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30
Mar

Cycling Road, Mt. Bike and Cyclocross – Sturdy Girl Cycling: Eliminate the fear and embrace the power of the bike

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That’s what the women of Sturdy Girl Cycling endeavor to share with others.  Co-founders Sally Poliwoda and Dana Hanchin started the club in the Spring of 2003 with the goal of providing women with a supportive cycling experience in the Philadelphia region.

Beginning in April, the club offers a women’s only road ride that departs from the Italian Fountain behind the Art Museum Mondays at 6:00 pm and meanders for 24 miles to Conshohocken and back at a 14 mph pace.  No one gets dropped and the gentle pace offers race weary legs a chance to recover and novices the opportunity to develop pack riding skills… Details  

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30
Mar

Sailing Cycling – Around the world on bike and sailboat

Charles Brigham was 28 when he straddled his bike to embark on an ecological tour of the world but could be 33 by the time he returns home to Madison, in Wisconsin.

“I love bikes and wanted to travel,” he told AFP during a Paris stopover. “I don’t think it’s natural to fly in a plane or even travel by car. People weren’t meant to travel so quickly.”

So Brigham, who studied electrical and computer engineering but hates technology and wound up working in a bike shop, set off in September 2007 with a good bike, 3,000 dollars, a pair of trousers and 30 kilos (66 pounds) of camping, cooking and first aid gear.

“I packed a bunch of stuff, threw a party and rode out of town.”…  Details

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28
Mar

Cycling Road, BMX & Mt. Bike – Collarbone is Achilles’ heel of cycling

They all are brothers and sisters under the same broken clavicle, that’s what pro cyclists are. As they say, there are two types of cyclists. Those who have broken their collarbones and those who are going to break their collarbones. Almost makes sense, if you are a beginning pro cyclist, to treat your shoulder like a brand new car. Might as well take that baby out for a spin and put a dent in it and get it over with….  Details

28
Mar

Cycling Road – Armstrong Already back on the bike

Lance Armstrong is back on the bike.

Three days after surgery to fix his broken right collarbone, Armstrong posted a photo of himself training on his Twitter feed Saturday afternoon.

“Got on the spin bike for half an hour today,” the seven-time Tour de France champion wrote.

The 37-year-old American cyclist was expected to resume training…  Details

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