Bike Stuff
For those of you who know what Good Life (http://www.goodlifebikes.ca/) is this might be of intrest. This was posted on their facebook page a few hours ago and thought it was important to share…. maybe in hopes of helping them find a new place. We got notice today that the...
This just fuels the fire.
The Jason Lapierre Memorial Cycling Weekend Mission The Jason Lapierre Memorial Cycling Weekend has evolved into one of Alberta’s premiere cycling events over it’s 4 years. With the race’s ever increasing exposure to the public, the mission has remained the same: to highlight the engaging, exciting, pure spectacle of...
This contest used to be run to raise money for the endowment fund for the Jason Lapierre Scholarship. Since we have reached our endowment fund goal we are looking for a new organization to raise funds for. 100% of the entry fees will still be going towards a worthy...
Now that Calgary has started to get a few bike lanes I thought this video might be appropriate. Lets hope Calgary Police don’t start enforcing these “laws”.
My week of biking out in BC has come to a girding halt. I have Achilles Tendinitis (Tendinopathy)…. but, this is just a self diagnosis . After a ride to Cochrane the other week my achilles got a bit sore. I just assumed it was because I hadn’t ridden in a...
Alberta’s Premier Road Racing Team is Bigger and Better for 2011 While most of the country has been racing for months now, in Alberta the snow is only now receding into the Rocky Mountain foothills. As such, the Alberta Road Racing calendar will officially kickoff this weekend in Edmonton...
The first Womens Olympic Marathon saw a courageous move by young Joan Benoit of the Unites States. A few months removed from surgery she dared the field (and herself) to follow an early blistering pace. 1984 LA Olympics, the year that the women’s marathon was introduced…..
In a discovery that could lead to better and safer bicycle design, researchers have shown that long-accepted “gyro” and “caster” effects are not needed to make a bike balance itself. In fact, it’s a mixture of complicated physical effects – linked to the distribution of mass – that makes...
What happens to an impoverished developing nation town when you flood it with 20,000 bicycles? You lift three times that number of people out of poverty. Pedals for Progress and founder David Schweidenback have been shipping used American bicycles to Rivas, Nicaragua for the last two decades and the...
@gdnicholson posted this and thought it was intresting enough to post here - Videos of Lance Armstrong’s testimony in the 2005 SCA case leaked. This is one of the Many videos posted on the NYVelocity site… head on over to http://nyvelocity.com/content/features/2011/armstrong-sca-deposition-videos for the rest. Check out this list of top...
The Prarire Roubiax is back and is going to be better than ever! Last year there was a wicked turnout and it wasn’t even on the legal side. This year they have all the ‘go aheads’ they need. Even the crazy lady up the road is going to take...
Sent to me by the slowest man on earth – or so i think Ten feet or ten miles, whatever it takes. On May 13th — bike to work day — Take some time to appreciate the natural world around you. Whether it’s the path through the park or...
Dont really know if I should be calling this a full on cycling movie, but it sure looks cool. … The inspiration for Rapha products often comes from the places, riders and stories of road racing. Our 2010 Club Jerseys were inspired by Johan Museeuw, Sean Kelly and Dario...
Found this peach of a graph the other day and though it did a great job of showing what muscles are being used, and when they are in action within each pedal stoke. There is a premium on the thigh muscles, particularly the quadraceps, the muscles on the tops...
It happend a while ago but Bike-to-Work Day is an annual event held on the third Friday of May across the United States and Canada that promotes the bicycle as an option for commuting to work. I’m not sure how many people actually step outside of there usual commute regime and...
Triple Tour de France winner Greg LeMond has outlined several methods by which he believes cycling can restore its credibility, listing a number of ways he feels that the sport can prove that it is above suspicion. The American has been a critic of the UCI in recent years,...
The 2010 Tour de France cycling race is now over, with Spain’s Alberto Contador claiming his third win in Paris yesterday. Andy Schleck of Luxembourg finished 39 seconds back, and seven-time tour winner Lance Armstrong finished 23rd in his final Tour de France. This 97th running of the iconic...
Taken from the the Economist Tour de France Tours and Triomphe Is the Tour de France getting easier? Jul 19th 2010 THE 97th Tour de France finishes on Sunday July 25th in Paris after 3,642km (2,263 miles) of cycling over 21 gruelling days. Although this year’s route is regarded...
