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The Magic Number: 100

The “century” ride. 100 miles on-bike in a single day. Quite alluring. There’s something about riding to that big, round, 3-digit number of miles with a simple mechanical device that it totally human-powered. It’s a feat. It’s a great goal. … Continue reading

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Spring is in the air! Start planning your first century.

Well, the sun is finally shining steadily here in Massachusetts, and the temperatures are certainly spring-like. Spring, in fact, is just hours away at this point. So, time for more outside riding! My training program was mostly indoors this year, … Continue reading

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Check out the Prouty Charity Rides to the North

I’ve been a committed Pan Mass Challenge rider for 10 years. It’s perhaps the biggest and best cycling fundraiser in the world. That doesn’t mean there aren’t a lot of other great charity rides. Charlie Kimbell, director of the Prouty … Continue reading

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100 Years Before Lance Armstrong…

Great little peak into the Major Taylor story and some video shots of the annual Major Taylor Hillclimb race held in Worcester each summer: Remembering Major Taylor (from the Boston Globe, 8/19/09) Here’s some additional footage from the 2009 event. … Continue reading

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Cycling Endurance – Choose A Century

from New England Sports Magazine A major goal most cyclists embrace at some point is the century ride–a single-day 100-mile journey. New England abounds with a variety of classic century rides from the legendary Flattest Century in the East along … Continue reading

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