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Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43677) • Denver, Colorado 8h

With the Tour de France just a couple weeks away (the men will race all of July, the women’s Tour starts August 1st,) I’m highlighting cyclists you are likely to see in the upcoming races: American riders on the men’s side, and my...

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American Cyclists - Quinn Simmons

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43677) • Denver, Colorado 16 Jun

We are just a couple weeks away from the start of the 2026 edition of the Tour de France. It took a few years after the Lance Armstrong confession, but American Cycling is relevant again, thanks to a few hearty individuals that...

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Female Cyclists I Dig - Puck Pieterse

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43677) • Denver, Colorado 16 Jun

We are nearly there: the Tour de France is nigh. The men’s race is in July, the women’s Tour starts Aug 1st. Yes, there is a women’s Tour de France, officially, the Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift. And while I have not seen the...

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True Confessions - High Speed Chase

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43677) • Denver, Colorado 14 Jun

During my four-year myLot absence, I wasn’t just sitting around. I was doing stuff. Chaotic stuff, as is my life. Stuff that allows me to add to my “True Confessions” series from way back - true stories. In this case, a...

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1000 Miles But Wait There's More!

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43677) • Denver, Colorado 11 Jun

It took me 26 hours to write this. Not due to some writer’s block or anything. It was a pain block. I barely could type for 26 hours. Let’s back up. Yesterday was our weekly Wednesday Project Hero ride. Coincidentally, I needed...

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Demi Vollering wins Women's Giro d' Italia

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43677) • Denver, Colorado 8 Jun

The 9-day 2026 Women’s Giro d’ Italia (Tour of Italy) is finished, won this year by Dutch rider Demi Vollering, who, with this win, became only the 2nd woman to win all three Grand Tours (Giro, Tour de France Femmes, and La Vuelta...

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So Long, Charlie

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43677) • Denver, Colorado 6 Jun

The cycling world, and the mountain biking community, lost a legend a couple days ago when Mountain Bike Hall of Famer Charlie Cunningham succumbed to injuries suffered during an accident on a bike ride with his wife, fellow...

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World Bicycle Day

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43677) • Denver, Colorado 3 Jun

These days, everyday is a reason to celebrate something, and usually, more than one something. Just look at all the “International X Day” this and “World X Day” that that we are reminded of on a daily basis. Some of these days...

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A Productive Couple of Weeks

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43677) • Denver, Colorado 2 Jun

June 3rd is World Bicycle Day! I wasn’t waiting around for that to start riding my bike, however. In addition to my solo rides, it was a productive couple of weeks in Project Hero Denver. We had a rainy ride with our community...

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Missing the addictive freedom of mountain biking!

Daryl Hernandez @daryl316 (23) 1 Jun

I’ve been feeling incredibly nostalgic lately, staring at my mountain bike sitting idle. I was looking back at the dates and realized the exact last time I rode it was February 25, 2026. It wasn't even some extreme, high-kilometer...

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A Ride with Adaptive Adventures

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43677) • Denver, Colorado 21 May

“It can’t rain all the time.” - Eric Draven. It sure as hell seemed like it earlier today. Today was our weekly Wednesday Project Hero ride. This was one of the days when we rode in Denver’s Washington Park (2.25-mile loop) with...

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Project Hero

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43677) • Denver, Colorado 19 May

For a guy with no job or responsibilities, I’ve been quite busy the last few years. No, really. Productive, even. I’ve been busy, well, listening to records and following hockey, but my main focus has been Project...

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A wheelchair on the Munda Biddi

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382658) • Rockingham, Australia 6 May

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease affecting the central nervous system. It affects different people in different ways. For Clare Reilly, the symptoms are mostly physical. Recently, to raise funds for research into the...

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Researchers believe cycling is four times more efficient than running

Emmanuel Adelakun @ogbenishyna44 (1761) 20 Sep

Some researchers believe that they have found reasons to support pedalling a bicycle than running. They believe you will need less energy and burn out even more calories cycling than running. The two-wheel bicycle in particular is...

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Why do people not cycle?

Fleur @Fleura (35160) • United Kingdom 18 Apr 25

The last post was too long to continue so I have had to make this a separate one. When I started on the list of reasons people may have for not cycling, it was far longer then the ‘reasons they do’ list. And one striking aspect...

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Why do people cycle?

Fleur @Fleura (35160) • United Kingdom 17 Apr 25

The other day I visited a friend who I sometimes get together with to play music. Then as I was leaving, her husband arrived. He turned out to be a retired town planner and he is now writing a book about planning for ways to...

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A much cooler, but cloudy and gloomy evening

Pitstop @pitstop (15551) • Australia 21 Jun 23

After searing temperatures through last week, we finally had a great spell of rains this week. The evening is much more pleasant, but the cloudy skies make the mood a bit gloomy. I feel like just lazing around, but ended up...

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Cycling

Always smiling @allknowing (153529) • India 26 Apr 23

This was one among my several aspirations that I could not fulfil during my young days In those days girls could not ride nor learn to cycle. But may be later I could have. Somehow that day did not dawn. How I wish I could and...

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learning to ride

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He's exhausted!

Toni @toniganzon (77320) • Philippines 30 Apr 22

It's 8:11 in the morning, May first. Craig is still in bed and I checked on him if he's having a fever. Fortunately, no. We were supposed to go out for a ride at 6am this morning but when I went to his room at 5:30, he was still...

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Good morning!

Toni @toniganzon (77320) • Philippines 30 Apr 22

Every time I pass buy a group of cyclist, I always greet them with a good morning. And they always respond with a good morning ma'am as well. Road courtesy is well observed among cyclists. and I really like that. This morning...

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weekend adventure

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