Trial by Tire | Want to See How Your Cycling Times Stack Up? Try These Time...
For many cyclists, the ultimate in racing is the time trial: just you and your bicycle competing for the fastest time on the course. Time trials don’t have the frenzy of a criterium race, going round...
View ArticleGreasing the Wheels | The Vermont Mountain Bike Association is Gaining Traction
With an estimated 50,000 resident riders and 60,000 visits just to Kingdom Trails alone last year, Vermont has seen an explosion in mountain biking. But it wasn’t long ago it suffered from a poor image...
View ArticleFrank Driscoll | Reader Athlete
Frank Driscoll Age: 64 Residence: North Hero Family: Wife, Kathleen; adult children, Keith, Brendan, and Deirdre Occupation: Consulting Project Manager; part-time tour leader for Discovery Bicycle...
View ArticleTour of the Dragons | Race Recap
May 4–5, 2013 Bennington, Manchester, Pownal, and Shaftsbury Presented by Anthem Sports and Stan’s Notubes Great American Cycling Series, the Tour of the Dragons is a two-day, three-stage cycling race...
View ArticleElite Cycling Team Comes to Vermont
Don’t look for them at the Tour de France just yet, but the Vermont based Dealer.com-Everbank Cycling Team will be showing off their jerseys at a variety of local and regional races this year. The...
View ArticleAce a Century With Cycling 101 | Linda Freeman’s Road Riding Class Gets the...
Any ride on Vermont roads has its share of hazards. When Linda Freeman picked up cycling four years ago, she found all of them. “My first season—I wouldn’t wish it on anybody,” Freeman said. It’s hard...
View Article8 Great Things To Do in Newport & Jay
The Newport and Jay area is rich with opportunities for outdoor adventure. Its jewels include the northern spine of the Green Mountains, several state forests and parks, miles of scenic country roads,...
View ArticleVermont State Time Trial Championships | Race Recap
Vermont State Time Trial Championship June 9, 2013 Roxbury Returning to Vermont after a several-year absence, the Vermont State Time Trial Championship covered a distance of 40K (20K for juniors) from...
View ArticleMud, Sweat, and Gears | Vermonters Are Falling for Cyclocross
Many look at cyclocross competitions and wonder, “what’s the point?” After all, the goal of most bicyclists is to stay on the bicycle, not carry it on their shoulders. Instead, the sport of cyclocross...
View ArticleCarrie Tomczyk | Reader Athlete
Age: 39 Residence: East Burke Family: Husband, Pete; daughters Avery, 9 and Rowyn, 6; dog, Nina Occupation: Co-owner, Village Sports Shop in Lyndonville Primary sport: Mountain biking Once a passionate...
View ArticleQ&A: CJ Scott Trail manager, Kingdom Trails, East Burke
With 12 kilometers of Nordic ski trails and several new fat-bike riding trails open this winter, Kingdom Trails has established a reputation as one of the best outdoor recreation centers in the...
View ArticleFat and Happy: Big Wheels Keep Mountain Bikers Pedaling, Even in the Snow
Text by Evan Johnson, Photos by Herb Swanson With the arrival of lasting snow and midwinter conditions, people are returning to their favorite wintertime outdoor playgrounds for Nordic skiing, Alpine...
View ArticleStephen Gellman and Cyndrome Cycles aim to bring ski-biking to the Northeast
By Evan Johnson EASTON, MASS. — When Stephan Gellman was 13 and wanted a mountain bike, his dad said he had to work for it. Today, he’s making bikes as the owner and founder of Cyndrome Cycles, a small...
View ArticleAll For One – Vermont Mountain Biking Association rolls out new membership...
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont’s mountain biking community took a giant pedal stroke forward this past month with a commitment to create a statewide trail system. The break-through came when the Vermont...
View ArticleOrganizers aim to bring European-inspired rides to Green Mountains.
HANCOCK — Having earned recognition as a top-level destination for cycling, organizers in Addison County look to expand offerings for cycling this summer with the Green Mountain State’s first...
View ArticleGo See Frank
Bellows Falls —Sparks from a grinder hit the floor and the tangy scent of oil hangs in the air of this workshop. Standing at a workstation, Frank Wadelton, 54 — better known to the national biking...
View ArticleQ/A with Phil White
Derby — Phil White is a busy man. As the director of Kingdom Games LLC, he has organized 38 days of activities covering 1,450 miles of running, biking, swimming and triathlon courses in Vermont’s...
View ArticleStill Pedaling: Kelly Brush reflects on past, looks to future
MIDDLEBURY — Kelly Brush, namesake of the Kelly Brush Foundation, could never have imagined where she would be and how many people she would be helping before the accident that left her paralyzed from...
View ArticleLooking for a faster race? Try a Criterium
ESSEX JUNCTION — While many riders can tell tales of multiple-gap century rides through the Green Mountains, there’s more than one way to earn your bragging rights. If you’re all about speed, look no...
View ArticleAll Downhill From Here
Killington — At the 4,241-foot summit of Killington, Ben Colona’s advice to me was straightforward: “If you happen to fall,” he said, “get away from the bike. Jump off that thing and let it go...
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