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Entries from April 2008
Tech Report: Kenda/Raleigh’s 2008 Raleigh Team Bike
April 30th, 2008
Palmer Library Road Race
April 27th, 2008
Warren, MA
The topography of the Palmer Library Road Race defies all logic. The course features constant, highway-grade descents where speeds in the peloton hover between 40 and 45 MPH, but the corresponding uphill sections don’t seem to exist. The course is a 20-mile loop that’s done four times, and at the end of the race, […]
Sturbridge Road Race
April 26th, 2008
Warren, MA
Sturbridge, Massachusetts is home to Old Sturbridge Village, a mandatory field trip destination for every New England child. Bordering on creepy, campy, and educational all at once, the Village P.R. machine implores you to “Take the whole family for an outdoor experience that is sure to excite and astound them all.”
The Sturbridge Road Race […]
Myles Standish State Park Road Race
April 20th, 2008
Plymouth, MA
Adam Sullivan
The Myles Standish State Park in Plymouth, Massachusetts is a maze of small roads. They snake up and down and around ponds and trees, and once you enter, you are instantly lost. Home to the Charge Pond Training Series, its roads have also hosted the erstwhile Adelphia Grand Prix (now the Myles Standish […]
Tour of the Battenkill
April 19th, 2008
Salem, NY
When cobblestones and long sections of dirt loom on a race course, cyclists try to negate any notion of chance in their minds. It is said that you don’t need good luck; you just need to avoid bad luck.
We didn’t heed that nugget of wisdom. So it goes.
The team lined up with Eric Tremble […]