Glenn Rice of www.CagePack.com sent Ride-Strong.com two CagePacks™ to giveaway to two of our lucky readers.
The CAGEPACK™ bag is the first one designed to fit on your cage, not in it. The 8″x2″x3″ 1000 denier nylon bag attaches to traditional bicycle alloy cages. It will also work with similarly styled plastic cages.
If you need more storage then your seat bag, a CAGEPACK™ bag is an alternative to bulky handlebar and frame bags, or your jersey pockets. It is also much more accessible than a seat bag when used on behind the seat bottle carriers.
Comment on this post for your chance at winning a CAGEPACK™. Ride-Strong.com will be selecting 2 lucky cyclist on Saturday July 12, 2008. Make sure you leave your name, city and state.
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Experience the famous Tour De France race like never before!
Le Tour de France and Google Maps invite you to ride the 2008 route using Street View. Now, you can feel like part of the race, no matter where you are.
Check out this link:
http://maps.google.com/landing/tourdefrance2008/
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HAPPY 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND!
Hopefully you got a little time off from work and you were able to get on your bike and do some good riding over the holiday weekend.
Well this mornings Shootout in Tucson, AZ was a good turnout being the morning after the 4th of July. I just say coming back into town was fast. We were averaging over 32 mph from Green Valley, AZ to the sprint finish sign on Old Nogales Highway in Tucson.
There were a few big guns on the ride this morning like Gord Fraser ex-pro cyclist and now running the Carmichael Training Center in Tucson, Paul Thomas 2-time US national duathlete champion, and Scott Blanchard cat 1 cyclist who runs Pyramid Coaching.
Paul Thomas flatted as the ride was rolling out so Marty Mares of Genuine Innovations the maker of CO2 inflators give Paul his rear wheel. Marty fixed Paul’s flat and then put Paul’s rear wheel on his bike to catch up with the group on the way back into town. Marty gets the team player award of the day.
The ironic thing is that Paul Thomas won the sprint finish at the top of the climb. I guess he felt obligated to make sure Marty’s rear wheel went to good use.
Up to the sprint finish at the top of the hill there was a group of about 5 to 7 cyclist that were off the front. Gord Fraser made a few attacks to set up the break. Paul bridge up to the pack and the rest is history.
Coming back into town I do not know who took the sprint. A friend of mine flatted and I stopped to help. If you know comment on the post and give us the update.
For details of the Shootout visit RoadBikeRides.com at the link below.
www.roadbikerides.com/ride/view/shootout_/77
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Manage your fantasy cycling team during the TOUR de FRANCE! Steps for participation:
- Visit www.probikepool.com
- Click on the yellow registration button to create your account
- Select the “Expert pool” option and build your fantasy cycling team
- $21 fee paid by paypal.
PRIZES:
Cash awarded to the Top 5 (over $45,000 in total)
Cash awarded to the Top 3 of each stage classification:
Partners : velonews.com, Kuota Bikes, Louis Garneau sports, Thule racks
www.probikepool.com
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Congratulation to RoadBikeRides.com member Dan Rhule aka drhule23 for winning the June monthly contest sponsored by www.TriSports.com. Dan will receive a $100 gift certificate to TriSports.com.
Also thank you to all of you that contributed to RoadBikeRides.com in the month of June. RoadBikeRides.com is adding members and some great ride content daily.
THE RACE TO THE YELLOW JERSEY and the $10,000 cash prize is still up for grabs. Although Dan Rhule is wearing yellow and has a sizable lead anything is possible. Prizes will be awarded through 10th place, so put on your helmets and ride for a podium spot. To learn more visit this link www.roadbikerides.com/contest.
As always RideStrong™!
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During the summer months Lake Tahoe is a popular summer destination. If you are planning a vacation to the Tahoe area make sure you bring your bike because there are some awesome rides in the area.
The ride around Lake Tahoe is a Must Do Bike Ride! The scenery is absolutely amazing. The nice thing about this ride is you can start from anywhere along the lake and do the ride in either direction.
There are some tight sections along the ride with not much of a bike lane so be carefully. It is good to get an early start to avoid the traffic. My wife and I just did the loop and started around 6 AM from the Kings Beach area. We did the ride clock wise and had a blast. The traffic was a little crazy around the Tahoe City area so be careful.
Below is a link to the ride on www.RoadBikeRides.com :
www.roadbikerides.com/ride/view/ride_around_lake_tahoe/906
Below is the elevation profile of the ride.
Here are some links to other great rides in the Lake Tahoe area:
www.roadbikerides.com/ride/view/carnelian_bay_to_sierraville_and_back/1037
www.roadbikerides.com/ride/view/tahoe_city_-_truckee_loop/1012
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Thanks to everyone that commented on the www.CycleSound.net FREEBIE giveaway. 
Congratulations to Mike Weiland of Austin, TX. Mike is the lucky winner of a brand new CycleSound.
Ride-Strong.com gives a BIG thanks to Del Rusher of CycleSound for making this giveaway possible!!
Visit www.CycleSound.net to order one for yourself or for a fellow cyclist as a cool gift.
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