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{mosimage}Eldon Roush suffered a very serious cycling injury at the GP Velotek. Eldon's family is facing some hefty expenses beyond those covered by insurance. The local cycling community is banding together to raise some funds to help offset those expenses. Several area teams and sponsors are hosting a party at ReVerse (on the Plaza) Monday,… Continue reading Benefit Party For Eldon UPDATED

A full weekend of racing starts this Friday in and around Lawrence, KS. The NCCA Naionals feature three events with and expected 400 competitors. Friday, May 11 — Team Time Trial, Start/Finish at 27th and Wakarusa, Lawrence, 8 AM to Noon. Saturday, May 12 — Road Race, Perry Lake, 8 AM to 4 PM. Sunday,… Continue reading College Champs This Weekend

May is National Bike Month and next week is Bike To Work Week. There are lots of activities in conjunction with this two wheeled celebration around town. Click here for a schedule including the Commuter Challenge. Our newsteam helps lead a no-drop ride around Shawnee to familarize folks with using the bike for errand running… Continue reading Bike To Work Activities

The metro hosted two nice events over the last few days: The Sunflowers to Roses Wine and Cheese party at Jasper's and the Trek WSD Women's night at the Trek Bicycle Store of KC, hosted by the Midwest Cycling Community. Check out these fine photo galleries courtesy of Mark Breeding, cycling photographer extraordinaire: Sunflowers and… Continue reading Two Parties

This came to the newsdesk today from the Kansas Cycling Association:  KCOI rider Eldon Roush was severely injured April 28 while competing in the VeloTek Gran Prix stage race.  Read about what you can do to help.  

Planning to ride a WSD Bike on Saturday?  Head to the Trek STORE instead of Shawnee Mission Park.  Ross and the bikes will be there waiting for you!  Planning to ride a boys bike?  They'll be at the store, too.  

Sprinkles, then rain in the warmup, then more of the same during the event. Another rugged day for promoters and riders. The difficult conditions challenged the timing crew (trying to keep computers dry), but they persevered. Here's a link to revised results.

Thursday night at Gardner is the first of many races against the clock in the next few weeks. For those of you preregistered here's the tentative start list. The Neet Time Trial is followed by Friday Night's Wichita Cyclefest TT (part of a full weekend of racing). Then on Sunday, folks line up for one… Continue reading Time Trial Season

Mark Breeding shot some nice images of the Earth Day Celebration at Shawnee Mission Park. Bruce Edwards captures the action at the Lincoln Plating Stage Race (with plenty of KC area cyclists in the viewfinder) and last weekend's VeloTek Grand Prix. Results for the VeloTek Stage race here at the Kansas Cycling Association page.

The localcycling news team have received some news on the serious accident at this weekend's stage race in Lawrence: Walt Blesser of the KCOI team send this: As many of you know, two riders went down in the  criterium at the VeloTek Grand Prix. Although I was not a witness to the crash, I was one… Continue reading Serious Crash at Velotek GP