Break out of your normal running race rut with the updated River Town Race Series hosted by the Montour Area Recreation Commission. The series gives racers the ultimate season-long, cross-discipline race experience and winners take home some serious cash and even better memories. Races take place in and around the Susquehanna River in rural PA [...]
Local racer Zack Noonan of the Lehigh Valley has joined the men and women of the USA Cycling’s National Development Program racing around the world. The team is finding success in New Zealand, Uruguay and the Dominican Republic. WOMEN Women’s Tour of New Zealand With three riders in the top 10, the American contingent is [...]
February 23, 2012 | Posted in
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For 28 years, the first Sunday in June has seen cycling’s elite international athletes descend on Philadelphia for a punishing day on one of the sport’s most epic race courses. This year, the TD Bank Philadelphia International Cycling Championship will again promise speed and grueling climbs for the pros, but it will be a brand [...]
February 16, 2012 | Posted in
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Entering its 16th year in 2012, the 23-race AMBC series will visit 16 states in a six-month span. Racing begins with the U.S. Cup East Southeastern Regional Championship Series (SERC) #1 in Gainesville, Fla., on March 18, and concludes with the Camp Eagle Classic Mountain Bike Festival in Rocksprings, Texas on Sept. 1-2. In between, [...]
February 15, 2012 | Posted in
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Peanut Butter & Co. is proud to announce that it has become the title sponsor of the Philadelphia-based Human Zoom Cycling Team. A regional team comprised of 20 women and 7 men of varying abilities, racing road, mountain, and cyclocross, the team is recognized by USA Cycling and the Pennsylvania Cycling Association and will now [...]
February 6, 2012 | Posted in
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The world governing body of professional cycling Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) selected Greenville, S.C. to host the UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships in September 2014. This event is projected to include more than 450 athletes and 200 coaches and staff from over 45 countries. The Para-Cycling Road World Championships have not been hosted by an [...]
February 3, 2012 | Posted in
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The drinking of green beer will have to wait since these college guys will be busting their lungs on the hills of Fairmount Park. This race is gaining steam and with the great turn out last year seems like it is going to stay around forever. The organizers are reaching out to the greater cycling [...]
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We have really enjoyed using some of their saddles in the past and Le Tour was won on one last year, so they must be doing something right. With their announcement on Friday, fi’zi:k bumps up the number of pro teams resting on their goods. With names like Cavendish, Evans, Hincapie, Gilbert, and Renshaw, you [...]
Philly’s own Janine Verstraeten is a Massage Therapist and Soigneur with Team USA and is currently in China with some of our local racers at the UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Beijing. She is going to report to us every few days as our national team vies for World domination. Racing has concluded here [...]
January 15, 2012 | Posted in
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We make no bones about it, but I would have to say that Gearing Up is our favorite charity in the city of Philadelphia. We love the mission, the people, the bikes, and of course the rides! Kristin Gavin and the crew that works tirelessly for good at Gearing Up are bringing you a way [...]