Archive for the ‘Road Bike’ Category
Collegiate races are often small, making them appear to some onlookers like inferior offshoots of bigger USAC events. However, the collegiate cyclist knows that small races often consist of a handful of insanely talented racers and nowhere to hide. Last weekend exemplified this kind of competition to a T, with a start list featuring pros, ex-pros, and soon-to-be-pros.
No matter the fields, UCLA’s road race is one of the least forgiving in the conference, with altitude, snow, and fabled stair-step climbs that test riders’ lungs and … More
World-class women cyclists are due to come to Idaho for a five-day stage race later this year that could help determine competitors in the 2012 London Olympics, a decade after a previous tour for elite female riders in the state died for lack of money.
The Exergy Tour on Monday announced its May 24-28 Memorial Day weekend schedule.
The five stages include  … More
If FSU Cycling’s Seminole Cycling Classic were an old Western film, its name might be FSU Cycling Rides Again, or FSU Cycling and the Comeback Race. We all remember last year—cop cars, arrest threats, races canceled mid-pedal stroke—FSU’s planning efforts this year were doubled and redoubled in order to ensure the best collegiate race possible. And by all accounts, the Seminoles succeeded.
Windy conditions favored breakaways in Saturday’s road races; in the Women’s A race FSU riders Katie Lotterhos and Liz Gerrity gained nearly  … More