Indoor training is a great way to stay fit during the colder and wetter months. You can get on the bike for a hard training session or just a leisurely ride, all from the comfort of your own home. Manon shows you how to ride indoors, taking you through all the essential equipment you’ll need to get started!
From PasadenaWeekly.com
To help increase safety and connectivity for community members on the road, the city of Pasadena has neared completion on its Union Street Protected Bikeway project, a 1.5-mile-long, two-way protected bike lane that runs along Union Street between Arroyo Parkway and Hill Avenue. On Saturday, Sept. 9, there will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony held in front of city hall to unveil the new construction.
“The project really started as part of the bicycle transportation action plan that was developed in 2015 … to determine how we could really enhance the bicycle network in Pasadena,” said Joaquin Siques, deputy director of transportation for the city of Pasadena. “Union Street was identified as a corridor where we could provide a bike facility that has additional protection and really provide that two-way connection between Pasadena City College, a connection to Caltech and bring people, residents and students from those campuses into the central business district on a corridor that had a lot of extra space.”
Along with routes meant for PCC and Caltech students, the project will also help connect residents and visitors to destinations like Old Pasadena and Playhouse Village on bike.
From LA.Streetsblog.org
By Joe Linton
Culver City’s proposed ~2.5 mile Overland bike facility is mostly new protected bike lanes (about a mile and a half), plus about a half-mile of new unprotected bike lanes at the north end, and a short stretch of bike route at the south end.
Culver City is currently in the design phase for a project that would add protected bike lanes along Overland Avenue, Playa Street, and Hannum Avenue. Next month the city will host a community input meeting on the Overland Bike Lane Project – meeting details below.
The project would extend existing bike lanes on Overland that were installed circa 2019, covering about a half-mile between Culver Boulevard and Ballona Creek. The proposed new bikeway would be about 2.5 miles long – from Overland and Venice Boulevard to Hannum and Slauson Avenue.
The design varies somewhat for different parts of Overland, Playa, and Hannum, with the lion’s share (about a mile and a half) being new protected bike lanes. The project would include about a half-mile of new unprotected bike lanes at the north end, near Venice Boulevard. It also includes a short stretch of bike route connecting to the Culver City Transit Center on Slauson near Sepulveda Boulevard.
Image courtesy of Kimley Horn
Local Legend: the athlete who completes a given segment the most over a rolling 90-day period. But what would it take to become a Strava Local Legend in just one day? Always up for a challenge, Conor decided to find out by taking on his local Bathwick Hill climb 35 times in a single ride. That’s over 5,000m of elevation gain! Will he claim the coveted laurel crown?
From CyclingNews.com
By
Mechanical gravel groupsets accompany 105 mechanical launch
Shimano is having a busy day. Alongside the just-announced launch of the new 12-speed mechanical 105 road groupset, the Japanese brand has also unveiled a spate of new gravel tech, including two new 12-speed versions of GRX, as well as a new set of carbon gravel wheels.
Starting with the groupsets, they come in the form of the higher-spec RX820 series and the more affordable RX610, but besides some specs, material choice and the associated weight difference, they both provide a similar solution to gravel riders’ needs, offering 12-speed cassettes in 1x and 2x configurations.
Notably, they are both mechanical, meaning anyone holding out for 12-speed GRX Di2 will have to continue playing the waiting game. It also means the entry-level RX400-series remains unchanged. There’s no news as to whether either will see an upgrade in the near future
