Category: Kansas City

Bike Week will kickoff in the KC Metro this weekend. Check out the many events including the Car Free Challenge. Bike Friendly City of Shawnee signed a proclomation on Monday. KCMO, Overland Park and others are involved. The Tour of Missouri isn’t dead yet (remember the Monty Python skit?). Info on how to give your input to… Continue reading News Shorts 5/11

This weekend offers two challenging events: The tough Auburn Time Trial on Saturday and the equally selective Road Race on Sunday. The TT makes a good preview for this Summer’s State Chrono.

Weather Alert on the weekend’s mountain bike race in St. Joseph. We’re waiting for a report on the trail conditions for the Robidoux Roundup. Still a ‘go’ at this writing. It’s not looking promising for this year’s Tour of Missouri, but there’s still some action that fans can take. Click here for the Missouri Bike Federations… Continue reading News Shorts 5/7

Saturday 5/7 is the next event on the UFD calender. Robidoux Roundup features a full day of fun including some Trials competition.

Specialized Bicycle Components recently announced it is giving a grant, in the amount of $5,000, to a partnership between Epic Bike and Sport and Platte County, Missouri. The grant money will be used to install bike service stations in strategic locations along well traveled bike routes in Platte County. The service stations will alow cyclists… Continue reading Bicycle Service Stations

Thursday 5/6 is another chance to test your fitness against the clock with the May 2010 edition of the NEET Time Trial. A flat 10km classic. And the results are in! Click on the attachment below for the times. Some wind, but mostly favorable for fast times.

Local Cycling’s Monday Night Recovery Rides will leave from a  fresh location for May: Old Shawnee Town (between Nieman and Quivira on Johnson Drive…site of the Grote Prijs Shawnee). The ride is an easy one hour no-drop. Part of a new Slow-MO movement. Similar Rides are happening in your neighborhood. Epic Bike and Sport in… Continue reading Neighborhood Recovery Rides

The second year of Woo Hoo Ladies Racing in Leavenworth included a time trial and criterium. Roger Harrison despite a leg injury was mostly a one-man operation setting up both courses. Click on the attachments to see results. Photos at the Lanterne Rouge Flckr site here. Roger has indicated that next year’s event will be… Continue reading Woo Hoo TT/Crit Results

This great time trial is in it’s 9th year. The fast and flat course at Gardner is one of the nicest courses around. Flyer.

  The 2nd Annual WOW Bike Festival will be Saturday, May 1, 2010 at Shawnee Mission Park (in the Theater in the Park area) and is part of the 2010 Women’s Cycling Weekend From the WOW folks: “This year promises to be bigger and better as we’ve added an all-women’s charity bike ride, a kids… Continue reading Women’s Weekend