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Can’t make it to the ocean this weekend? The ocean might be coming to you in the form of the largest peloton in Sonoma County history.

About 3,500 hundred cyclists will create a two-wheeled sea that floods Finley Community Center and Park in Santa Rosa Saturday morning before rolling west for the largest amateur cycling event ever held here.

“It’s going to look like an ocean of cyclists,” said Carlos Perez, event director for Levi Leipheimer’s King Ridge GranFondo…  Details

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The great frame debate

This is another hot topic that is keenly discussed by cyclists around the crit track, on training rides, on he forums and at coffee shops. My intention is to try and inform you of the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Let’s start with carbon

Most frames available today are …  Details

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Cycling’s governing body has stepped up its campaign to ban riders from using two-way radios to communicate with team managers.

The International Cycling Union says Thursday that radio communication on the road “distorts the nature of cycle sport.”

Its management committee agreed at a meeting Wednesday to …  Details

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A Canadian man and a French woman have set world bicycle speed records at an annual event in northeastern Nevada.

Sam Whittingham and Barbara Bautois pedaled recumbent bikes to the records on Nevada Route 305 near Battle Mountain, about 220 miles northeast of Reno.

The 32-year-old Bautois’ speed of 72.5 miles per hour Wednesday night broke the women’s record, set in 2005, by 6 mph.

The 37-year-old Whittingham’s speed of …  Details