http://www.boomersonbicycles.com For and About Bicycle Riding by the Boomer Generation Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:49:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_695" align="alignright" width="320" caption="Road bike, no flats/photo: J. Ferris"][/caption] Mountain bikes, in general, have fewer flats than road bikes. You can ride for a long time on your mountain bike before you have to change or patch the tube. This rider has, over the years on a mountain bike, had ... http://www.boomersonbicycles.com/?p=684 [caption id="attachment_681" align="alignright" width="350" caption="Riding for a Reason (photo/rfar)"][/caption] Tis the season for riding your trusty bicycle and enjoying being able to do so. It's also high season for charity rides of all kinds. All kinds of organizations have been sponsoring rides to raise money for their group. Cancer research, Parkinson's, ... http://www.boomersonbicycles.com/?p=679 [caption id="attachment_662" align="alignright" width="358" caption="Andy Schleck tour leader (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski)"][/caption] The Tour de France hit day 12 today, and things are heating up. Literally. The Tour rode in 100 degree temperatures on the route yesterday and  today. Yesterdays stage was won by Sergio Paulinho of team Radio ... http://www.boomersonbicycles.com/?p=661 [caption id="attachment_654" align="alignright" width="104" caption="The Missile, Mark Cavendish"][/caption] The Tour ended its 6th stage today. Mark Cavendish took the finish yesterday and today, proving once again that being called the Missile is well deserved. It is truly amazing that after a 200 kilometers that these guys can still do an all ... http://www.boomersonbicycles.com/?p=651 [caption id="attachment_644" align="alignright" width="412" caption="Stage 3 winner Thor Hushovd"][/caption] The Tour launched on Saturday with a prologue in Holland, then moved into Belgium for Stage 1. It was a bit of a crash fest. Stage 2, Monday in Belgium, was ridden in the rain, with everything drying out in the later ... http://www.boomersonbicycles.com/?p=642 Cycling fans have a busy summer coming up. This is the time for quite a few national road race championships and grand tours. For Boomers, it's a great time to see how the less mature are carrying on. Here is an update on the Webcor Builders Womens Pro ... http://www.boomersonbicycles.com/?p=636 If you spend a bit of time reading, or just looking at, the numerous  magazines about bicycling, a couple of things are likely to happen. You might find yourself in I-Need-A-New-Bike land. Close to that is the state where you have convinced yourself that you need some new piece of equipment, ... http://www.boomersonbicycles.com/?p=624 [caption id="attachment_619" align="alignright" width="350" caption="Check your bike, then ride"][/caption] On Monday, June 21, at 4:28 in the morning, summer arrived. It's official. Summer is here, and it is time to make sure your mountain bike is ready for the long days of summer that lie ahead. Here are some things you should ... http://www.boomersonbicycles.com/?p=614 Mountain bikes are an ever evolving species. Anything that stays static for too long tends to wither. The mountain biking community, and the mountain bikes they ride, are anything but static. The technological advances involve physics, and materials. Physics determines whether or not the material will ... http://www.boomersonbicycles.com/?p=594 [caption id="attachment_572" align="alignleft" width="608" caption="Webcor Womens Pro team, 2010. Photo courtesy of Greg Koch, gkphotography.net"][/caption] Ever notice how most of, if not all of, the press coverage of cycling, road or mountain, is about the men? If you didn't know any better you might believe that there are no women in ... http://www.boomersonbicycles.com/?p=571