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It’s National Bike Month and Friday May 18th is Bike to Work Day. While others planned their week so they could bike to work on Friday, my plan was to bike to work on Wednesday and to ride the River Trail for the time between work and the Ride of Silence. Biking to work for me [...]
(Thanks to Brent Findlay for sharing his write-up of the Timberlands Mountain Bike Race while the rest of the crew was playing in the mud. You can keep up with Brent on his blog, Hard and Harder.) Saturday brought the first organized mountain bike race at Cane Creek State Park in Star City, AR. It [...]
HONOR THE PAST and the emancipation of our grandmothers and great-grandmothers, for the freedom to choose and the chance to wear pants. CELEBRATE THE PRESENT and the riders who keep it rolling, bringing women’s racing to the forefront, pushing the limits, breaking down barriers and sharing the love of the bike with everyone along the [...]
UPDATE!!! Warrior Dash will be back in Arkansas in 2013! Back in January Lisa wrote an article about a new style of racing that was finally coming to Arkansas. I call it obstacle course runs and they seem to be growing in popularity. We found out the Warrior Dash was coming to Amity, Arkansas. Lisa, son David [...]
I got a major lesson in being prepared this week when I showed up for a group mountain bike ride and hadn’t checked my tool bag for proper tire emergency items. Murphy’s Law took effect just minutes after I mentioned to my friends that, “I hardly ever get flats!” I was having a great ride [...]
Last month I dropped by the Two Rivers Time Trial Training Series to check out the fast folks doing a short course. It was really cool. So many different cycling events seem to have popped up in the last few years it’s hard to keep up with them all. Shortly after I posted the article [...]
By contributor and fellow Bike Nerd, Chris Randle. This past weekend I had to take the wife to Fayetteville to see her close friends and to get her hair done. (Extremely boring for me, but I am an awesome husband.) Luckily for me, Robert Kirby, Spokes’ NW Arkansas team member had a weekend of good riding planned [...]
Last fall I attended Rocktoberfest at Dickey-Stephens Ballpark. It was a great night accentuated by a wonderful night time bike ride. Now that Spring has arrived (and seems to have moved right through to Summer) it’s time again to visit the Ballpark, this time for FoamFest. According to the website: “The brews will be flowing, [...]
Thanks to Celia Storey at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription required) for promoting the Cyclofemme event in the paper today. If you’re looking for more information go to our story or Facebook event page to sign up. Don’t forget, FREE (temp) TATTOOS!!!
…Stay for the Accommodations! (MORRILTON, Ark.)—Mather Lodge at Petit Jean State Park, the legendary mountain lodge on the bluff of Cedar Creek Canyon at Petit Jean State Park, has been closed since December 2010 undergoing renovation. The lodge will reopen on Tuesday, May 8 at 7 a.m., according to Arkansas State Parks Director Greg Butts. He [...]
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