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Bicycle News, Culture, and Lifestyle in Carson City, Nevada

Photo of the Day

Jeff Moser | September 1, 2010

Lester rock’n at Kirkwood “Some say it was Bigfoot, but the socks say Lester”, says Kary Grabow who submitted this photo. Lester was part of a Carson City team that recently participated in a 24 hour race up at Kirkwood. It was said they all raced on single speed 29ers too. That’s pretty cool.

The Great Tahoe Flume Race

Jeff Potter | September 1, 2010

The Great Tahoe Flume Race will be held on Sunday, September 12 at Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park, Spooner Lake.  The race is a fund raiser for the Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park Backcountry Patrol and is organized and sponsored by the Reno Wheelmen. Race T-Shirt from the last time the Flume Race was held. [...]

ABA Unveils new iPhone App

Jeff Moser | August 31, 2010

A news release I read yesterday: American Bicycle Association Unveils new iPhone App August 30, 2010 – Gilbert, Arizona The American Bicycle Association (ABA) officially unveiled their new iPhone App today. “Over 13,000 downloads of the application occurred during the 90 days of beta testing and the feedback was incredible. With technology advancing at a [...]

Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race 2010

Jeff Moser | August 23, 2010

On Saturday, August 14th, 2010 at 6:30 AM, the Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race got underway. According to the website, “The 50-mile out and back course is in the midst of the Colorado Rockies. Low point, 9,200 feet; high point is Hope Pass, 12,600 feet. Majority is on forest trails with some mountain roads.” [...]

Great Tahoe Flume Race

Jeff Moser | August 10, 2010

The Great Tahoe Flume Race Presented by the Reno Wheelmen I found this information about the Great Tahoe Flume Race over on The Bacon Strip! Race Course Description “Starting near Spooner Lake at an elevation of 7000’, the course starts up a 4 mile, 1100’ climb to the top of North Canyon. A short descent [...]

Carson City BMX Open House

Jeff Moser | March 31, 2010

Spring is here, and it’s time to start another season of BMX racing! I’m told the track has been redesigned this year to make it more challenging for the advanced rider, yet still rideable by the beginners. Riders at the Gate The track will be having an Open House this Saturday on April 3rd. This [...]

2010 Northern Nevada / Tahoe Regional Bicycle Summit

Jeff Moser | February 7, 2010

On February 3rd, 2010, Muscle Powered and Bike Carson attended the 2010 Northern Nevada / Tahoe Regional Bicycle Summit in Reno, hosted by the University of Nevada Reno Cycling Team and the Tour de Nez Outreach.  Over 40 cycling groups met in the UNR Student Union to give a brief presentation of who they were and [...]