The 2011 USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships opened on Friday with over 325 the nation’s best collegiate cyclists contesting a portion of the proposed 2016 Olympic road race course. Four national titles were awarded as both Division I and II male and female riders tackled the more than 6,000-feet of climbing around the road race course at Blue Mound State Park, 30 miles west of Madison, Wisconsin.
ees-McRae College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology jumped out to early leads in the coveted team omnium standings after balanced performances in the road race. Two of the top performances of the day came from the Fort Lewis College men who took gold and silver in Division I and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology women who swept the top three spots in the women’s DII road race  … More
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USA Cycling and the Denver Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America are excited to unveil a new program aimed to promote cycling year round and encourage physical fitness in America’s young people, Venturing Cycling. In an unprecedented partnership, the two groups will work to develop a program where each ‘crew,’ made of both men and women ages 14-20 years, will learn proper skills and techniques to prepare their members to participate as a team in local rides and races.
The vision of the Venturing Cycling Program is to … Details
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A woman set to move house from one coast of the United States to the other made a “spur of the moment†decision that rather than driving or taking a plane from New Hampshire to California, she’d instead use pedal power for her transcontinental journey, despite never having ridden more than 75 miles in a day previously.
Heather Senecal, aged 24, began her 2,800 coast-to-coast journey on February 12, although with the northern United States still in the grip of winter, she first headed south to Jacksonville in Florida to benefit from  … Details
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Just because May is Bike Month, did I really have to say that I would bicycle to work every day and blog about it? Am I really that crazy … or desperate for attention?
It is not like I cut a heroic figure on a bicycle. I don’t own colorful, form-fitting cycling clothes, thank god. The form they would be fitting is verging on XXL. My bike is not a $5,125 job with a cool Italian or Japanese name. It is a  … More
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