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THEY SAY there’s one way to make a small fortune in cycling. You start with a large fortune.
Mill Valley’s Charles Moore knows that harsh reality better than most in his sport. As President and CEO of McGuire Real Estate, Moore was the driving force behind the Marin-based McGuire Cycling Team. Over the course of six seasons his riders won races, stood on podiums and represented his company at events across America.
But two years ago, when the global economy tanked and the real estate bubble burst, Moore could not longer justify spending his company’s money on something as seemingly frivolous as a bike team  … Details
Pietermartizburg, South Africa (Aug. 1, 2010) – The UCI BMX World Championships wrapped up on Sunday with the United States grabbing six more medals, this time in the Cruiser Classes. The six medals earned the Americans the victory in the Cruiser medal count ahead of Australia and the Netherlands.   Â
Eight-time world champ Eric Rupe (Woodland Hills, Calif./Mongoose) earned the only world title of the day for the U.S., just ahead of country man Donald Beals (Port Richey, Fla.) who snagged the silver in the 45 and over men’s cruiser class. Â
Twelve-year-old Michael Gonzales (Watsonville, Calif.) added to the U.S. medal tally, capturing the silver in his cruiser class competition.Â
After winning her Challenge Class on Friday Felicia Stancil (Lake Villa, Ill.) was denied the double world title in the cruiser class as French-woman Ingreed Mercredi surged at the line to steal the win. Stancil however still added another medal to her trophy chest with the silver in the 15-16 women’s division.Â
Maliek Byndloss (Cape Coral, Fla./One Bicycles) sprinted to the bronze in the 15-16 men’s race and 18-year-old Devan Searle (Laguna Hills, Calif.) earned the silver in the 17-24 women’s division to round out the day’s American medals.Â
Sunday’s Cruiser Class races were contested on BMX bikes with slightly larger wheels than the traditional Cruiser and Championship sizes. Americans Alise Post (Saint Cloud, Minn./Redline Bicycles) and Brooke Crain (Visalia, Calif./Clayborn-Monster Energy) provided the high point of the four-day competition for the U.S. team scoring medals in Saturday’s Championship Class competitions  … Details