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  • Reza Pakravan has returned from an 11,000 mile/102 day bike journey from Norway to South Africa riding a Koga Signature World Traveler with a Rohloff internally geared hub and Gates Carbon Drive, pictured above. Read more about his trip here.
  • 15 year-old Sam Rukeyser is going on his own bike tour this summer from Portland, OR, to NYC. He’s going to document his 3,800 mile trek on video for a documentary which he’d like your help to produce.
  • Interested in a bike tour, but on a smaller scale than Reza’s and Sam’s? Ellee Thalheimer has just written a new book called “Cycling Sojourner: A Guide to the Best Multi-Day Tours in Washington.”
  • This year’s fundraiser for Trips For Kids of WNC is a raffle to win an I-9 Wheelset and a Cane Creek 110 Headset – your choice of colors. Tickets are $25 and only 100 tickets will be sold!
  • Events for Raleigh’s 2nd Annual Oaks & Spokes Bicycle Festival have been announced. Held over 10 days in April, the event seeks to sustain and promote bicycle culture in Raleigh, NC, and includes bike rides, art shows, fundraising, and more!
  • Yuba Bikes has posted two parts of a three-part educational series on how to travel by bike with your children in tow. Part three will be posted next week.
  • Cycle Monkey has recently expanded it’s suspension services for dealers and individuals. Check their website for more information.
  • Hunter Allen, founder of Peaks Coaching Group, will be leading a free webinar about power training on Tuesday, February 18th starting at 8pm EST.
  • Universal Sports Network will present a schedule of 23 international cycling events in 2014 both on air and live-streaming. Check out the schedule of events and times after the break.


Universal Sports Network 2014 Cycling Series
ALL TIMES ET – subject to change

DATE – TV – LIVE ONLINE – EVENT LOCATION
Feb. 5 – 6 PM – 4:45 AM Dubai Tour: Stage 1 Dubai, UAE
Feb. 6 – 6 PM – 4:45 AM Dubai Tour: Stage 2 Dubai, UAE
Feb. 7 – 6 PM – 4:45 AM Dubai Tour: Stage 3 Dubai, UAE
Feb. 8 – 6 PM – 4:45 AM Dubai Tour: Stage 4 Dubai, UAE
Feb. 19 – 6 PM – 2 AM Tour of Oman: Stage 1 Oman
Feb. 20-  6 PM – 2 AM Tour of Oman: Stage 2 Oman
Feb. 21 – 6 PM – 2 AM Tour of Oman: Stage 3 Oman
Feb. 22 – 4 PM – 2 AM Tour of Oman: Stage 4 Oman
Feb. 23 – 4 PM – 2 AM Tour of Oman: Stage 5 Oman
Feb. 24 – 6 PM – 2 AM Tour of Oman: Stage 6 Oman

DATE – EVENT – LOCATION
Feb. 27-Mar. 3 UCI Track Cycling World Championships Cali, Colombia
Mar. 2 KBK (Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne) Belgium
Mar. 24-30 Volta a Catalunya Catalunya, Spain
Mar. 28 Grand Prix E3 Harelbeke Belgium
Apr. 1-3 Three Days of De Panne Belgium
Apr. 7-12 Tour of the Basque Country Basque Country, Spain
May 1 Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop Germany
May 7-11 4 Days of Dunkerque France
May 28-June 1 Tour of Belgium Belgium
July 27 UCI BMX Championships Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Aug. 9-10 Mountain Bike World Cup Windham, New York
Aug. 11-17 Eneco Tour The Netherlands/Belgium
Aug. 23-Sep. 14 Vuelta a España Spain
Aug. 31 Grand Prix de Plouay Belgium
Sep. 2-7 Tour of Alberta Alberta, Canada
Sep. 4-7 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships Hafjell, Norway
Sep. 7-14 Tour of Britain Great Britain
Sep. 17 Grand Prix de Wallonie France
Sep. 23-28 UCI Road Cycling World Championships Ponferrada, Spain
Oct. 10-14 Tour of Beijing Beijing, China

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bkf
bkf
10 years ago

Good luck with Universal Sports being available to you with most cable providers. To watch the events on the web you’ll need your cable log-in info, and if the channel isn’t available on your tier then you can’t watch it. Best solution is using the hola.org download to watch the european feeds, a lot of people hoping to watch cx worlds found this out the hard way.

Matthew
Matthew
10 years ago

I am so sick and tired of people using Kickstarter to fund their vacations. Kid’s going to make a home movie of his vacation… he “needs” $14K to do it? I’m riding across country this summer too. Unlike him, I sold my car and paid for it myself. Total budget for almost twice the distance (5900 miles) is about a fourth of his budget, and I feel guilty because I’m staying in paid lodging once a week.

The thing about these Kickstarter Vacations is that they often go unfinished. If he thinks he’s going to have enough time to ride 70 miles per day, shoot footage that’s somewhat interesting to anyone other than himself and edit it, he’s nuts. Sure, he’s made a “commitment” to finish, but boy is it easy to bail when it’s not your own cash in the game.

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