Love the wobbly wheel in the start for the time trial. Also, isn’t that Mary Ann Miller of Century Road Club Association in there somewhere? The video is a sales piece for one of the UCI-endorsed races for amateurs and masters who love the idea of being in the Tour de France, Tour de...
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When you set out for a ride every day, do you wonder whether you’ll make it home in one piece? If you do, there is good reason because American drivers are using more devices and are more distracted than other drivers worldwide, says a new report. Almost 70 percent of Americans ages 18 to...
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March 25, 2013 — By Jen Benepe Damian Alfonso, the Cuban cyclist who made headlines when he qualified for the 2012 cycling event at the Paralympics –and then came in 12th overall in his class, will be recruiting more disabled athletes in Cuba. “This is about Damian giving back,” said his long-time American friend...
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In a horrific crash between a young driver and a cyclist, the driver fled the scene after striking the cyclist, but not before jettisoning his arm–which had been amputated in the crash– into a nearby stream. The article, which can be translated from Portuguese using Google Translate, was published in Sao Paulo on the website...
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Two cyclists who had been presumed lost while riding across Peru were surprised to learn that they were considered missing. The joke, it appears, is on us. All the hand-wringing about how dangerous Peru was from the media, including from Cyclists International–and the couple were sitting snug as two bugs on a slow boat...
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Another couple engaged in adventure cycling are now missing in Peru. Peruvian authorities have expressed concern that Jamie Neal and Garrett Hand have been kidnapped, and the U.S. State Department has announced that they will be searching for them. The couple left for Peru in December from San Francisco, and were last heard from on...
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By Jen Benepe Josh Rechnitz was profiled by the NY Times on Sunday, but the journalist never spoke to the man. Perhaps that’s because the Times doesn’t have any cyclists on staff, because just about everyone at the Century Road Club Association, one of the oldest bike racing clubs in the U.S., knows Rechnitz....
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By Jen Benepe, June 7, 2012 If you travel around the world to find the best mountain biking spots, you need to know about the dangers of mosquito-bourne diseases. One of those is Dengue which in its worst manifestation can be fatal, and in its most benign, make you bedridden for days. Both of...
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With the Tour switching to the mountains today–even little ones–the outcome  was predicted to change the winners. But the massive shake up that Tour de France watchers were looking for never materialized: even with the first major climbs of the tour, Yellow jersey winner Thor Hushovd–more a sprinter than a climber,  managed to stay...
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The prosecutor’s office in Porto Alegre, Brazil where a driver plowed into a group of 100 cyclists injuring 40 of them will be seeking charges of attempted murder against the motorist. Prosecutors Eugenio Amorim and Lucia Callegari said  in a statement they have asked for the preventive detention of Ricardo Jose Neis on charges...
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