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Posted 08/30/2010
Portland Traffic Advisory

Portland, Ore. - The Portland Bureau of Transportation advises the traveling public that SE Water Avenue from SE Main Street to SE Alder Street will be closed to all vehicular traffic from Monday, August 30, through Tuesday September 7. Work crews will close the road from 7:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. each day for grinding and repaving.
Posted 08/30/2010
Race Face Hires John Pentecost

Race Face Performance Products, a worldwide leader in high-end mountain bike components, apparel, and protection, continues a year of growth and business building by hiring industry veteran, John Pentecost. Pentecost is best known in the bike industry as the co-founder and Business Director of Evil Bikes and e.thirteen components, and he’ll draw on those experiences to fill a couple of roles with Race Face: Pentecost will collaborate with the company’s team of designers and engineers as a Product Manager for Protection, and he’ll also become the ‘voice’ of the company in a newly created position as Marketing Communications Manager for both Protection and Components.
Posted 08/27/2010
Team Garmin-Transitions and Cervélo Team up for 2011

Team Garmin-Transitions and Cervélo SA will join forces for the 2011 season to create a new team that will be known as Garmin-Cervélo.
Posted 08/27/2010
Gork to the BMX Hall of Fame

Pioneer BMX Racer - Tim Judge
Posted 08/27/2010
Sun Peaks King of the Mountain DH Enduro Race

It is one thing to shred the Sun Peaks Bike Park with your friends on weekends. It’s another to pin it straight for six hours and prove you are the King of the Mountain on Saturday, September 11th.
Posted 08/26/2010
StarCrossed confirms Shimano's Elite Men and Women’s Racers

Seattle, Wash. (August 26, 2010) – StarCrossed p/b Stanley – A Brand of PMI, has attracted an international field for 2010 as top riders from North America and Europe are starting to confirm attendance to race in the Shimano Men’s and Women’s Elite StarCrossed races. StarCrossed is part of the national cyclocross series, the North American Cyclocross Trophy Series (NACT). The NACT kicks off with StarCrossed on September 18, and stays the weekend in Seattle with racing on Sunday at the legendary Rad Racing Gran Prix, this year hosted at a brand new venue, Lake Sammamish State Park.
Posted 08/26/2010
Adventure Cycling Announces Early Season and Epic Tours for 2011

Missoula, Montana — Looking for an inspiring bicycle adventure or simply a fabulous vacation that is easy on the pocket book, potentially life changing, and supports bicycling infrastructure throughout the United States?
Posted 08/25/2010
Portland Bureau of Transportation seeks new members for Bicycle Advisory Committee

The Portland Bureau of Transportation made the following request for new members for the City of Portland’s Bicycle Advisory Committee:
Posted 08/25/2010
Four Perfect Days of Cyclocross in Seattle

Seattle, Wash. (August 24, 2010) – Rad Racing NW, Lake Washington Velo and Low Pressure Promotions, LLC announces their cooperation on “Four Perfect Cross Days” in the Seattle metro area from September 16-19. This four day festival of cyclocross events includes:
Posted 08/25/2010
Universal Sports to Offer Live Vuelta a Espana Coverage

Los Angeles—Universal Sports will broadcast live, comprehensive coverage of every stage of the Vuelta a Espana—an unprecedented more than 176 total hours—beginning this Saturday, August 28 at 3:30 p.m. ET, with Universal Sports’ 2010 Vuelta Preview Show, followed immediately by the start of stage 1 LIVE from Spain at 4 p.m. ET. Coverage of the third and final Grand Tour of the cycling season continues everyday at 10 a.m. ET throughout the three-week race, where Universal Sports will follow the riders through all 21 stages until the finish in Madrid on Sept. 19. On both rest days—September 6 and 14—Universal Sports will present special Vuelta Recap Shows at 10am ET. The network will also present primetime re-airs nightly at 8pm ET.
Posted 08/25/2010
Electra Hires New Product Manager

Vista, Calif. — Electra Bicycle Company has added Bridget Walsh as product manager for the Lifestyle division. In this new position, Walsh will expand the company’s product offerings, extending Electra’s reach beyond the physical bike and into the total bike riding experience.
Posted 08/25/2010
Meet Ryder Hesjedal

Victoria, B.C. – You are invited to join a celebration to welcome home professional cyclist Ryder Hesjedal from his phenomenal seventh place overall finish at the 2010 Tour de France. This is the best showing from a Canadian in 22 years, since Steve Bauer finished 4th in 1988.
Posted 08/25/2010
Green Bike Project Success

Seattle, Wash. (August 24, 2010) – Thirty-one participants in Cascade Bicycle Club’s Green Bike Project will earn full ownership of the green bikes they have been riding since May 1 at a celebration Wednesday featuring special guest, City Councilmember Tom Rasmussen.
Posted 08/23/2010
Rebirth of Classic Cyclocross Race in Vancouver, Washington

Come and experience the rebirth of a classic Crusade course in Vancouver. The course offers lots of fast flat grass sections, paved trails, gravel, forest single track, fast drop-in’s and a lung busting run-up.
Posted 08/23/2010
Village Bicycle Project Needs Your Help

Seattle, Wash. - This is early notice that we will be loading a container of bikes headed to Ghana, Saturday, Oct. 2, in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood, at Total Reclaim (also known now as Ecolights NW - 1915 South Corgiat Drive), starting at 9 a.m. - and will hopefully be finished by 5 p.m.
Posted 08/21/2010
Tour of Utah: Phinney Wins Time Trial

Trek-LIVESTRONG's Taylor Phinney won Friday's Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, presented by Zions Bank, teamgive individual time trial by two seconds, but Levi Leipheimer, riding for Mellow Johnny's, retained the AT&T Yellow Leader's Jersey. The time trial was held at the Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah.
Posted 08/20/2010
BiKETOBERFEST Coming to Portland

Portland, Ore. – Hopworks Urban Brewery is hosting the world's only bike-in Oktoberfest to celebrate an incredible summer of riding bikes in Portland. BiKETOBEERFEST, on August 28 from noon to 10 p.m., is a day of relaxing the way only Oregonians know how: by riding bikes and drinking delicious handcrafted beer.
Posted 08/20/2010
Dramatic Finish for Stage 2 of Tour of Utah

A dramatic mountain top finish in the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah's second stage, the XanGo Thanksgiving Point to Mt. Nebo road race, ended with Levi Leipheimer standing atop the podium in the AT&T Leaders Jersey.
Posted 08/19/2010
The Tour Of Utah Leaders Jersey Switches Hands

The first stage of the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, presented by Zions Bank, came down to a two man battle for the stage win between Team Fly V Australia's David Tanner and Trek-LIVESTRONG's Alex Dowsett. Tanner took the stage win, but it was Dowsett who pulled on the AT&T Leaders Jersey at the end of the day.
Posted 08/19/2010
Clean Bottle Gains Momentum

Portola, Calif. (August 12, 2010) - Demand for the Clean Bottle continues to skyrocket after a wildly successful "Bottle Boy" Tour de France promotion.

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Don’t Be Left Out in the Cold
Excitement has reached the Northwest’s racing scene once more — you can feel it, it’s in the air. Thousands of riders, from the beginners to the top athletes, are watching their calendar in anticipation of what should incontestably be another memorable cyclocross season. Go see one, go race one, you’ll get the bug, I guaranty it!
How to Adjust and Maintain Disc Brakes
Disc brakes ushered in a new era for cycling, but the learning curve was a bit steep for many shop mechanics and consumers. This led to an initial stigma due to a basic misunderstanding of how the brakes were serviced and how they functioned.
The Cycling Healthcare Overhaul
Obesity is a growing problem in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Surgeon General and other health institutions and professionals have labeled it an “epidemic.” Cycling offers a relatively simple and accessible solution for many people.
Cycle U's Cyclocross Boot Camp
Craig Undem has been a professional cycling coach since 1996 and has been competing since the ‘80s, equating to a lot of experience. Kristi Berg is an accomplished road, mountain bike, BMX, and cyclocross racer, and a nationally certified personal trainer and Level 2 cycling coach. Last year, the folks from Seattle’s Cycle University produced an instructional video titled Cyclocross Boot Camp. It contains two DVDs that run about 90 minutes total. In the videos the narrators, Undem and Berg, cover various topics to help current or aspiring cyclocross racers perform at their highest level and to “help you rock your ‘cross” season.

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Cadence Press Rolls Out Bike Books To Help You Find Your Rhythm
Who would launch a bike book publishing company during a recession when many publishers are closing up shop? It sounds like pedaling uphill in a headwind with storm clouds building on the horizon. But if you’ve towed your sons across continents, outpaced angry elephants in Botswana, been treed by geese in New Hampshire, and reclaimed your possessions in a mountain bike race in the Australian Outback, taking on the challenge of launching a publishing company during “interesting times” is in character.Par for the course, really, my course anyway, that looks like Dr. Seuss designed it, mind you.
What Gears Are For
Because your legs, like a car engine, have a happy, efficient operating range, most bikes are equipped with a number of gears. This allows your legs to find a cadence or a pedaling speed that pleases them. Each time you pause, your muscles stop moving the blood in and out of your legs, where it can be cleansed and re-oxygenated. Nothing good happens while you’re coasting.
How Cyclists Helped Rethink A Bridge
In the spring of 2009, the Oregon and the Washington State Department of Transportation and other business interest groups were pushing the Columbia River Crossing project, a 4 billion dollar, 12-lane bridge planned to replace the existing I-5 structure between Oregon and Washington.
On the Club Ride, Part Two
Part two of a two-part conversation between Maynard and his friend Corey. Last month they were talking about club rides and the advantages and disadvantages of participating in them. Many would never ride with more experienced cyclists. They’re afraid they’ll embarrass themselves when they can’t get a wheel off their bike and fix a flat in a reasonable time — while 15 people fidget and watch. If you can fix a flat, you know how easy it is. If you don’t know how, think of how liberated you’d feel if you did know. Why, you could ride with anybody!

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