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We offer tools to analyze cycling performance, including graphs of heart rate, cadence, watts (power output from a power meter), speed and elevation gain. Using all this data, we can offer training plans and other insight into your fitness. We work with all Garmin Edge bike computers, Forerunner fitness devices and any GPS unit that can export a TCX or GPX file."
posted by troll
on Dec 22, 2011 -
20 comments
The 1950s Called, and They Want Their Transportation Bill Back. "While the bill’s summary lists few specific programs that would be cut, Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) announced in a press conference Thursday that the bill will eliminate funding for several bicycle, pedestrian and transit programs, including Transportation Enhancements, the Recreational Trails Program and Safe Routes to School."
League of American Cyclists: "James Inhofe (R-OK), the lead Republican negotiator on the transportation bill, declared that one of his top three priorities for the transportation bill is to eliminate ‘frivolous spending for bike trails.’ "
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posted by inkyroom
on Jul 9, 2011 -
115 comments
Forget Velonews. For years now, the best place to follow the big cycling stage races has been
steephill.tv, a "bike travelogue" with stage previews, results, news articles, photos, and video curated every day of the race. This site is an obvious labor of love... with no ads! If you want to watch or listen to the Tour de France for free, steephill will helpfully tell you
where to go on the web. But if you're away from your computer or don't have Versus (in the US), there's
an NBC iPhone app with live video, for $14.99 (launches iTunes)
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posted by jstef
on Jul 1, 2011 -
24 comments
Your Sweet Justice story for the day: In February, K.C. was riding her bike home from work. While waiting at a stop light, she felt a slight bump from the car behind her, followed by laughter from within. K.C. wasn't looking for a fight, and did her best to ignore this. Disappointed with his failure to elicit a response, the driver bumped her again, this time a bit harder. This is when K.C. pulled out her police badge, and
things started to get weird...
posted by schmod
on Jun 14, 2011 -
94 comments
On one level
America reCycled is simply the journal of two brothers riding recycled bicycles across the United States and meeting people. Lots of them. On another level it is a Homeric tale of an American adventure. It has been a long time since I have seen web content of this quality. The writing is superb, the videos so compelling you can't look away and the perspective gained is invaluable. I am positive this has been posted here before, but it certainly deserves a bump.
posted by dbooker
on May 20, 2011 -
10 comments
Moving Beyond the Automobile is a series of ten short videos by
Streetfilms that highlights new directions in urban transportation. It shows how cities in the U.S. are encouraging a shift away from car dependency and making it easier and more pleasant to get around by other means.
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posted by parudox
on Apr 26, 2011 -
36 comments
Joe Simonetti is a 57-year-old psychotherapist who lives with his wife in Pound Ridge, New York. His commute takes him from the northern reaches of exurban Westchester County to his office just south of Central Park. It's about three and a half hours each way.
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posted by zarq
on Feb 22, 2011 -
72 comments
In the summer of 2004 I [Jason Oliver Goodman] set out alone on my bike to make a photography project called A Girl's Bike. In roughly 4 months I documented close to 200 women and their bicycles around NYC, mostly on the street as I found them. In 2008 it was made into a book published by Partners & Spade. It also toured with the Bicycle Film Festival as a slide show before films and in the art show Joy Ride.
posted by fiercecupcake
on Jan 24, 2011 -
41 comments
It's autumn, which means for some nerdy bike racers, it's
cyclocross season. Cyclocross is an off-road cycling discipline characterized by short,
hard, intense racing that requires skilled bike handling,
running through mud or sand, and quickly dismounting, carrying, and remounting your bike to
navigate obstacles. After all, sometimes,
carrying your bike is just
faster than riding it.
In Europe, cyclocross draws
huge crowds despite terrible weather, but it remains a
niche sport in the United States, though with
increasing popularity - perhaps it's because it's one of the few sports where
rank amateurs can closely mingle with (and race the same courses as)
top professionals.
With the 2013
UCI Cyclocross World Championships to be held in
Louisville, Kentucky, its popularity and domestic appeal is expected to continue rising.
Previously.
posted by entropone
on Nov 8, 2010 -
59 comments
News from the world of
ultramarathon cycling: 1.
Peter Heal recently rode the ~15,000-km perimeter of Australia in 48 days, 23 hours, 37 minutes; 2. The 3005-mile
Race Across America recently concluded, with veteran Jure Robic winning the men's solo in 9 days, 1 hour, 1 minute, and Barbara Buatois winning the women's solo in 11 days, 19 hours, 48 minutes.
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posted by adamrice
on Jun 23, 2010 -
17 comments
