Bicyle Tour of Colorado is fast approaching. For those of you that are looking for a great cycling vacation check out Bicyle Tour of Colorado. This years route looks to be a good one. 403 mile loop beginning and ending in Durango with a day off in Telluride.
The Bicycle Tour of Colorado is a 7 day fully supported bicycle tour in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. We provide camping services, baggage transportation, route maps, road markings, aid stations every 15-25 miles, bicycle repair services, and medical support during your week in Colorado.
For touring the world, and especially the Rocky Mountains, nothing beats riding a bicycle. Travel through wide open valleys with a 360 degree view of the towering mountains. Pedal alongside streams and waterfalls with the wind at your back. Enjoy the challenging climbs and exhilarating descents of the high passes. Meet riders from around the country, and around the world, that all share a passion for bicycling.
Last week I had to head up to Phoenix to take care of some business so I decided to take my bike and make a day out of it. There is ride called Tortilla Flats that I have always wanted to do. I have been told by many Phoenix cyclists that it is a must do ride. They were right! IT WAS AWESOME! The picture above is Apache Junction Road looking northeast heading towards Canyon Lake.
Tortilla Flats bike ride is a beautiful ride in the Superstition Mountain range that takes you past Canyon Lake. This ride is best to do during late fall, winter and early spring. During the warmer months the road is packed with boaters heading to the lake.
Below is the elevation profile of the out and bike ride.
We want to thank all of you that participated in testing, adding content, and using RoadBikeRides.com over this past week during the Beta release.
We worked through a handful of bugs on the site and still have a few more bugs that need to be resolved. Thanks for your patients! We truly appreciate your help!
There will be a few changes made to the race for the Yellow Jersey contest and the $10,000 cash prize. One of which will be the contest will run until 1 pm MST on October 31, 2008. The person with the most points on October 31, 2008 will take home the $10,000 cash prize. The $10,000 will be awarded to the winner at the El Tour De Tucson bike event on November 22, 2008. 2nd through 10th place will be awarded as well on October 31, 2008.
There are three member that have been off the front for the past week working like crazy submitting content to the site. Currently snewman is wearing yellow. The current podium leaders are:
I had some great feedback from yesterday’s post about the world track cycling championships yesterday and I think it’s great to see that there are people out there interested in learning more about track racing. It’s a whole side of cycling that many of us fans know far too little about. I wouldn’t even begin to pretend that I’m any kind of expert in track racing but, as I said yesterday, it’s utterly thrilling to watch.
There’s a fabulous book written by Lori-Ann Muenzer called “One Gear, No Brakes” that really gives the reader a great overview of the world of track racing and even a look behind the scenes. Muenzer won the gold medal in the women’s match sprint at the 2004 Olympic games at the age of 38!
So far, across the pond in Manchester, it’s been an event for the Brits. Bradley Wiggns followed up his gold earlier this week by leading his team to another gold and a new world record in the men’s team pursuit. And, Shanaze Reade and Victoria Pendleton took the gold (and another new world) record in the women’s team sprint.
The second part of the Bobby Julich interview with Velo News is up and it’s interesting to hear his take on the battle between the UCI and ASO and what it’s doing to the sport as a whole.
Have a great weekend everyone. It’s warming up in my area of the world - time to get the bike in for a spring tune up!
I don’t talk that much about track racing but it’s a discipline that I actually find really thrilling. The track World Championships are going on in Manchester, England this week and things are already off to an exciting start.First, the bad news. Dutch rider Pim Ligthart and former world champion Rob Hayles of Britain withdrew from the event earlier this week after the hematocrit readings from their blood tests registered too high potentially indicating some kind of blood tampering. Not a great way to kick things off.
But yesterday Britain’s Bradley Wiggins from Team High Road wasn’t letting the bad news about his teamate bring him down as he successfully defended his title as World Champion in the individual track pursuit event.
It’s a great accomplishment for Wiggins who’s been having a difficult time lately dealing with the sudden death of his father (former pro Gary Wiggins) and also getting hit with the stomach bug that was going around at the Tour of California. But things are looking up for the British rider who won three medals at the 2004 Olympics and is now in a great position to deliver a repeat performance in Beijing this summer.
We are testing the Beta version of RoadBikeRides.com and would like to invite the Ride-Strong.com readers to check out the site and then comment on this post letting us know what you think. There are still a few things that we are tweaking, so if you see a bug let us know. Go ahead and submit your favorite road bike ride to the site.
As one of the ways to promote RoadBikeRides.com and get content, RoadBikeRides.com is having a contest to launch the site. There are going to be some pretty cool prizes to those that finish 1st thru 10th place. The prizes will be as follows:
1st place - $10,000 cash
2nd place - Brand new top end carbon fiber road bike - Retail Value of approximately $5,400
3rd place - Zipp 404 clincher wheel set -Retail Value of approximately $2,100
4th thru 10th place - Garmin Edge 305 -Retail Value of approximately $379.15
Busy with Easter weekend and work piling up. I haven’t had any time to think about blogging. However, just to keep things moving here are my quick thoughts for the day.
Floyd’s final hearing before the CAS finished up this weekend but they have announced that they don’t expect to have a decision until June. It must be incredibly frustrating for Floyd to have to wait so long for the final word and the end of this chapter of his life. But better that they take their time and examine everything before making a decision rather than rushing. This is his last chance. This is not the time for rushing.
Astana is, once again, not invited to the ASO party. The Amaury Sports Organisation announced the teams that they’re inviting to the Spring Classics this year and, surprise, surprise, Astana was not on the list. Slipstream will be there though as will Team High Road (go George!).
Interesting interview with Matt White who used to ride for Discovery and is now a new rookie Director Sportif with the Slipstream team.
Love ‘em or hate ‘em. Rock Racing has been named the most popular pro team in an online survey conducted by Bicycling magazine. Get the full story over at US Cycling Report.
And I don’t think that I’m the only one doing a little happy dance inside over the fact that the UCI is suing Dick Pound for being an idiot - oops I mean for “continual injurious and biased comments” - same difference.
A couple of weeks ago Marty Mares of Genuine Innovations, #1 in CO2 Inflators, gave me a one-on-one demonstration as to how to use their CO2 inflators.
Well this weekend I had a flat and used CO2 to pump up my tire. In the past, I had alway struggled a little when using CO2. After getting the demo from Marty then using the CO2 to inflate my tire it was a piece of cake.
Check out the video below on how to use CO2 to inflate your tire.
The lucky winner of the drawing for the TriSports.com wheel bag and water bottles is Jared Eborn of Salt Lake City, Utah. Congratulations Jared! Hope you enjoy your wheel bag.
Thank you to TriSports.com for making the giveaway possible. Check out TriSports.com for all your cycling and triathlon needs.
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Bicyle Tour of Colorado is fast approaching. For those of you that are looking for a great cycling vacation check out Bicyle Tour of Colorado. This years route looks to be a good one. 403 mile loop beginning and ending in Durango with a day off in Telluride.
For touring the world, and especially the Rocky Mountains, nothing beats riding a bicycle. Travel through wide open valleys with a 360 degree view of the towering mountains. Pedal alongside streams and waterfalls with the wind at your back. Enjoy the challenging climbs and exhilarating descents of the high passes. Meet riders from around the country, and around the world, that all share a passion for bicycling.
I had some great feedback from yesterday’s post about the world track cycling championships yesterday and I think it’s great to see that there are people out there interested in learning more about track racing. It’s a whole side of cycling that many of us fans know far too little about. I wouldn’t even begin to pretend that I’m any kind of expert in track racing but, as I said yesterday, it’s utterly thrilling to watch.
Busy with Easter weekend and work piling up. I haven’t had any time to think about blogging. However, just to keep things moving here are my quick thoughts for the day.
