Kansas City was recently voted one of the top 50 cycling cities in the nation according to bicycling magazine. Check out these great cycling resources to join the cycling movement!
Kansas City Voted Top Cycling City
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Support Bicycling Funding – 2/2/12
Today (February 2) the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee is voting on the House transportation bill, which would eliminate crucial funds for bicycling and walking.
You are able to influence this vote and to save dedicated funding for bicycling and walking by contacting your Representative in the U.S. House of Representatives to ask them to vote for the Petri amendment which preserves bicycling and walking funding!
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Supercross is Specialized
More and more supercross riders are turning to cycling for intensive cross-training to improve and maintain their fitness. That includes Ryan Villopoto, the sport’s number one rider. And what does Villopoto train on? Specialized road and mountain bikes of course.
Villopoto won supercross’ biggest prize in 2011, the Supercross class championship, and started 2012 with the coveted No. 1 plate on his Kawasaki and Specialized bikes.
“Racing motorcycles requires a lot of fitness, and riding bicycles is for sure the best way of cardio training for us; it’s low impact and still ties me in on the two wheels and provides the necessary training to carry over to the motorcycle,” Villopoto said.
“I ride Specialized because I believe they have the most advanced bikes and equipment out there. I am blessed to ride the top-of-the-line factory motorcycles, and to have the same top-line bicycles to train on is truly unreal.”
This year, Specialized is sponsoring Villopoto, the Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki team, and the Lucas Oil/Troy Lee/Honda Team.
Want to ride like supercross’ top riders? Stop by BikeSource and test ride a Specialized bike just like the pros train on.
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Tagged cycle, motocross, motorcycle, ride, ryan villopoto, Specialized, supercross
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Winter Hours
BikeSource hours will be changing to a winter schedule starting January 1, 2012. The Overland Park and Ranch Mart locations will operate on the following hours:
Monday-Friday: 10am-7pm
Saturday: 10am-6pm
Sunday: 12pm-5pm
Regular store hours will resume on March 1, 2012.
And the Winner is: the Venge!
This September, Mark Cavendish won the UCI World Road Championship in Copenhagen. Cavendish’s victory marks the 17th World Championship title from a Specialized rider. Cavendish won while riding Specialized’s new aerodynamic bike, the Venge. This bike is so fast that the only other racer who came close to Cavendish was also riding one! The Venge’s winning combination of lightweight, stiffness, and aerodynamics gives the rider razor sharp speed and effortless handling, which is what makes it so perfect for racing – and racing to win! This all-star bike received 4.5/5 stars on bikeradar.com and is now Cavendish’s preferred ride. So if you’re a serious racer looking for the ultimate performance bike, then look no further than the Venge.
How to Fix a Dropped Chain
There are three easy alternatives to fix a dropped chain. Start off trying the first two methods to avoid getting your hands dirty and if they don’t work move on to third option.
Method One: While slowly pedaling shift to the bigger gear by using the left gear shifter. If the chain does not pick back up with this tactic try method two.
Method Two: Get off your bike and again shift to the bigger gear. Then pick up the back end of the bike and spin the cranks. If the chain still does not pick up move on to method three.
Method Three: Physically lift the chain and put it back on the chain ring. If you experience any resistance from the chain simply push the rear derailleur forward.
Watch this Specialized video for a better understanding of the three methods.
50 States, 50 Days, 50 Rides in Kansas City August 7th
Landsberg will start his ride at the Overland Park BikeSource location at 7 a.m. on Sunday August 7th. He has broken up the 50-mile ride, to be more manageable for the casual rider, into five 10-mile loops. The ride is a no drop ride and will maintain a casual pace. BikeSource’s Overland Park location will be open at 6:30 a.m. for any last minute preparation.
David Landsberg is not only the president and founder of the Society for Organ Donor Awareness (S.O.D.A.) but also a kidney transplant recipient. In July 1999, Landsberg received his transplant only months after being the first individual to complete a triathlon without kidneys.
Now he is putting his passions of fitness and organ donation awareness together by completing “50 States, 50 Days, 50 Rides.” Starting on July 4th in Austin, Texas, Landsberg will ride 50 miles in the capital cities of 50 US states over the span of 50 days. Landsberg will stop by two BikeSource shops on his rides. On July 26th he will be at our Clintonville location in Columbus, Ohio, and on August 8th he will be at the Highlands Ranch store in Denver, Colorado. Landsberg will then conclude his ride on August 23rd in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
The public is invited to support this movement by joining their state donor registry, making a tax-deductible donation to S.O.D.A., or riding with Landsberg to help spread the word.
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Tagged 50 days, 50 rides, 50 states, awareness, bike, cycle, donate, ride, S.O.D.A
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Presenting the Specialized Tarmac SL4
The Tarmac is now in its sixth generation, and the full-carbon SL4 was recently revealed to the world at the Tour de France where select riders are riding prototypes to gather data and provide feedback. The original Tarmac was launched in 2004, after three years of development, and from the start has been a bike for climbers and general classification contenders. Levi Leipheimer, Paolo Bettini and Mario Cipollini have all won a Grand Tour on the Tarmac.
The original Tarmac was recognized by its curved top tube and set the groundwork for carbon bikes of the future. To stay ahead of the curve each year feedback was gathered for changes in the bike’s structure and capabilities; and in 2006 when the SL model was introduced, pro-rider Tom Boonen made a number of suggestions regarding the stiffness-to-weight ratio, size, and efficiency, all leading the Tarmac to it’s most recent changes.
When developing the SL4 prototypes, Specialized made changes to the head tube, front and rear dropouts, and fork to develop one of the lightest framesets in the industry. To increase stiffness, and therefore, acceleration and handling, the King Cobra Head Tube as well as the one-piece bottom bracket and chainstays and seatstay are all newly designed for the SL4 version. Finally, internal cable routing is added for internal protection from the elements and carbon dropouts with steel inserts increase efficiency while adding durability for taking wheels on and off.
In the end, Specialized has listened to their riders and created the Tarmac SL4 to be 19% more stiff and 50 grams lighter than the SL3, resulting in a 1995 gram ride that can handle better than ever before. Keep a look out for the SL4 launch on Specialized’s website and to start arriving in shops this August.
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Tagged carbon, fast, Le Tour de France, new, S-works, SL4, Specialized, stiff, Tarmac, win
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2012 Amira Road Bike: The Best Womens Road Bike in its Class
With a FACT IS 11r Carbon frame, one-piece OSBB/Chainstay, and tapered head tube, the 2012 Amira is the smoothest, fastest women’s road bike in its class. Specialized has held to the motto “Confidence is Power” when developing products for women, and the Amira instills confidence in the women who ride it by providing them with a lighter weight, increasingly stiff, and overall stunning ride.
The Amira Road Bike has been 10 years in the making as Specialized worked from the ground up to build the perfect ride for a woman. Look just how far Specialized has come over the years:
- 2003: Specialized created their first women’s road bikes, the Allez Dolce and Allez Vita.
- 2004: Designs for Women, a line focused on providing products built specifically for a women’s anatomy, was launched.
- 2005: Specialized sponsored Victory Brewing Women’s Cycling Team, their first women’s team.
- 2006: Specialized created their first carbon road bike for women, the Ruby, which was named Bicycling Magazine’s “Best Women’s Road bike.”
- 2007: Specialized launched the first S-works Ruby.
- 2008: Aaron’s Pro Cycling signed on to race on the S-works Ruby.
- 2009: The S-works Ruby won its first World Cup Race with Emma Pooley and later that year the Amira was born.
- 2010: The Vera Bradley Foundation raced the 2010 season on the Amira and provided feedback.
- 2011: The Amira becomes the bike of choice for HTC-Highroad, the most successful women’s team, who also teams up with Specialized to give feedback on the Amira.
…all to arrive at the 2012 Amira, which remains the best woman’s bike on the market. Stop in your local BikeSource shop to try an Amira on for size today!
50 States, 50 Days, 50 Rides
David Landsberg is not only the president and founder of the Society for Organ Donor Awareness (S.O.D.A.) but also a kidney transplant recipient. In July 1999, Landsberg received his transplant only months after being the first individual to complete a triathlon without kidneys.
Now he is putting his passions of fitness and organ donation awareness together by completing “50 States, 50 Days, 50 Rides.” Starting on July 4th in Austin, Texas, Landsberg will ride 50 miles in the capital cities of 50 US states over the span of 50 days. Landsberg will stop by two BikeSource shops on his rides. On July 26th he will be at our Clintonville location in Columbus, Ohio, and on August 8th he will be at the Highlands Ranch store in Denver, Colorado. Landsberg will then conclude his ride on August 23rd in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
The public is invited to support this movement by joining their state donor registry, making a tax-deductible donation to S.O.D.A., or riding with Landsberg to help spread the word.
