t need the most expensive equipment to try something out it is important to have equipment that works … Details
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USA Cycling is proud to join the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), in partnership with the National Football League, Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Hockey League, the U.S. Olympic Committee and other national sports and health organizations, today in launching an effort to end the dangerous and unscrupulous practices of “rogue†manufacturers within the nutritional supplement industry.
USA Cycling is proud to support the USADA’s “Supplement Safety Now Initiative,†said Steve Johnson, USA Cycling CEO, “the lack of regulation of America’s multi-billion dollar supplement industry places athletes and everyday consumers at risk and it is time for all of us to join together in support of this effort.â€Â  … details
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