August 28, 20147 Comments on Gravel riding with Tom Ritchey
Tom Ritchey grew up in the hills west of Palo Alto. As a teen he joined Jobst Brandt on his insane dirt road adventures all around the Bay Area on public and private roads. In this modern day video, we see Ritchey continues this Bay Area road-on-dirt tradition. Peninsula cyclists will recognize the roads in this video.
The Ride – with Tom Ritchey from Tom Ritchey on Vimeo.
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May 23, 20148 Comments on Flashback Friday: San Diego bicycle detection report, 1985
Longtime California cyclist advocate Bob Shanteau sent this 1985 report on traffic signal bicycle detection and asked me to archive it here at Cyclelicious.
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Yesterday’s “Queen Stage” of the Amgen Tour of California 2014 took racers over the tops of two significant climbs — Mount Hamilton near San Jose and Mount Diablo near Danville — with nearly 11,000 feet of climbing over 109 miles in 90 degree heat.
I’m old and slow and persistent, taking nearly 2½ hours to reach the KOM point by Lick Observatory at the summit of Mount Hamilton yesterday. During my time on Mount Hamilton Road, the first group to pass me was the Chris Carmichael ride, in which a group of cyclists ride every stage of the Amgen Tour of California in the early morning before the race begins. I chatted with Paul Ruggiero of Santa Ynez and Karen Wilkinson of Seattle for a bit before I dropped back.
Stronger and faster club riders can do this climb in about 90 minutes, and scores of them passed me as I approached the summit.
Canadian Will Routley racing for Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies crossed the KOM line on Mount Hamilton after little more than an hour motoring up Mount Hamilton Road.
May 7, 20142 Comments on Cultural Studies and the renagades of bike culture
UC Davis Cultural Studies Professor Sarah McCullough, PhD, discusses the renegades of bike culture in a couple of previous American bike booms.
