Pro women cyclists don’t get the respect they deserve. These elite athletes, competing at the pinnacle of sport in races such as the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, are unbelievably talented. Ollie goes head-to-head in a race up the Alpe du Zwift against a virtual version of top climber Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio to find out just how blisteringly fast these pros really are!
From APNews.com
BY DAVE SKRETTA
COLFAX, Iowa (AP) — In the small central Iowa town of Colfax, thousands of cyclists participating in the largest and oldest recreational bike ride in the world were stopped along its historic main street, staring ahead at a daunting climb that would lead them out of town.
The hill, coupled with soaring temps and the vibrant downtown, made a morning sitting in the shade quite appealing.
It’s become almost simplistic to say that “small-town America” is slowly dying. That opportunities for young people have dried up, just like businesses and main streets. That the only way forward in life involves moving to a big city. But the reality is towns such as Colfax are flourishing, and that was especially evident on RAGBRAI, the annual bike ride across the state, where dozens of small towns dotting the 500-mile route welcomed some 50,000 riders with open arms.
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How do you ride out of the saddle? It’s an essential skill for cycling but tricky to get right. In this video, we’ll cover the basics along with some handy tips and tricks to help you ride out of the saddle comfortably and with ease!
From PasadenaNow.com
BY KEITH CALAYAG
While Councilmembers agree that the Department of Transportation’s Traffic Safety Campaign could help get drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians to follow traffic laws, they also believe more should be done to prevent traffic collision fatalities in the city.
During the Municipal Services Committee meeting on Tuesday, City Associate Engineer Donson Liu reported that Pasadena has reported a consistently high number of pedestrian/bike crashes in each of the last four years, with 2-6 fatalities per year.
55% of those who were killed or injured were seniors while 13% were homeless people.
According to Liu, cars in Pasadena are traveling 2 miles per hour faster overall when comparing 2021 to pre-pandemic 2019 conditions.
Aside from an uptick in speed, the DOT has also seen “blatant disregard for signages,” according to DOT Director Laura Cornejo.
Liu said that the previous campaigns on road safety were “well received” by residents but “do not appear to have a correlation to crash, injury and speeding data.”
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Did you know that the Bicycle Kitchen/La Bicicocina is twenty years old?!
This grassroots, all-volunteer run 501c3 nonprofit bicycle repair workshop and education space which started in the Los Angeles Eco-Village in K-Town in 2002, then for seven years at Heliotrope and Melrose (Hel-Mel) single-handedly anchored what became known as the Bicycle District, now owns its own building on the corner of Fountain and Virgil. Cooks are still cooking up bikes for $8/hour, no one turned away for lack of funds 20 years later!
We want to thank you for your part in laying the foundation for this two decade milestone. We’d also like to invite you to join us in celebrating the Bicycle Kitchen’s 20th Anniversary with a gift.
We have set an ambitious goal to raise $20,000 by the end of this year. It’s bold, but really it should and could be higher because Los Angeles needs the Bicycle Kitchen to stick around forever!
What is the difference between cheap and expensive cycling shoes? We want to discuss if top-spec cycling shoes are crucial to performance or just a nice thing to have? Alex has got his hands on a budget pair of shoes and a high-end pair to share the differences…if there are any
From APNews.com
BY DAVE SKRETTA
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — What bills itself as “the world’s longest, largest and oldest recreational bicycle touring event” was more like the world’s biggest traffic jam Sunday as riders, packed together in a sinewy stream of brightly colored jerseys and shorts, churned across the Loess Hills on the western edge of Iowa.
It’s called RAGBRAI — the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa — and it promised to be bigger than ever this year, as the brainchild of two writers from The Des Moines Register celebrated its golden anniversary with a route similar to its first.
That meant a start in Sioux City, where ambitious riders ceremonially dipped their rear tires in the Missouri River, and a finish for those with the legs and the temerity to last that long seven days later in Davenport on the Mississippi River.
Photo by Joel Drzycimski on Unsplash
Long, flat roads can sometimes be just as daunting as mountain climbs. But is it possible to start riding faster on the flat with ease? In this video, we’re going to give you a few tips on how to keep your momentum up so you can do just that!
