Bike World News

Bend, OR resident, and Team RadioShack® Rider will return to his home state to promote and participate in the state’s inaugural Echelon event

Six races sprinkled throughout the United States will comprise the 2010 Nature Valley Pro Ride, the qualifying events for amateurs to earn a trip to compete against the country’s top men and women professional bicycle racers at the Nature Valley Grand Prix.

Veteran mechanic Chris Davidson files his latest entry from the pits of America’s cyclocross races. Today, it’s Day 2 of the USGP Mercer Cup race.

The organizers of the US Gran Prix of Cyclocross have announced that EuroCross Camp will sponsor the USGP UCI 17/18 races at the upcoming Mercer Cup and Stanley Portland Cup.

KEEN Inc. – a leader in hybrid outdoor performance products, including footwear, socks and bags – is announcing a partnership with 88bikes Foundation. The non-profit dedicated to providing bikes to young people in developing countries is the newest KEEN Hybrid.Care partner.

Organizers of the US Gran Prix of Cyclocross (USGP) and SRAM are proud to announce that SRAM is returning for their fourth consecutive year of sponsorship of the U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross.

The U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross and Advanced Sports Inc. are pleased to announce that FUJI will be the Official Bike Sponsor of the 2009 series.

Organizers of the US Gran Prix of Cyclocross (USGP) have announced today that Stanley food and beverage gear has expanded its support of the country’s premiere cyclocross series by becoming the Title Sponsor of the Stanley Portland Cup in Portland, OR December 5th and 6th and extending its support to the other series events as well.

Don Walker, organizer of the North American Handmade Bicycle Show, announced the selection of the Richmond Convention Center (Richmond, VA) for the 2010 show.

Here are the answers to last week’s April Fools contest. Unfortunately, we did not receive any completely correct guesses. Lest some of you complain, you had to correctly guess the true news items and not be fooled by the false ones.
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With the growing popularity of bicycle commuting, bike thefts are on the upswing. Bike friendly communities such as Austin, Portland and Madison have a dramatic increase in thefts in their downtown areas. Police advise bicycle users to lock their bikes on to a bike rack, use a …