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Charity rides are a great thing. The KC metro has some classics. Typically these events are good challenges for the enthusiasts in the Euro Sportif fashion; minature road races for many. September 11th, 2011 is the date for a slightly different format event. The Aids Bicycle Challenge is designed as a ‘rolling party’. Think St.… Continue reading Rolling Party

A velodrome in Kansas? Yep. Riders went round and round the 333meter grass track in several events at the Kansas Track Championships on Sunday 7/25. The after party rocked (as always). Here’s the link to Roger Harrison’s photos of the day. Roger and Gina Poertner (among others) were essential for the many small details that… Continue reading KS Track Champs Results UPDATED

July 24th at Longview Lake, come celebrate Bicycle Shack’s thirty year birthday and help raise some funds for a very worthy cause. Click on the flyer below for full details.

Saturday July 23rd The Show Me Games Road Race utilizes a classic course near Millersburg (just outside of Columbia): INFO

The Localcycling.com Monday Recovery Ride is looking for a new home, but in the mean time we’ll move it around a bit. Last week it was gelato at Aunt Jean’s in Shawnee. 7/18 we’ll blend in with the popular Family Bicycles ride at 74th and Wornall. 6:30PM start. UPDATE With the extreme heat warning in… Continue reading News Shorts 7/18/11 UPDATE

Karen “The Rocket” Brocket, scored a 4th place medal in the Junior Women’s Cross Country event at the US Cross Country National Mountain Bike Championships. RESULTS

NEWSFLASH. This just in: “TNW’s Postponed Heartland Sports Promotions        July 15, 2011Mark Neace Re: TNW’s Postponed until Further NoticeOn July 12th during the “a” training ride HSP staff were approached by an officer with the Lenexa Police. He informed us that we were no longer able to host the TNW’s at its current location without a… Continue reading Tues Crits Are Stopped

The Localcycling News desk is w/o power this a.m. so we’re typing on tiny keys! This weekend you can get your dirt on at SM Park on some classic trails…plus a kids ride: info

Unfortunately the cyclcing community lost a supportive eatery, Waxy O’Sheas, the recent venue for our (Localcycling’s) Monday Night Recovery Ride has closed. For 7/11, the ride will leave from Aunt Jean’s Ice Cream on Johnson Drive (a couple of blocks East of Herman Laird Park). Ride starts at 6:30PM