It’s not every day that you see a carbon road bike being used as a stunt machine — hopping over boulders at the beach and styling it up at the skate park.  British trials legend Martyn Ashton does just that and more in his latest video, The BikeRadar Roadie. The clip sees Mountain Biking Hall of Fame member Ashton hit the tarmac on his carbon Raleigh Avanti Team on his way to the UK’s premier bike festival, BikeRadar Live — which takes place on 10-11 July
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Colorado Springs, Colo. (June 17, 2010) – Over 750 racers are registered to face off in the cycling mecca of Bend, Ore. next week as the USA Cycling Juniors, U23, Elite and Paralympic Road National Championships come to town June 22-27. Twenty-four national titles and seven spots on USA Cycling’s 2010 UCI Road Cycling World Championships squad will be on the line as participants compete for Stars-and-Stripes jerseys in criterium, time trial, and road race events. New this year, and sure to be the highlight of downtown Bend on Friday evening, is the addition of the men’s and women’s elite criterium contests.  Â
The USA Cycling Junior, U23, Elite, and Paralympic Road National Championships will kick off with the road and criterium contests for the younger junior categories, along with the paracycling divisions, on Tuesday and Wednesday. All categories will then compete in the race against the clock on Thursday, June 24, before the nation’s top young riders age 15+ duke it out in the criterium and road race contests over the weekend. Â
The men’s and women’s elite criterium contests, moved from … Details
Lance Armstrong’s RadioShack team have criticised Tour of Spain organisers for omitting them from the entry list for cycling’s third biggest stage race.
RadioShack were the major absentee among the 22 squads selected by tour organisers for the 2010 edition of the race when they released the team roster on Monday.
“I am not only surprised, I am speechless,†RadioShack team manager Johan Bruyneel said in a team media release on Tuesday … Details
For Bob Morlock, pursuing his dream means putting up with some sleepless nights.
Driven by the goal of finishing the Race Across America in less than nine days, he shudders at the thought of starting undertrained in ultracycling’s main event: a 3,000-mile race against the clock that begins at the Pacific Ocean and ends at the Atlantic.
“This race intimidates you to train,†says Morlock, a police office from Danbury, Conn. “I think about showing up unprepared and it gives me nightmares.â€Â  … Details