What a weekend! You know, we have been waiting for the race season to begin and it did. For the first time this year, my sons, Thomas and Christian, MTFGKC riders, Josh and Jason and yours truly, packed up Josh’s 1999 Jeep Cherokee to the gills, with all sorts of equipment, clothes, food and drink,… Continue reading MTFGKC Weekend Update- Feb.27, 2006
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California Dreamin’
Local racer and promoter Bill Marshall is working the Amgen Tour of California . Check out his diary with an up close and personal view of the action. Amgen Tour of California Prologue “Many riders dream of racing as a professional cyclist but very few are able to take it to that level. Same way… Continue reading California Dreamin’
USAC Officials Clinic
This seminar is for those who wish to become a USCF or NORBA race official. This is an introductory clinic for certification of new officials. Pre-clinic study materials are the USAC, USCF, and NORBA rulebooks, which can be found online. Seminar participants will receive a hard copy of the new 2006 rule book. Additional study… Continue reading USAC Officials Clinic
Save Metro Green
The Localcycling news team has on occasion used a very fine system of cycling paths in the Kempen district of Belgium. This eye opening network shows how well designed trail systems can serve recreation and transportation usage. There has been a similar system in the works for the Kansas City metro area that now appears… Continue reading Save Metro Green
KC Star Previews the Grote Prijs Shawnee
The Kansas City Star ran an article putting the Grote Prijs Shawnee "in the spotlight" for the weekend. Click here for the whole story. Unseasonably warm weather has lots of people ready to race who might otherwise be bunkered up for the winter. Come out and be a part of the fun!
New Partner for KCBIKE.com
In addition to the HRRC elite team, three area grass roots teams will be sponsored by BikeSource for the 2006 season. KCBIKE.com Teams"BikeSource believes so strongly in it relationship with the cycling community that it is sponsoring the 80+ person KCOI team in 2006. BikeSource sees this as a way to give back to those… Continue reading New Partner for KCBIKE.com
MTF Year End Thoughts
The year of 2005 has, for my family and I, been one in which we have become closer than ever before. My wife and I have finally found something, cycling, in which we all are interested in, and make it a vehicle by which we can take on our share of responsibility to impact… Continue reading MTF Year End Thoughts
TILFORD WINS KLM UCI WITH LAST LAP SURGE
Shawnee Mission, Kan. – Steve Tilford (Verge/Shimano) pulled away from Alan Factory’s Matt Kelly on the second-to-last lap to win the Elite Men’s race at the inaugural KLM Marketing Solutions UCI Cyclo-Cross Race Saturday. Photos of the race here. Kelly and Tilford traded the lead early on in the 60-minute event through a tree-lined course… Continue reading TILFORD WINS KLM UCI WITH LAST LAP SURGE
Bike Speak 101
–A– Aerobars (noun)- supplementary handlebars designed to allow steering while in a narrow, aerodynamic position. These generally sit in front of traditional handlebars and bring one’s elbows and arms together in front of the body. Illegal in mass start races, not recommended on group rides. Attack (verb) The act of escaping the group in… Continue reading Bike Speak 101