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    Former NorCal resident now residing in Madison,Wisconsin. I race cross, but I'm named after a velodrome. Support your local bike shop, NorCal race promoters, and go learn to race on a track. Hellyer Velodrome - http://www.ridethetrack.com

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    Team 7-Eleven Book Event: They Got Us Started

    by  • February 22, 2012 • norcal scene

    Ed. Note: The Outfitter is cool and we always want to support local authors that are talking cycling. Team 7-Eleven founder and Team BMC co-owner Jim Ochowicz and local author Geoff Drake will discuss their book “Team 7-Eleven: How an Unsung Band of American Cyclists Took on the World – and Won“, followed by a Q&A session with popular cycling journalist [...]

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    Pine Flat RR: Same Ol’ Races, New Winning Faces

    by  • February 21, 2012 • race coverage

    Droughts in NorCal only have one beneficiary – cyclists! Well, tarantulas too but spiders are scary.  Early season fitness has brought big turnouts to the Pre-Season races and the NorCal racing contingent is displaying abnormal fitness for this time of year.  The fun part about the NorCal Pre-Season Races is that new riders pop out [...]

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    Is Cycling Paradise in Chico? R.A.C.E. – Rodney’s Amateur Cycling Events

    by  • February 14, 2012 • interviews, norcal scene

    It’s people like Rodney Cox that make cycling.  He’s turned himself of the Bob Leibold/ASO of Far Northern California.  Without grass-root programs like the R.A.C.E series, which every body should check out because it’s unbelievable, a lot of local communities would not have a race or training ride to attend.  The commitment to the sport, [...]

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    Paskenta – It’s Not Race, It’s Survival

    by  • February 10, 2012 • norcal scene, race coverage

    Every Superbowl Sunday Chico becomes one of the most watched places in the cycling world. In a time bound tradition that goes back to the days of when race bikes were Italian, and George Mount was a god, Chico’s “Paskenta” event, an unofficial, non-sactioned, show up and tough it out in the central valley,race, that [...]

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